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Tom
Niedenfuer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 13, 1959 in St.Louis Park, MN, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1981 21 OAK AL 4 8 .333 67 0 0 0 32 80.0 77 25 4 23 27 2.81 .254 .306 .366 .672 10.9
1982 22 OAK AL 5 5 .500 77 0 0 0 46 92.3 90 38 8 31 47 3.70 .257 .319 .386 .705 12.8
1983 23 OAK AL 11 2 .846 67 0 0 0 41 80.0 68 18 3 12 40 2.03 .240 .269 .329 .598 18.4
1984 24 OAK AL 2 9 .182 60 0 0 0 37 70.0 62 19 3 23 51 2.44 .238 .300 .322 .621 10.6
1985 25 OAK AL 7 6 .538 58 0 0 0 34 64.0 63 20 3 16 31 2.81 .259 .305 .358 .663 11.1
1986 26 OAK AL 8 8 .500 61 0 0 0 31 83.0 81 28 3 11 51 3.04 .254 .278 .348 .626 13.3
1987 27 OAK AL 7 9 .438 66 0 0 0 34 77.3 85 20 6 29 35 2.33 .273 .340 .370 .710 10.4
1988 28 OAK AL 4 5 .444 59 0 0 0 28 68.0 74 19 0 18 35 2.51 .284 .327 .318 .645 10.8
1989 29 OAK AL 7 12 .368 61 0 0 0 26 71.7 93 27 6 17 39 3.39 .318 .357 .442 .799 7.0
1990 30 OAK AL 3 11 .214 59 0 0 0 32 65.3 80 30 5 25 41 4.13 .297 .358 .409 .767 6.1
1991 31 OAK AL 0 5 .000 62 0 0 0 19 59.0 78 40 12 29 45 6.10 .317 .388 .504 .892 0.0
1992 32 OAK AL 6 5 .545 91 0 0 0 3 100.7 108 46 13 30 69 4.11 .271 .325 .419 .743 5.2
1993 33 OAK AL 4 2 .667 39 0 0 0 4 36.7 30 14 5 7 30 3.44 .221 .264 .390 .654 4.3
1994 34 SEA AL 3 5 .375 47 0 0 0 8 44.7 61 26 3 22 37 5.24 .333 .410 .448 .858 0.5
1995 35 SEA AL 7 3 .700 55 0 0 0 0 66.0 70 36 5 32 39 4.91 .271 .347 .388 .735 3.5
15 Years Sim 78 95 .451 929 0 0 0 375 1058.6 1120 406 79 325 617 3.45 .272 .326 .385 .711 125.0
Season Average 5 6 .455 61 0 0 0 25 70.6 74 27 5 21 41 3.45 .272 .326 .385 .711  
Career Highs 11 12 .846 91 0 0 0 46 100.7 108 46 13 32 69 6.10 .333 .410 .504 .892  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 21 OAK AL P 67 0 80.0 5 19 0 2 1.000 2.70    
1982 22 OAK AL P 77 0 92.3 9 16 1 3 .962 2.44    
1983 23 OAK AL P 67 0 80.0 6 27 1 2 .971 3.71    
1984 24 OAK AL P 60 0 70.0 5 22 0 1 1.000 3.47    
1985 25 OAK AL P 58 0 64.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.39    
1986 26 OAK AL P 61 0 83.0 9 18 0 3 1.000 2.93    
1987 27 OAK AL P 66 0 77.3 5 18 1 3 .958 2.68    
1988 28 OAK AL P 59 0 68.0 8 21 0 3 1.000 3.84    
1989 29 OAK AL P 61 0 71.7 8 16 2 1 .923 3.01    
1990 30 OAK AL P 59 0 65.3 4 13 0 3 1.000 2.34    
1991 31 OAK AL P 62 0 59.0 2 12 0 2 1.000 2.14    
1992 32 OAK AL P 91 0 100.7 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.88    
1993 33 OAK AL P 39 0 36.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1994 34 SEA AL P 47 0 44.7 4 6 0 1 1.000 2.02    
1995 35 SEA AL P 55 0 66.0 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.36    
Career Totals   929 0 1058.6 84 226 5 26 .984 2.64    
Career Highs   91 0 100.7 9 27 2 3 1.000 3.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1983 23 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
1984 24 OAK AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 3 2 1 0 0 27.27 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1993 33 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 1 2.3 4 2 1 1 0 7.76 .333 .385 .583 .968
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1981-10-32
1982-2-46
1983-2-41
1984-5-37
1985-9-34
1986-8-31
1987-5-34
1988-10-28
1989-9-26
1990-4-32
CAR-7-375
 Games Pitched
1982-7-77
1987-5-66
1992-2-91
CAR-21-929
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pete Ladd (945)
  2. Steve Ontiveros (943)
  3. Bobby Castillo (929)
  4. Larry Andersen (916)
  5. Steve Howe (911)
  6. Charlie Mitchell (909)
  7. Joe Sambito (906)
  8. Jeff Reardon (897)
  9. Bryan Harvey (895)
  10. Manny Sarmiento (887)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 52nd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1981
Drafted in 2nd round, 37th overall pick, by Oakland in 1981
Earned first career win on 5/27/1981
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 5/19/1990 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/1/1994 to a 2-year deal worth $1,400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 3/1/1996 to a minor league contract
Released by Philadelphia on 5/1/1996
 
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