P Tom Niedenfuer #17
Oakland Athletics RBL
Age: 39 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
11/21/1997
 OA: 48 POT: 48
BNN Index | RBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
P TOM NIEDENFUER #17 - AGE: 39 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
26 0 2-0 0 1.62 33.1 24 2 4 16 0.84 0.5
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 50 50 50 50
Movement 75 70 75 75
Control 65 60 65 65
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 60 60
Slider 60 60
 
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 90-92 Mph
Stamina 20
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Extreme Groundball
Hold Runners 45
Defense 45
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 70
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/26/1997 CAL Win, 5-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1997 KC Loss, 4-6 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
09/20/1997 KC Loss, 6-8 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1997 NYY Win, 3-2 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 Win
08/29/1997 BOS Loss, 1-2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0
08/27/1997 @ BAL Win, 8-6 0.2 2 2 2 0 1
08/18/1997 @ TOR Win, 7-6 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 Win
08/17/1997 @ CAL Win, 5-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
08/09/1997 @ KC Loss, 2-5 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
08/07/1997 SEA Loss, 6-10 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
He understands the game, inside and out.
High: Loyalty, Intelligence
Birthday:08/13/1958
Born in:St. Louis Park, MN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 5"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$600,000
Signed Through:1997 Season
Major Service:18 Years, 55 Days
Service This Yr:144 Days
40-Man Service:18 Years, 55 Days
Pro Service:18 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$700,000 total for 1 year
Drafted:1979, 3rd Pick in Round 1(Supp.)
REPLAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1997 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 26 0 2 0 0 1.62 33.1 24 6 6 2 4 16 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 1 1 0.0 26 8 7.56 6.48 4.32 1.08 3.48 0.84 78 0.5 .220        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 59 12 3 0 1 3 3 9 1 0 0 .203 .238 .305 .543      
vs. RHB 57 12 0 2 1 3 1 7 1 1 0 .211 .220 .333 .554      
REPLAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1997 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
May 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.1 3 0 0 0 0 3  
June 8 0 0 0 0 2.79 9.2 8 3 3 1 1 6  
July 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 6.1 4 0 0 0 1 2  
August 7 0 1 0 0 4.05 6.2 9 3 3 1 2 2  
September 4 0 1 0 0 0.00 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 3  
Last Year 43 0 5 4 0 3.64 47.0 40 19 19 4 23 35  
2 Years Ago 33 0 1 1 1 2.87 47.0 51 16 15 2 13 33  
Career 915 0 69 82 249 3.26 1140.1 1107 457 413 55 387 736  
Home 12 0 1 0 0 0.00 16.0 6 0 0 0 1 6  
Road 14 0 1 0 0 3.12 17.1 18 6 6 2 3 10  
Grass 21 0 1 0 0 1.71 26.1 18 5 5 1 2 13  
Turf 5 0 1 0 0 1.29 7.0 6 1 1 1 2 3  
Day 11 0 1 0 0 0.56 16.0 11 1 1 0 3 5  
Night 15 0 1 0 0 2.60 17.1 13 5 5 2 1 11  
As Reliever / Substitution 26 0 2 0 0 1.62 33.1 24 6 6 2 4 16  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1979 Chicago - RBL 20 55 0 2 6 23 2.59 62.2 53 18 18 1 21 42 0 0 1.18 .265 2.59 1.9 148
1980 Chicago - RBL 21 76 0 8 6 40 2.35 92.0 78 29 24 4 20 48 0 0 1.07 .249 2.97 1.6 149
1981 Chicago - RBL 22 66 0 4 11 24 3.50 74.2 72 30 29 5 16 50 0 0 1.18 .288 2.92 1.7 113
1982 Chicago - RBL 23 64 0 2 6 30 2.48 69.0 67 25 19 5 25 39 0 0 1.33 .272 3.42 0.7 149
1983 Chicago - RBL 24 79 0 8 8 45 3.40 95.1 97 38 36 5 23 85 0 0 1.26 .331 2.58 2.6 106
1984 Chicago - RBL 25 69 0 6 9 36 2.08 86.2 79 31 20 3 30 65 0 0 1.26 .288 2.73 2.2 173
1985 Chicago - RBL 26 66 0 3 9 31 3.78 81.0 72 35 34 4 30 54 0 0 1.26 .279 2.95 1.8 103
