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Tom Niedenfuer
Thomas Edward Niedenfuer
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
Final Game: September 20, 1990
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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 88 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 1 299 129 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 1 366 189 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 1 203 142 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 93 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 96 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 70 145 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 0 252 111 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 127 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 98 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) 30 34 .469 2.85 362 0 181 0 0 66 505.1 441 167 160 34 170 56 382 9 1 9 2081 125 1.209 7.9 0.6 3.0 6.8 2.25
AL (3 yrs) 6 12 .333 4.81 122 0 95 0 0 31 147.2 160 84 79 26 56 11 92 4 0 5 656 85 1.463 9.8 1.6 3.4 5.6 1.64

Postseason Pitching

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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 LAD NL 15 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
11 Seasons 362 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 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .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
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

Postseason Batting

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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 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 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 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 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 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 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 LAD NL 21 P 17 0 26.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.35 .950 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 22 P 55 0 69.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.15 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 LAD NL 23 P 66 0 94.2 17 8 8 1 0 .941 1.52 0.24 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 LAD NL 24 P 33 0 47.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.14 0.18 .957 1.88 0.67
1985 LAD NL 25 P 64 0 106.1 15 8 7 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.23 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 LAD NL 26 P 60 0 80.0 20 9 10 1 1 .950 2.14 0.32 .955 1.93 0.66
1987 TOT MLB 27 P 60 0 68.2 14 7 6 1 2 .929 1.70 0.22 .957 1.86 0.66
1987 LAD NL 27 P 15 0 16.1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.76 0.33 .960 1.93 0.62
1987 BAL AL 27 P 45 0 52.1 9 5 3 1 1 .889 1.38 0.18 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 BAL AL 28 P 52 0 59.0 9 3 5 1 1 .889 1.22 0.15 .967 1.78 0.67
1989 SEA AL 29 P 25 0 36.1 13 6 5 2 0 .846 2.72 0.44 .962 1.86 0.66
1990 STL NL 30 P 52 0 65.0 12 3 7 2 0 .833 1.38 0.19 .967 1.80 0.58
10 Seasons P 484 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .957 1.89 0.66
10 Seasons TOT 484 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .883 1.89 0.66

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 (125th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 NL  43 (7th)
1987 AL  39 (9th)
Career  276 (127th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 36th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

August 14, 1980: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

May 22, 1987: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Baltimore Orioles for Brad Havens and John Shelby.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

April 6, 1990: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

April 10, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$370,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$531,250
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$731,250
1988Baltimore Orioles$850,000
1989Seattle Mariners$800,000
1990Seattle Mariners$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,082,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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