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: 3-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 7

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	408	2	Apr 5	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-11	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	36.00	28.76	7	26	16	2	4	1	4	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-3.53	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d10
2	409	6	Apr 9	SEA	@	CAL	L,5-13	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.00	15.76	3	8	5	2	0	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	7b --- 0 out d10	7b 3 out d10
3	410	8	Apr 11	SEA		CHW	L,6-8	9-GF	BL(0-1)	1	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	21.00	16.10	8	32	18	2	3	1	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.91	-0.748	1.99	-0.47%	-2.50	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
4	411	52	May 30	SEA	@	NYY	W,3-2	7-8	H(1)	48	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12.60	11.96	8	26	15	3	0	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	0.243	.65	0.04%	0.96	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	412	54	Jun 1	SEA		TEX	W,3-2	7-8	BS(2)	1	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	14.29	11.94	6	29	15	3	0	1	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	-0.404	.84	-0.08%	-2.18	7t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 12- 1 out tie
6	413	56	Jun 3	SEA		TEX	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	12.15	10.71	5	19	10	1	4	0	3	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.28	-0.044	.11	-0.01%	-1.88	9t -2- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
7	414	58	Jun 5	SEA		KCR	L,3-5	11-13	L(0-2)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	11.25	9.76	7	26	15	3	1	5	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.19	0.119	.95	0.02%	0.34	11t 1-- 2 out tie	13t 1-- 0 out tie
8	415	60	Jun 7	SEA		KCR	L,6-9	8-GF		1	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	10.80	8.66	12	28	15	1	2	1	10	6	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.017	.05	0.00%	-1.01	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
9	416	65	Jun 14	SEA	@	MIN	L,8-10	7-GF(8)	BL(0-3)	6	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	11.25	8.85	10	34	18	5	1	4	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.53	-0.483	.36	-0.07%	-1.97	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 2
10	417	70	Jun 19	SEA		BAL	L,5-9	7-8		4	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.93	7.83	11	48	31	5	6	1	9	4	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.069	.04	-0.01%	-1.62	7t 1-- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d6
11	418	72	Jun 21	SEA		BAL	L,6-8	5-7		1	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.00	7.00	12					5	5	0	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	.05	-0.009	.01	0.00%	0.48	5t 12- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d8
12	419	77	Jun 28	SEA	@	KCR	L,7-12	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	9.50	7.37	7	25	17	4	3	0	6	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	420	104	Jul 31	SEA		CAL	W,6-5	6-7		32	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.55	6.81	8	27	15	3	3	1	6	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.99	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	421	106	Aug 2	SEA		CAL	L,0-7	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.77	6.44	6	23	13	1	2	1	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
15	422	117	Aug 13	SEA		CHW	L,4-6	4-6		10	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.03	6.22	9	22	14	1	1	3	5	2	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.205	.00	0.00%	1.76	4t 123 2 out d2	6t 3 out a1
16	423	120	Aug 17	SEA		KCR	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.75	6.12	4					0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
17	424	122	Aug 19	SEA		KCR	L,5-13	8-GF		1	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	7.24	6.38	10	29	17	3	2	2	6	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	.02	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-2.01	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
18	425	126	Aug 24	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.99	6.29	5	16	10	1	1	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	426	129	Aug 27	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-8	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	6.17	3	5	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
20	427	133	Aug 31	SEA	@	MIL	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.53	6.06	3	11	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
21	428	135	Sep 2	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.32	5.83	3	11	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	429	137	Sep 5	SEA		NYY	L,2-12	7-7		2	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	6.96	6.10	7	30	19	2	6	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-2.50	7t --- 0 out d7	7t 3 out d10
23	430	139	Sep 7	SEA		NYY	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	6.00	3	15	10	1	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	431	142	Sep 10	SEA		MIL	L,1-7	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.82	6.00	6					2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
25	432	153	Sep 22(1)	SEA	@	KCR	L,2-9	6-7		11	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.69	5.76	8	25	17	4	2	5	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.66	6b 1-- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
							3-22		W-L:0-3,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.3	36.1	46	29	27	15	15	7	1	6.69	5.76	171	515	60%	10%	9%	0.53		28%	9%	2		10	50%	2	0	0	149	13	0	5	3	2	3	.65	-1.181	.22	-0.58%	-12.90

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