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Tom Niedenfuer

Thomas Edward Niedenfuer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 13, 1959 in St. Louis Park, MN
High School: Redmond (Redmond, WA)
School: Washington State University
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1981
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles/Cardinals/Mariners 1981-1990
Agents: Leigh Steinberg [*]
Final Game: September 20, 1990
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 21 LAD NL 3 1 .750 3.81 17 0 8 0 0 2 26.0 25 11 11 1 6 2 12 1 0 0 107 90 1.192 8.7 0.3 2.1 4.2 2.00
1982 22 LAD NL 3 4 .429 2.71 55 0 24 0 0 9 69.2 71 22 21 3 25 8 60 2 0 1 299 130 1.378 9.2 0.4 3.2 7.8 2.40
1983 23 LAD NL 8 3 .727 1.90 66 0 38 0 0 11 94.2 55 22 20 6 29 11 66 1 0 1 366 190 0.887 5.2 0.6 2.8 6.3 2.28
1984 24 LAD NL 2 5 .286 2.47 33 0 21 0 0 11 47.1 39 14 13 3 23 7 45 2 1 1 203 144 1.310 7.4 0.6 4.4 8.6 1.96
1985 25 LAD NL 7 9 .438 2.71 64 0 43 0 0 19 106.1 86 32 32 6 24 5 102 1 0 0 415 128 1.034 7.3 0.5 2.0 8.6 4.25
1986 26 LAD NL 6 6 .500 3.71 60 0 27 0 0 11 80.0 86 35 33 11 29 15 55 1 0 2 345 94 1.438 9.7 1.2 3.3 6.2 1.90
1987 27 TOT MLB 4 5 .444 4.46 60 0 47 0 0 14 68.2 68 37 34 12 31 4 47 2 0 3 303 97 1.442 8.9 1.6 4.1 6.2 1.52
1987 27 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 2.76 15 0 8 0 0 1 16.1 13 5 5 1 9 1 10 1 0 1 70 149 1.347 7.2 0.6 5.0 5.5 1.11
1987 27 BAL AL 3 5 .375 4.99 45 0 39 0 0 13 52.1 55 32 29 11 22 3 37 1 0 2 233 88 1.471 9.5 1.9 3.8 6.4 1.68
1988 28 BAL AL 3 4 .429 3.51 52 0 42 0 0 18 59.0 59 23 23 8 19 3 40 2 0 0 252 112 1.322 9.0 1.2 2.9 6.1 2.11
1989 29 SEA AL 0 3 .000 6.69 25 0 14 0 0 0 36.1 46 29 27 7 15 5 15 1 0 3 171 61 1.679 11.4 1.7 3.7 3.7 1.00
1990 30 STL NL 0 6 .000 3.46 52 0 12 0 0 2 65.0 66 26 25 3 25 7 32 0 0 3 276 110 1.400 9.1 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.28
10 Seasons 36 46 .439 3.29 484 0 276 0 0 97 653.0 601 251 239 60 226 67 474 13 1 14 2737 112 1.266 8.3 0.8 3.1 6.5 2.10
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .439 3.29 68 0 39 0 0 14 92 84 35 34 8 32 9 67 2 0 2 385 112 1.266 8.3 0.8 3.1 6.5 2.10
LAD (7 yrs) 30 28 .517 2.76 310 0 169 0 0 64 440.1 375 141 135 31 145 49 350 9 1 6 1805 128 1.181 7.7 0.6 3.0 7.2 2.41
BAL (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 4.20 97 0 81 0 0 31 111.1 114 55 52 19 41 6 77 3 0 2 485 99 1.392 9.2 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
STL (1 yr) 0 6 .000 3.46 52 0 12 0 0 2 65.0 66 26 25 3 25 7 32 0 0 3 276 110 1.400 9.1 0.4 3.5 4.4 1.28
SEA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.69 25 0 14 0 0 0 36.1 46 29 27 7 15 5 15 1 0 3 171 61 1.679 11.4 1.7 3.7 3.7 1.00
NL (8 yrs) NL 30 34 .469 2.85 362 0 181 0 0 66 505.1 441 167 160 34 170 56 382 9 1 9 2081 126 1.209 7.9 0.6 3.0 6.8 2.25
AL (3 yrs) AL 6 12 .333 4.81 122 0 95 0 0 31 147.2 160 84 79 26 56 11 92 4 0 5 656 86 1.463 9.8 1.6 3.4 5.6 1.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1981 21 LAD NL 26.0 0 11 13 0 1.2 2 0.1 $
1982 22 LAD NL 69.2 0 22 37 0 1.8 15 1.6 $
1983 23 LAD NL 94.2 0 22 52 -1 1.2 30 2.9 $
1984 24 LAD NL 47.1 0 14 26 -1 2.2 12 1.6 $
1985 25 LAD NL 106.1 0 32 54 1 1.6 22 2.2 $370,000
1986 26 LAD NL 80.0 0 35 45 -4 1.7 10 0.7 $531,250
1987 27 LAD NL 16.1 0 5 10 -1 1.1 5 0.4 $731,250
1987 27 BAL AL 52.1 0 32 35 0 1.5 3 -0.2 $
1988 28 BAL AL 59.0 0 23 35 -1 1.3 12 0.9 $850,000
1989 29 SEA AL 36.1 0 29 21 0 .6 -8 -0.9 $800,000
1990 30 STL NL 65.0 0 26 35 2 1.0 9 0.5 $
10 Seasons 653.0 0 251 363 -5 1.4 112 9.8 $3,282,500
LAD (7 yrs) 440.1 0 141 237 -6 1.6 96 9.5 $1,632,500
BAL (2 yrs) 111.1 0 55 70 -1 1.4 15 0.7 $850,000
STL (1 yr) 65.0 0 26 35 2 1.0 9 0.5 $
SEA (1 yr) 36.1 0 29 21 0 .6 -8 -0.9 $800,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 21 LAD NL NLDS W HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
1981 21 LAD NL NLCS W MON 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 21 LAD NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00
1983 23 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1985 25 LAD NL NLCS L STL 0 2 .000 6.35 3 0 3 0 0 1 5.2 5 4 4 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 23 1.235 7.9 3.2 3.2 7.9 2.50
3 Seasons (5 Series) 0 2 .000 2.70 9 0 6 0 0 2 13.1 11 6 4 2 5 3 9 0 0 0 56 1.200 7.4 1.4 3.4 6.1 1.80
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 27.0 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.00
3 NLCS 0 2 .000 4.50 6 0 5 0 0 2 8.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 8 0 0 0 33 1.250 7.9 2.3 3.4 9.0 2.67
