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: 20-13

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 12

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	139	2	Apr 5	LAD		STL	W,5-2	9-11		99	3.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.10	12	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	0.378	3.56	0.27%	1.33	9t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
2	140	6	Apr 9	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.38	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.097	1.99	0.07%	0.65	8t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
3	141	8	Apr 13	LAD		SFG	W,2-0	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.66	8	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.197	3.69	0.18%	1.26	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
4	142	9	Apr 14	LAD		SFG	W,8-4	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.81	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.39	0.02%	0.44	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
5	143	10	Apr 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	11-11	L(0-1)	0	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.35	2.25	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.19	-0.191	5.53	-0.20%	-0.68	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 1-3 1 out tie
6	144	19	Apr 24	LAD		HOU	W,5-3	8-GF	S(3)	8	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	2.35	8	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.132	2.62	0.16%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
7	145	21	Apr 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-5	7-GF	S(4)	1	2.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.50	2.60	9	1	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.09	0.410	8.27	0.66%	1.32	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
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
8	146	26	May 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	8-9		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.29	2.27	7	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.224	4.32	0.31%	0.88	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
9	147	27	May 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	7-8	BL(0-2)	0	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.84	2.50	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.325	6.24	-0.45%	-1.28	7b 12- 2 out a1	8b 1-3 1 out tie
10	148	28	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-8	8-9	BS(2)	2	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.16	2.47	10	1	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.02	-0.088	6.44	-0.11%	-0.09	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
11	149	29	May 6(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-GF(10)	W(1-2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.93	2.50	8	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.67	0.209	5.79	0.27%	0.91	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
12	150	32	May 8	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	7-GF	S(5)	1	3.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.66	2.68	11	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	0.415	5.76	0.52%	1.33	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	151	37	May 13	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	7-GF	S(6)	4	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.46	2.48	10	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.196	2.22	0.23%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
14	152	38	May 14	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	9-GF	BS(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.40	2.65	6	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.69	-0.390	9.79	-0.49%	-0.59	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
15	153	41	May 18	LAD		MON	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	L(1-3)	3	3.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	1.88	2.63	17	6	3	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.91	-0.614	5.56	-0.70%	-1.67	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
16	154	43	May 20	LAD		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	2.57	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.149	3.87	0.17%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
17	155	46	May 24	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	7-8		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.72	2.45	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.245	4.38	0.31%	1.33	7b 12- 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
18	156	48	May 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	7-8	L(1-4)	1	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.95	2.55	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	-0.177	3.04	-0.21%	-0.55	7b 1-- 1 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
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
19	157	65	Jun 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		18	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	2.65	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.29	0.010	.54	0.01%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
20	158	72	Jun 22	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-4	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	2.53	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
21	159	74	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(8)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.73	2.58	8	2	3	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.137	3.30	0.18%	1.35	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
22	160	77	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	9-GF	S(9)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.72	2.60	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	0.032	8.23	0.04%	-1.54	9t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 1
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
23	161	82	Jul 2	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF	S(10)	4	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.64	2.51	8	0	3	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.134	2.88	0.10%	-0.71	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 1
24	162	86	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,3-2	9-10		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	2.42	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.02	0.252	2.41	0.18%	0.89	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
25	163	88	Jul 8	LAD		STL	L,6-8	9-9		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.01	2.74	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.127	1.74	-0.09%	-2.35	9t 1-3 1 out a4	9t 1-- 1 out a1
26	164	89	Jul 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	L(1-5)	3	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.18	3.01	6	0	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	-0.229	4.00	-0.17%	-0.51	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
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
27	165	109	Aug 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	8-8		21	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.61	3.47	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.099	.11	-0.01%	-1.98	8b --- 0 out a5	8b 12- 0 out a4
28	166	110	Aug 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	2-1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.47	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						6b -23 2 out d1	6b 1-- 2 out d3
Sept				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
29	167	154	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		47	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	3.45	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
30	168	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.39	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.13	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
31	169	158	Sep 25	LAD		HOU	L,6-12	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.64	3.33	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
32	170	160	Sep 28	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(11)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	3.32	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
33	171	161	Sep 29	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(2-5)	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.47	3.28	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.252	.00	0.00%	0.89	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
							20-13		W-L:2-5,Sv:11,BSv:3	2.0	47.1	39	14	13	23	45	3	2	2.47	3.28	203	0.58		0%	2%	38		18	50%	3	4	1	172	5	0	7	2	0	4	2.21	1.391	3.84	1.24%	4.96

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