1986 Texas - RBL 27 23 0 2 5 3 3.55 45.2 44 19 18 6 22 40 0 0 1.45 .304 4.30 0.2 122
1987 Texas - RBL 28 21 0 0 5 2 6.64 20.1 26 15 15 1 14 20 0 0 1.97 .391 3.85 0.4 74
1988 Texas - RBL 29 39 0 6 3 2 3.41 58.0 54 23 22 3 25 35 0 0 1.36 .277 3.44 0.8 121
1989 Texas - RBL 30 45 0 6 2 7 3.38 61.1 52 25 23 1 30 32 0 0 1.34 .259 3.53 0.7 124
1990 New York - RBL 31 28 0 2 0 0 3.15 40.0 38 14 14 2 11 18 0 0 1.23 .279 3.71 0.3 125
1990 California - RBL 31 15 0 1 1 0 3.99 29.1 32 13 13 2 9 9 0 0 1.40 .286 4.33 0.1 111
1990 Total - RBL 31 43 0 3 1 0 3.50 69.1 70 27 27 4 20 27 0 0 1.30 .282 3.97 0.4 119
1991 California - RBL 32 10 0 1 0 0 5.84 12.1 19 9 8 1 5 10 0 0 1.95 .439 3.87 0.1 75
1991 New York - RBL 32 16 0 1 0 0 3.00 12.0 10 6 4 1 3 11 0 0 1.08 .281 3.97 0.1 147
1991 Total - RBL 32 26 0 2 0 0 4.44 24.1 29 15 12 2 8 21 0 0 1.52 .370 3.92 0.2 99
1992 Cincinnati - RBL 33 30 0 3 2 4 2.30 27.1 29 8 7 0 14 15 0 0 1.57 .322 3.37 0.5 181
1993 Milwaukee - RBL 34 49 0 3 3 1 4.28 67.1 78 37 32 2 19 32 0 0 1.44 .314 3.75 1.1 116
1994 Milwaukee - RBL 35 62 0 3 1 0 4.27 78.0 92 41 37 1 30 47 0 0 1.56 .335 3.69 1.2 112
1995 Cincinnati - RBL 36 33 0 1 1 1 2.87 47.0 51 16 15 2 13 33 0 0 1.36 .329 3.26 0.9 164
1996 Cincinnati - RBL 37 43 0 5 4 0 3.64 47.0 40 19 19 4 23 35 0 0 1.34 .261 3.97 0.4 117
1997 Oakland - RBL 38 26 0 2 0 0 1.62 33.1 24 6 6 2 4 16 0 0 0.84 .220 3.48 0.5 274
Total RBL 915 0 69 82 249 3.26 1140.1 1107 457 413 55 387 736 0 0 1.31 .292 3.30 19.9 126
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1991 Hawaii - AAA 32 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.55 .167 3.22 0.1 203
Total PCL 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.55 .167 3.22 202.9
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1980 Chicago - RBL 21 4 0 0 0 3 0.00 4.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.43 .071 2.40 0.1 999
1983 Chicago - RBL 24 4 0 0 2 1 9.64 4.2 9 6 5 2 1 6 0 0 2.14 .467 5.96 -0.2 37
1990 California - RBL 31 9 0 1 0 0 0.64 14.0 9 1 1 0 6 7 0 0 1.07 .243 3.74 0.2 692
Total RBL 17 0 1 2 4 2.31 23.1 19 7 6 2 8 14 0 0 1.16 .258 3.91 160.2
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1979 Chicago - MLB P 54 0 3 9 1 12 0 1.000 62.2 1.72 +0.1 1.026
1980 Chicago - MLB P 75 0 7 18 1 27 2 .926 92.0 2.45 +0.3 .933
1981 Chicago - MLB P 63 0 5 9 0 16 2 .875 74.2 1.69 +0.0 .939
1982 Chicago - MLB P 62 0 2 8 0 10 0 1.000 69.0 1.30 -0.1 1.042
1983 Chicago - MLB P 78 0 6 11 2 17 0 1.000 95.1 1.60 +0.4 1.085
1984 Chicago - MLB P 69 0 2 7 1 10 1 .900 86.2 0.93 +0.6 1.157
1985 Chicago - MLB P 65 0 2 7 0 10 1 .900 81.0 1.00 -0.4 .887
1986 Texas - MLB P 23 0 2 3 0 7 2 .714 45.2 0.99 +0.0 .663
1987 Texas - MLB P 20 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 20.1 0.89 +0.5 1.002
1988 Texas - MLB P 39 0 1 4 0 6 1 .833 58.0 0.78 -0.3 1.322
1989 Texas - MLB P 44 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 61.1 0.73 +0.3 1.006
1990 New York - MLB P 27 0 0 5 1 5 0 1.000 40.0 1.12 +0.3 .994
1990 California - MLB P 15 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 29.1 1.53 +0.2 .994
1991 California - MLB P 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 12.1 1.46 +0.5 2.048
1991 New York - MLB P 14 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 12.0 0.75 -0.7 .000
1992 Cincinnati - MLB P 28 0 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 27.1 2.30 +0.0 .758
1993 Milwaukee - MLB P 49 0 4 3 0 7 0 1.000 67.1 0.94 -0.8 1.008
1994 Milwaukee - MLB P 60 0 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 78.0 1.04 -0.7 1.019
1995 Cincinnati - MLB P 32 0 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 47.0 1.53 +0.5 1.274
1996 Cincinnati - MLB P 41 0 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 47.0 1.34 +0.4 1.025
1997 Oakland - MLB P 26 0 5 2 1 7 0 1.000 33.1 1.89 +0.7 1.021
TOTAL P 894 0 57 114 7 180 9 .950 1140.1 1.35 +1.9 1.006
PLAYER HISTORY
05/07/1979 Drafted in the 1979 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 3, 29th overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs.
