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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 8	LAD		MON	L,3-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	8 (4)	Apr 13	LAD		HOU	W,5-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (2)	Apr 17	LAD		SDP	L,1-9		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	12	Apr 18	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	20 (7)	Apr 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	24 (3)	May 4	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	25	May 6	LAD		STL	W,16-10	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	29 (3)	May 10	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	31 (1)	May 13	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-6		12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	34 (2)	May 17	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	36 (1)	May 20	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
12	41 (4)	May 26	LAD		SFG	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	42	May 27	LAD		SFG	L,3-6		11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	44 (1)	May 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	48 (3)	Jun 2	LAD		NYM	W,5-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	49	Jun 3	LAD		NYM	L,2-5		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	52 (2)	Jun 7	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	54 (1)	Jun 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	55	Jun 10	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	56	Jun 11	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	60 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	63 (2)	Jun 18	LAD		CIN	L,2-3		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	66 (2)	Jun 21	LAD		SDP	L,0-2		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	69 (2)	Jun 24	LAD		HOU	W,7-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	70	Jun 25	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	71	Jun 26	LAD		HOU	L,7-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,9-5	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	74 (1)	Jun 30	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-7		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	77 (2)	Jul 3	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	79 (1)	Jul 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	80	Jul 9	LAD		PIT	L,0-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
32	84 (3)	Jul 13	LAD		STL	L,5-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	85	Jul 14	LAD		CHC	W,8-4	GF	7	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	87 (1)	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,7-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	90 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	92 (1)	Jul 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	93	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	W,9-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	95 (1)	Jul 24	LAD	@	STL	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
39	101 (5)	Jul 31 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	102	Jul 31 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	103	Aug 1	LAD		CIN	L,2-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	105 (1)	Aug 3	LAD		CIN	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	106	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	110 (3)	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	112 (1)	Aug 11	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	115 (2)	Aug 14	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	117 (1)	Aug 16	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	120 (2)	Aug 20	LAD		PHI	W,4-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	121	Aug 21	LAD		PHI	W,6-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	123 (1)	Aug 23	LAD		MON	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	124	Aug 24	LAD		MON	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	128 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	130 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	131	Aug 30 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	135 (3)	Sep 3	LAD	@	MON	W,4-0	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	136	Sep 4	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	139 (2)	Sep 7	LAD		CIN	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	140	Sep 8	LAD		CIN	W,5-2		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	141	Sep 9	LAD		ATL	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	147 (5)	Sep 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	150 (2)	Sep 19	LAD		HOU	W,9-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	154 (3)	Sep 24	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	11	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
63	156 (1)	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,12-9		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	157	Sep 27	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
65	158	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	T,4-4		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	163 (4)	Oct 2	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							66gm		94.2	8	8	1	17	0