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: 5-12

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 6

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	1	63	Aug 15	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	7-7		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.60	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.59	-0.055	1.03	-0.06%	-0.62	7t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
2	2	64	Aug 16	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	6-7	W(1-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.27	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.057	1.02	0.05%	0.84	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
3	3	67	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.80	1.60	8	2	4	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.016	.51	-0.01%	-0.10	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
4	4	72	Aug 25	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-7	11-GF(11)	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	1.77	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.080	1.85	0.08%	0.45	11b --- 0 out a2	11b end a 2
5	5	76	Aug 29	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	1.85	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.023	1.60	-0.03%	0.11	9t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
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
6	6	79	Sep 1	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	W(2-0)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	1.95	5	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.87	0.120	6.33	0.12%	0.42	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
7	7	82	Sep 4	LAD		STL	L,2-7	4-5		2	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.79	2.50	9	2	1	0	1	3		2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.030	1.65	-0.03%	-0.21	4t 12- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d4
8	8	83	Sep 5	LAD		STL	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(3-0)	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	2.76	12	5	4	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.361	3.26	0.26%	1.26	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
9	9	85	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	2.60	10	2	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.051	.50	0.06%	1.26	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
10	10	87	Sep 9	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	11-GF(11)	L(3-1)	1	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.24	3.56	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.469	4.72	-0.73%	-2.58	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 3
11	11	89	Sep 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	7-7	BS(1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.71	3.54	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.491	4.68	-0.55%	-2.21	7b 1-3 1 out a2	7b --3 2 out d1
12	12	92	Sep 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-8	6-7		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.34	9	1	4	3	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.010	.18	-0.01%	-1.19	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
13	13	96	Sep 19	LAD		CIN	L,3-7	4-4		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.05	3.20	3	0	1	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.019	4.40	-0.03%	0.22	4t 123 0 out d1	4t 3 out d3
14	14	97	Sep 20	LAD		CIN	L,1-5	6-7		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	3.05	7	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.057	1.02	0.06%	0.84	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
15	15	99	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	6-7		2	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	4.13	3.10	10	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.251	.60	-0.08%	-2.20	6b 12- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d4
16	16	103	Sep 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	3.00	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	17	107	Oct 1	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	2.98	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
							5-12		W-L:3-1,Sv:2,BSv:1	1.9	26.0	25	11	11	6	12	1	1	3.81	2.98	107	0.67		15%	6%	23		13	69%	3	2	0	97	4	1	2	1	1	2	1.14	-0.607	1.75	-0.89%	-2.89

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