11/26/1979 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $47,200 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1980 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (55); Movement: 70 (70); Control: 65 (65).
11/17/1980 Finished 2nd in 1980 RBL NL Reliever of the Year Award voting.
11/30/1980 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $52,800 through automatic renewal.
01/01/1981 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 65 (65).
11/28/1981 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $187,500 through arbitration.
01/01/1982 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 70 (70); Control: 65 (65).
07/11/1982 Was selected to the 1982 Replay Baseball League All-Star Game.
08/23/1982 Suspended 6 games after ejection following a brawl.
11/24/1982 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $220,500 through arbitration.
01/01/1983 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 70 (70).
11/01/1983 Injured (Flu-like symptoms), day-to-day for 4 days.
11/23/1983 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $350,000 through arbitration.
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 65 (65).
07/08/1984 Was selected to the 1984 Replay Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/20/1984 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $487,500 through arbitration.
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 60 (60).
11/26/1985 Became a free agent.
12/13/1985 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $2,280,000 with the Texas Rangers organization.
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 55 (55).
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 60 (60).
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 60 (60).
08/20/1988 Injured on 08/18/1988, diagnosed with a forearm cramp, is day-to-day.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 60 (60).
07/22/1989 Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for one week.
11/22/1989 Became a free agent.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 60 (60).
01/11/1990 Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $5,450,000 with the New York Mets organization.
07/09/1990 Was traded by the New York Mets to the California Angels, along with RP Bob Long, in exchange for LF Keith Mitchell, C Tim Killeen.
10/30/1990 Wins the 1990 World Series with the California Angels.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 70 (70); Control: 55 (55).
05/27/1991 Released by the California Angels.
06/26/1991 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $290,000 with the New York Yankees organization.
11/27/1991 Became a free agent.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 70 (70); Control: 55 (55).
01/14/1992 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $760,000 with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
06/13/1992 Injured on 06/11/1992, diagnosed with a tender shoulder, is day-to-day.
11/27/1992 Became a free agent.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 75 (75); Control: 55 (55).
02/07/1993 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,340,000 with the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
11/01/1993 Has met the vesting criteria in his contract.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 75 (75); Control: 60 (60).
04/22/1994 Injured (dehydration),day-to-day for 2 days.
11/26/1994 Became a free agent.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 75 (75); Control: 65 (65).
04/17/1995 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $242,000 with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
11/02/1995 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,950,000 with the Cincinnati Reds organization.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 75 (75); Control: 65 (65).
11/06/1996 Has failed to meet the vesting criteria in his contract.
11/29/1996 Became a free agent.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 75 (75); Control: 65 (65).
05/07/1997 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $600,000 with the Oakland Athletics organization.
10/07/1997 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $700,000 with the Oakland Athletics organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
1980 76 2
1981 66 6
1982 64 9
1983 79 1
1984 69 4
1985 66 5
Year SV Rank
1979 23 7
1980 40 1
1981 24 7
1982 30 4
1983 45 1
1984 36 3
1985 31 6
Year RA Rank
1980 76 2
1981 66 6
1982 64 9
1983 79 1
1984 69 4
1985 66 5
Year GF Rank
1979 44 10
1980 61 2
1981 52 5
1982 47 9
1983 65 1
1984 56 4
1985 57 4
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