Tom Niedenfuer
| Tom Niedenfuer | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: August 13, 1959 St. Louis Park, Minnesota |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 15, 1981, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 20, 1990, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 36–46 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 474 | ||
| Saves | 97 | ||
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Thomas Edward Niedenfuer (born August 13, 1959), is a retired American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Niedenfuer played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Baltimore Orioles, the Seattle Mariners, and the St. Louis Cardinals, and was exclusively a reliever during his 10-year career.
A native of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Niedenfuer's family moved to Pennsylvania when he three and later moved to Washington when he was in the third grade. Niedenfuer attended high school in Redmond, Washington. He was a standout pitcher in college for the Washington State Cougars under coach Bobo Brayton. He left school before completing his senior season.
As a rookie in the strike-shortened 1981 season, Niedenfuer appeared in only 17 games for the Dodgers, but he excelled in the 1981 World Series, pitching five innings in two games and allowing no runs as the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees.
His best all-around year was 1983, when he pitched in a career-high 66 games and posted an 8-3 record with 11 saves and a 1.90 earned run average. In 1985 he went 7-9, but posted career highs in saves with 19 and innings pitched with 106.1 with a fine 2.71 ERA. In the 1985 National League Championship Series, he gave up a walk-off home run to Ozzie Smith in Game 5 that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a Game 5 victory over the Dodgers. Two days later, he was victimized by a Jack Clark home run that gave the Cardinals the series win.
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