Tom Niedenfuer | Major Leaguer 1981-1990

Full Name: Thomas Edward Niedenfuer
Born: August 13,1959 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Redmond (Redmond,WA)
College: Washington State University

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Drafted: Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in 36th Round (762nd overall) of 1977 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 14,1980] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Dodgers. [May 22,1987] - Traded by Dodgers to Orioles for Brad Havens and John Shelby. [Nov 4,1988] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 7,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [Apr 6,1990] - Released by Mariners. [Apr 10,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Nov 5,1990] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1981	SanAntonio	Tex	21	La	AA	13	3	1.80	36	0	0	0	27	5	90.0	61	19	18	3	34	95	9		6.10	0.30	3.40	9.50	1.06	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	MLB	3	1	3.81	17	0	0	0	8	2	26.0	25	11	11	1	6	12	0	0	8.65	0.35	2.08	4.15	1.19	45%
1982	Albuqurque	PCL	22	La	AAA	2	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	3	1	10.2	6	0	0	0	2	15	0		5.07	0.00	1.69	12.66	0.75	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	22	La	MLB	3	4	2.71	55	0	0	0	24	9	69.2	71	22	21	3	25	60	1	0	9.17	0.39	3.23	7.75	1.38	45%
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	23	La	MLB	8	3	1.90	66	0	0	0	38	11	94.2	55	22	20	6	29	66	1	0	5.23	0.57	2.76	6.28	0.89	39%
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	24	La	MLB	2	5	2.47	33	0	0	0	21	11	47.1	39	14	13	3	23	45	1	1	7.42	0.57	4.37	8.56	1.31	47%
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	7	9	2.71	64	0	0	0	43	19	106.1	86	32	32	6	24	102	0	0	7.28	0.51	2.03	8.63	1.03	35%
1986	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	6	6	3.71	60	0	0	0	27	11	80.0	86	35	33	11	29	55	2	0	9.68	1.24	3.26	6.19	1.44	29%
1987	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	3	5	4.99	45	0	0	0	39	13	52.1	55	32	29	11	22	37	2	0	9.46	1.89	3.78	6.36	1.47	43%
	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	1	0	2.76	15	0	0	0	8	1	16.1	13	5	5	1	9	10	1	0	7.16	0.55	4.96	5.51	1.35	50%
1988	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	3	4	3.51	52	0	0	0	42	18	59.0	59	23	23	8	19	40	0	0	9.00	1.22	2.90	6.10	1.32	23%
1989	Calgary	PCL	29	Sea	AAA	1	2	5.31	13	2	0	0	7	0	18.2	23	13	11	2	7	11	2		11.09	0.96	3.38	5.31	1.61	--
	Seattle	AL	29	Sea	MLB	0	3	6.69	25	0	0	0	14	0	36.1	46	29	27	7	15	15	3	0	11.40	1.73	3.72	3.72	1.68	32%
1990	Louisville	Amer	30	Stl	AAA	0	0	2.46	5	0	0	0	4	2	7.1	5	2	2	0	4	7	2		6.14	0.00	4.91	8.59	1.23	--
	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	0	6	3.46	52	0	0	0	12	2	65.0	66	26	25	3	25	32	3	0	9.14	0.42	3.46	4.43	1.40	34%

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						36	46	3.29	484	0	0	0	276	97	653.0	601	251	239	60	226	474	14	1	8.28	0.83	3.11	6.53	1.27	37%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						16	5	2.21	58	2	0	0	41	8	126.2	95	34	31	5	47	128	13		6.77	0.36	3.35	9.13	1.13	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1981	SanAntonio	Tex	21	La	AA	p		36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	MLB	p	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	22	La	MLB	p	9	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	100%
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	23	La	MLB	p	9	66	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	24	La	MLB	p	9	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	p	9	64	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	80%
1986	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	p	9	60	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	0%
1987	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	p	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	p	9	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	p	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	Seattle	AL	29	Sea	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p	9	52	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								484	26	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	3	0	0	.115	.148	.115	263	67%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	21		Div	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	1		0		1	1			27.27	---	27.27	27.27	6.06	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	2		0		0	0			54.55	---	0.00	0.00	6.06	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	5.0	3		0		1	0			5.40	---	1.80	0.00	0.80	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	23		Ch	0	0	0.00	2		0			1	2.0	0		0		1	3			0.00	---	4.50	13.50	0.50	--
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	25		Ch	0	2	6.36	3		0			1	5.2	5		4		2	5			7.95	---	3.18	7.95	1.24	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	2	2.70	9		0			2	13.1	11		4		5	9			7.43	---	3.38	6.08	1.20	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	23	La	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	Ch	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981	SanAntonio	Tex	21	La	AA	P	36			4	14	0	18	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	21	La	MLB	P	17		26	4	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1982	Albuqurque	PCL	22	La	AAA	P	4			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	22	La	MLB	P	55		69.2	1	7	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.03

1983	LA Dodgers	NL	23	La	MLB	P	66		94.2	8	8	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	1.52

1984	LA Dodgers	NL	24	La	MLB	P	33		47.1	1	5	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.14

1985	LA Dodgers	NL	25	La	MLB	P	64		106.1	8	7	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.27

1986	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	P	60		80	9	10	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	2.14

1987	Baltimore	AL	27	Bal	MLB	P	45		52.1	5	3	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.38
1987	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	P	15		16.1	2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.76

1988	Baltimore	AL	28	Bal	MLB	P	52		59	3	5	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.22

1989	Calgary	PCL	29	Sea	AAA	P	13			3	3	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	--
1989	Seattle	AL	29	Sea	MLB	P	25		36.1	6	5	2	13	0	-	-	-	.846	2.72

1990	Louisville	Amer	30	Stl	AAA	P	5			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	52		65	3	7	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	1.38

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	370,000		299,108	33
1986	531,250		325,466	27
1987	731,250		292,853	16
1988	850,000		325,305	15
1989	800,000		375,257	17
1990	800,000		426,358	20

Career:	$4,082,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.

Married to actress Judy Landers.

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