What years did Bobby Tiefenauer play?

Bobby Tiefenauer played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1968.

Was Bobby Tiefenauer a pitcher?

Yes. Bobby Tiefenauer pitched in the major leagues, recording 9 wins and 204 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bobby Tiefenauer hit?

Bobby Tiefenauer hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams did Bobby Tiefenauer play for?

Bobby Tiefenauer played for 6 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1952, 1955, 1961), the Cleveland Indians (1960, 1965, 1967), the Houston Colt .45's (1962), the Milwaukee Braves (1963–1965), the New York Yankees (1965), and the Chicago Cubs (1968).

What were Bobby Tiefenauer's career stats?

In 179 games, Bobby Tiefenauer went 9-25 with a 3.84 ERA, 204 strikeouts, 316.0 innings pitched, and 23 saves.

What position did Bobby Tiefenauer play?

Bobby Tiefenauer played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Bobby Tiefenauer and how much did he weigh?

Bobby Tiefenauer was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Bobby Tiefenauer's career ERA?

Bobby Tiefenauer finished with a 3.84 career ERA, going 9-25 with 204 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bobby Tiefenauer have?

Bobby Tiefenauer recorded 204 career strikeouts.

Is Bobby Tiefenauer in the Hall of Fame?

No. Bobby Tiefenauer has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Bobby Tiefenauer

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1952-1968)

Bobby Tiefenauer was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1968 for 6 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 17 seasons. Across 179 career appearances, he went 9-25 with a 3.84 ERA, 204 strikeouts, and 23 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2803.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 9–25

ERA 3.84

WHIP 1.26

SO 204

Pitcher PIV 2803.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 10/10/1929 in Desloge, MO, USA
Died: 6/13/2000 in Desloge, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 1952-07-14
Last Game: 1968-09-21

Full name: Bobby Gene Tiefenauer

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bobby Tiefenauer — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
9	25	179	0	0	0	23	316.0	312	135	29	87	204	3.84	2803.9

Career ERA 3.84 vs. league average 3.61 across their career seasons — 6.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Bobby Tiefenauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1952	SLN	NL	0	0	6	0	8.0	12	7	7	3	7.88	—	0.0
1955	SLN	NL	1	4	18	0	32.2	31	16	10	16	4.41	4.00 (-10%)	-868.5
1960	CLE	AL	0	1	6	0	9.0	8	2	3	2	2.00	3.82 (+48%)	0.0
1961	SLN	NL	0	0	3	0	4.1	9	3	4	3	6.23	—	0.0
1962	HOU	NL	2	4	43	1	85.0	91	41	21	60	4.34	3.96 (-10%)	2206.3
1963	ML1	NL	1	1	12	2	29.2	20	4	4	22	1.21	3.46 (+65%)	1209.1
1964	ML1	NL	4	6	46	13	73.0	61	26	15	48	3.21	3.58 (+10%)	893.7
1965	ML1	NL	0	1	6	0	7.0	8	6	3	7	7.71	—	0.0
1965	NYA	AL	1	1	10	2	20.1	19	8	5	15	3.54	3.50 (-1%)	-176.0
1965	CLE	AL	0	5	15	4	22.1	24	12	10	13	4.84	3.50 (-38%)	-601.9
1967	CLE	AL	0	1	5	0	11.1	9	1	3	6	0.79	3.30 (+76%)	292.3
1968	CHN	NL	0	1	9	1	13.1	20	9	2	9	6.07	2.98 (-104%)	-151.0
Career · 12 seasons			9	25	179	23	316.0	312	135	87	204	3.84	—	2,804

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bobby Tiefenauer — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
179	39	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	15	.026	.156	.051	.207	0

Career AVG .026 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 89.7% below league average.

Career OBP .156 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Career SLG .051 vs. league average .375 across their career seasons — 86.3% below league average.