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 21 LAD NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 22 LAD NL 55 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 23 LAD NL 66 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 24 LAD NL 33 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 25 LAD NL 64 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 26 LAD NL 60 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1987 27 TOT MLB 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 LAD NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 BAL AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 28 BAL AL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 SEA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 30 STL NL 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 484 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 1 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (7 yrs) 310 27 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 3 0 0 3 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 362 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 3 0 0 3 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1982 22 LAD NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1983 23 LAD NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1984 24 LAD NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1985 25 LAD NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $370,000 1
1986 26 LAD NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $531,250 1
1990 30 STL NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 30 -5 0 0 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $901,250
LAD (5 yrs) 27 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $901,250
STL (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 21 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 LAD NL NLCS MON W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 LAD NL WS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 LAD NL NLCS STL L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1981 LAD NL 21 P 17 0 0 26.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.35 .958 1.97 1.98 3 2 40% 0
1982 LAD NL 22 P 55 0 0 69.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.15 .952 1.96 1.97 9 4 31% 0
1983 LAD NL 23 P 66 0 0 94.2 17 8 8 1 0 .941 1.52 0.24 .952 1.92 1.91 8 1 11% 1
1984 LAD NL 24 P 33 0 0 47.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.14 0.18 .954 1.88 1.87 3 4 57% 1
1985 LAD NL 25 P 64 0 0 106.1 15 8 7 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.23 .953 1.92 1.92 10 5 33% 2
1986 LAD NL 26 P 60 0 0 80.0 20 9 10 1 1 .950 2.14 0.32 .955 1.93 1.94 5 5 50% 0
1987 TOT MLB 27 P 60 0 0 68.2 14 7 6 1 2 .929 1.70 0.22 .956 1.86 1.84 8 3 27% 0
1987 LAD NL 27 P 15 0 0 16.1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.76 0.33 .956 1.93 1.90 2 1 33% 0
1987 BAL AL 27 P 45 0 0 52.1 9 5 3 1 1 .889 1.38 0.18 .956 1.84 1.82 6 2 25% 0
1988 BAL AL 28 P 52 0 0 59.0 9 3 5 1 1 .889 1.22 0.15 .961 1.78 1.77 2 2 50% 1
1989 SEA AL 29 P 25 0 0 36.1 13 6 5 2 0 .846 2.72 0.44 .960 1.86 1.85 2 0 0% 0
1990 STL NL 30 P 52 0 0 65.0 12 3 7 2 0 .833 1.38 0.19 .957 1.80 1.79 10 7 41% 0
10 Seasons P 484 0 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .956 1.89 1.88 60 33 35% 5
10 Seasons TOT 484 0 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .956 1.89 1.88 60 33 35% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL  66 (9th)
1985 NL  64 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1985 NL  19 (7th)
1987 AL  13 (10th)
Career  97 (131st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 NL  43 (7th)
1987 AL  39 (9th)
Career  276 (134th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  19 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1983 NL  2.0 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1983 NL  27.87 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.8 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1983 NL  2.5 (4th)
1985 NL  1.9 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1983 NL  3.0 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1985 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jack Baldschun (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Randy Moffitt (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198525Los Angeles Dodgers$370,0001985 USA Today survey
198626Los Angeles Dodgers$531,2501986 USA Today survey
198727Los Angeles Dodgers$731,2501987 USA Today survey
198828Baltimore Orioles$850,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198929Seattle Mariners$800,0001989 USA Today survey
199030Seattle Mariners$800,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,082,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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