Tom Niedenfuer

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: August 13, 1959 in St. Louis Park, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 36th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Redmond HS (Redmond, WA).

High School: Redmond HS (Redmond, WA)

School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

Last Game: September 20, 1990 (Age 31-038d)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Leigh Steinberg

Full Name: Thomas Edward Niedenfuer

Nicknames: Buff or Buffalo Head

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1981 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.29

484

653.0

474

WHIP

1.266

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1981	21	-2.0	San Antonio	TL	AA	LAD	13	3	.813	1.80	1.90	36	0	27	0	0	5	90.0	61	19	18	3	34	4	95	2	0	9		1.056	6.1	0.3	3.4	9.5	2.79
1981	21	-7.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	1	.750	3.81	3.81	17	0	8	0	0	2	26.0	25	11	11	1	6	2	12	1	0	0	107	1.192	8.7	0.3	2.1	4.2	2.00
1982	22	-3.0	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	10.2	6	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	0	0		0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	12.7	7.50
1982	22	-6.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	4	.429	2.71	2.84	55	0	24	0	0	9	69.2	71	22	21	3	25	8	60	2	0	1	299	1.378	9.2	0.4	3.2	7.8	2.40
1983	23	-5.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	3	.727	1.90	2.09	66	0	38	0	0	11	94.2	55	22	20	6	29	11	66	1	0	1	366	0.887	5.2	0.6	2.8	6.3	2.28
1984	24	-4.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	5	.286	2.47	2.66	33	0	21	0	0	11	47.1	39	14	13	3	23	7	45	2	1	1	203	1.310	7.4	0.6	4.4	8.6	1.96
1985	25	-3.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	9	.438	2.71	2.71	64	0	43	0	0	19	106.1	86	32	32	6	24	5	102	1	0	0	415	1.034	7.3	0.5	2.0	8.6	4.25
1986	26	-2.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	6	.500	3.71	3.94	60	0	27	0	0	11	80.0	86	35	33	11	29	15	55	1	0	2	345	1.438	9.7	1.2	3.3	6.2	1.90
1987	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD	4	5	.444	4.46	4.85	60	0	47	0	0	14	68.2	68	37	34	12	31	4	47	2	0	3	303	1.442	8.9	1.6	4.1	6.2	1.52
1987	27	-1.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	5	.375	4.99	5.50	45	0	39	0	0	13	52.1	55	32	29	11	22	3	37	1	0	2	233	1.471	9.5	1.9	3.8	6.4	1.68
1987	27	-1.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	1	0	1.000	2.76	2.76	15	0	8	0	0	1	16.1	13	5	5	1	9	1	10	1	0	1	70	1.347	7.2	0.6	5.0	5.5	1.11
1988	28	-0.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	3	4	.429	3.51	3.51	52	0	42	0	0	18	59.0	59	23	23	8	19	3	40	2	0	0	252	1.322	9.0	1.2	2.9	6.1	2.11
1989	29	3.0	Calgary	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	2	.333	5.30	6.27	13	2	7	0	0	0	18.2	23	13	11	2	7	0	11	2	0	2		1.607	11.1	1.0	3.4	5.3	1.57
1989	29	0.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	3	.000	6.69	7.18	25	0	14	0	0	0	36.1	46	29	27	7	15	5	15	1	0	3	171	1.679	11.4	1.7	3.7	3.7	1.00
1990	30	3.4	Louisville	AA	AAA	STL	0	0		2.45	2.45	5	0	4	0	0	2	7.1	5	2	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	2		1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	8.6	1.75
1990	30	1.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	6	.000	3.46	3.60	52	0	12	0	0	2	65.0	66	26	25	3	25	7	32	0	0	3	276	1.400	9.1	0.4	3.5	4.4	1.28
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		36	46	.439	3.29	3.46	484	0	276	0	0	97	653.0	601	251	239	60	226	67	474	13	1	14	2737	1.266	8.3	0.8	3.1	6.5	2.10
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		16	5	.762	2.20	2.42	58	2	41	0	0	8	126.2	95	34	31	5	47	4	128	4	0	13		1.121	6.8	0.4	3.3	9.1	2.72
All Levels (10 Seasons)							52	51	.505	3.12	3.29	542	2	317	0	0	105	779.2	696	285	270	65	273	71	602	17	1	27	2737	1.243	8.0	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.21

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	3.19	3.68	22	2	14	0	0	3	36.2	34	15	13	2	13	0	33	2	0	4		1.282	8.3	0.5	3.2	8.1	2.54
AA (1 season)					Minors		13	3	.813	1.80	1.90	36	0	27	0	0	5	90.0	61	19	18	3	34	4	95	2	0	9		1.056	6.1	0.3	3.4	9.5	2.79