Tom Niedenfuer

Position: 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)

Debut: August 15, 1981 (Age 22-002d, 14,477th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 25-30

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 21

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	18	19	Apr 28	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	8-8	H(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	11.72	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.37	0.045	5.00	0.03%	-0.07	8t -23 1 out a2	8t 12- 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	19	22	May 1	LAD		MON	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.22	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	0.156	5.99	0.10%	0.46	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
3	20	24	May 3	LAD		NYM	L,3-6	8-11		1	4.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.00	17	7	5	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	0.478	2.83	0.29%	1.78	8t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
4	21	26	May 6	LAD	@	MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.47	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.82	0.322	7.11	0.20%	0.87	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
5	22	28	May 8	LAD	@	MON	W,10-8	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.72	7	0	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.218	2.30	0.16%	0.92	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
6	23	30	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	8-10	L(0-1)	1	2.1	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0.93	3.03	11	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.46	0.043	3.59	0.04%	0.25	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 1-3 1 out tie
7	24	37	May 18	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	9-GF	BW(1-1)	7	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	3.01	3	1	1	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	-0.104	6.08	-0.07%	-0.15	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end tie
8	25	38	May 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.84	2.81	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.032	1.45	0.02%	0.46	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 3
9	26	41	May 22	LAD		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.82	2.63	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.23	0.224	9.29	0.14%	0.73	9t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 1
10	27	43	May 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-9	7-7	L(1-2)	1	0.2	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.63	2.72	7	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.408	1.57	-0.32%	-2.96	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
11	28	47	May 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-9		4	1.1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4.15	3.64	8	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	0.226	5.17	0.19%	0.87	8b 1-3 1 out tie	9b 123 2 out tie
12	29	49	May 31	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	8-8	H(2)	1	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.61	4.77	6	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2.35	-0.199	3.60	-0.18%	-1.28	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 123 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	30	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.57	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.91	-0.471	14.78	-0.42%	-0.88	9b 123 1 out a1	9b end d 1
14	31	54	Jun 6	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	9-9		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.79	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.088	2.07	-0.06%	-0.37	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
15	32	55	Jun 7	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	7-7		0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.02	5.65	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.403	3.10	-0.48%	-2.60	7t 12- 2 out tie	7t 3 out d3
16	33	57	Jun 9	LAD		ATL	L,5-11	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	5.46	3	1	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	8t 12- 0 out d10	8t 3 out d11
17	34	68	Jun 21	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-10	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.51	5.35	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-1.54	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
18	35	72	Jun 25	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-7	6-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.40	5.48	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	0.024	1.73	0.02%	0.45	6b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
19	36	74	Jun 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	7-8	H(3)	1	2.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.82	4.91	10	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.226	4.42	0.20%	0.83	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
20	37	76	Jun 29	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	9-9	BS(3)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.74	4.77	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	-0.685	8.81	-0.95%	-1.60	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t 3 out d1
21	38	78	Jun 30(2)	LAD		SDP	L,4-6	8-9		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	4.95	5.37	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.077	1.15	-0.11%	-2.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t -23 0 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	39	81	Jul 4	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.71	5.05	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
23	40	87	Jul 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.94	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.19	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	41	89	Jul 15	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.30	4.76	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
25	42	91	Jul 17	LAD		NYM	W,6-5	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	4.52	7	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.067	.53	0.05%	0.89	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
26	43	92	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	L,3-8	7-8		0	1.2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.39	4.40	10	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.128	1.26	-0.10%	-1.57	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-3 2 out d3
27	44	96	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	4.34	4	1	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.09	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
28	45	99	Jul 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.40	4.43	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
29	46	101	Jul 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	4.37	4	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
30	47	102	Jul 30(1)	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-9	5-5		1	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.70	4.18	7	0	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.066	.47	-0.05%	-1.53	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	48	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-4	4-5		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.41	4.13	8	1	4	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.110	2.42	0.15%	0.94	4b --- 0 out d1	5b 3 out tie
32	49	106	Aug 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	4.11	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.003	.21	0.00%	0.74	8b 123 2 out d4	8b end d 4
33	50	109	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.99	8	3	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.150	2.39	0.31%	1.70	6t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d1
34	51	111	Aug 7	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.96	4.07	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.024	4.64	0.07%	0.30	6t -2- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d2
35	52	112	Aug 8	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.11	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.065	9.16	0.19%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
36	53	113	Aug 9	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	6-7		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.72	3.96	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.158	4.91	0.30%	0.91	6t 1-3 2 out tie	7t 3 out tie
37	54	116	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	6-8	W(2-2)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.46	3.89	11	0	7	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	0.466	9.19	1.17%	2.80	6t -23 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
38	55	120	Aug 17 susp	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	7-8		4	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.30	3.75	8	0	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.186	5.91	0.43%	0.92	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
39	56	121	Aug 18	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-4	8-GF	S(7)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.20	3.58	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.124	4.36	0.28%	0.94	8b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 3
40	57	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.33	3.63	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.07	-0.01%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
41	58	125	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	10-13		2	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.06	3.40	13	4	4	0	2	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.24	0.526	8.68	1.22%	1.88	10b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
42	59	129	Aug 27	LAD		CHC	W,9-4	8-GF	S(8)	4	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.94	3.31	7	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.072	4.10	0.17%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
43	60	134	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,5-6	10-11		4	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.83	3.31	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.94	0.252	12.46	0.64%	0.89	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
44	61	137	Sep 5	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	9-GF(10)	W(3-2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	3.25	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.252	8.04	0.53%	0.89	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
45	62	139	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-4	8-8		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.68	3.14	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.024	1.57	0.07%	0.46	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
46	63	140	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,11-12	6-8	BS(4)	0	2.2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.56	3.07	10	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.21	0.107	19.01	0.55%	0.82	6b 12- 1 out a1	8b 3 out tie
47	64	142	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	9-GF	S(9)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	3.00	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.171	18.35	0.48%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
48	65	145	Sep 13	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	9-10		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	2.96	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.194	16.47	-0.66%	-0.61	9t -2- 2 out tie	10t --3 0 out tie
49	66	148	Sep 17	LAD		HOU	W,9-2	9-GF		3	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	2.96	6	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.10	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
50	67	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	8-10	L(3-3)	4	2.1	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.52	2.83	9	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.159	6.00	0.30%	0.68	8b --- 0 out tie	10b -2- 1 out tie
51	68	154	Sep 25	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.48	2.79	3	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.032	3.83	0.16%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
52	69	155	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	2.79	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	4.64	0.20%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
53	70	157	Sep 28	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	8-8	BS(5)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.54	2.76	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.228	21.66	-1.12%	-1.59	8t 12- 0 out a3	8t 3 out tie
54	71	158	Sep 29	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	8-9		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.47	2.75	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	0.226	38.04	1.96%	0.89	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
55	72	162	Oct 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	7-7	L(3-4)	3	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.71	2.72	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.151	22.21	-1.03%	-0.90	7b --- 0 out tie	7b -23 1 out tie
							25-30		W-L:3-4,Sv:9,BSv:5,Hld:3	1.8	69.2	71	22	21	25	60	3	2	2.71	2.72	299	0.56		8%	12%	70		42	26%	9	4	0	264	6	1	8	3	3	5	1.79	2.024	5.99	5.09%	9.24

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