Career OPS .207 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — 70.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bobby Tiefenauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1952	SLN	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	SLN	NL	18	5	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1960	CLE	AL	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1961	SLN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1962	HOU	NL	43	9	1	1	1	1	4	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	ML1	NL	12	5	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	ML1	NL	46	14	0	0	0	1	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	ML1	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	NYA	AL	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	CLE	AL	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	CHN	NL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			179	39	5	1	1	6	15	.026	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bobby Tiefenauer — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	85	14	2	0	0	0	.000
Away	94	25	3	1	0	0	.040

Pitching — Home / Away

Bobby Tiefenauer — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	85	146.2	126	49	42	97	3.01
Away	94	169.1	187	85	45	107	4.52

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bobby Tiefenauer — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1968-09-21	CHC	PIT	L	0
1968-05-12	CHC	NYN	L	0
1968-04-29	CHC	PIT	L	0
1968-04-27	CHC	HOU	L	0
1968-04-19	CHC	STL	L	0
1968-04-16	CHC	CIN	L	0
1968-04-14	CHC	STL	W	1
1968-04-13	CHC	STL	L	0
1968-04-10	CHC	CIN	L	0
1967-09-24	CLE	CHW	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bobby Tiefenauer — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1968-09-21	CHC	PIT	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1968-05-12	CHC	NYN	—	2.0	5	3	2	0	0	0
1968-04-29	CHC	PIT	—	1.1	1	2	1	0	1	1
1968-04-27	CHC	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1968-04-19	CHC	STL	—	2.0	5	3	3	0	2	0
1968-04-16	CHC	CIN	L	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
1968-04-14	CHC	STL	SV	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0
1968-04-13	CHC	STL	—	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1968-04-10	CHC	CIN	—	2.0	3	3	2	0	2	1
1967-09-24	CLE	CHW	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bobby Tiefenauer — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	179	0	23	41	4	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bobby Tiefenauer — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1952	SLN	P	6	0	3	0	0
1955	SLN	P	18	3	7	0	0
1960	CLE	P	6	0	1	0	1
1961	SLN	P	3	0	0	0	0
1962	HOU	P	43	6	6	2	0
1963	ML1	P	12	4	8	0	0
1964	ML1	P	46	4	9	1	0
1965	ML1	P	6	2	1	0	0
1965	NYA	P	10	1	3	0	0
1965	CLE	P	15	2	2	0	0
1967	CLE	P	5	0	0	1	0
1968	CHN	P	9	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Bobby Tiefenauer Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	179

Bobby Tiefenauer: the record in brief

Bobby Tiefenauer's major league career runs from a debut on July 14, 1952 to a final game on September 21, 1968. The team column moves through the St. Louis Cardinals (1952 through 1961), the Cleveland Indians (1960 through 1967), the Houston Colt .45's (1962), the Milwaukee Braves (1963 to 1965), the New York Yankees (1965), and the Chicago Cubs (1968). Tiefenauer played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 10, 1929, in Desloge, MO, USA and a listed size of 6'2" and 185 pounds. The bio records the death on June 13, 2000, in Desloge, MO, USA. Tiefenauer's full given name, per the bio, is Bobby Gene Tiefenauer.

Tiefenauer went 9-25 with a 3.84 ERA in 179 games, 0 of them starts. Also on Tiefenauer's record: 204 strikeouts and 23 saves. The league ERA over Tiefenauer's seasons was 3.61, so the 3.84 figure ran 6.5% worse than average. The strikeout high was 60 in 1962.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bobby Tiefenauer

What years did Bobby Tiefenauer play?: Bobby Tiefenauer played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1968.
Was Bobby Tiefenauer a pitcher?: Yes. Bobby Tiefenauer pitched in the major leagues, recording 9 wins and 204 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bobby Tiefenauer hit?: Bobby Tiefenauer hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Bobby Tiefenauer play for?: Bobby Tiefenauer played for 6 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1952, 1955, 1961), the Cleveland Indians (1960, 1965, 1967), the Houston Colt .45's (1962), the Milwaukee Braves (1963–1965), the New York Yankees (1965), and the Chicago Cubs (1968).
What were Bobby Tiefenauer's career stats?: In 179 games, Bobby Tiefenauer went 9-25 with a 3.84 ERA, 204 strikeouts, 316.0 innings pitched, and 23 saves.
What position did Bobby Tiefenauer play?: Bobby Tiefenauer played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bobby Tiefenauer and how much did he weigh?: Bobby Tiefenauer was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Bobby Tiefenauer's career ERA?: Bobby Tiefenauer finished with a 3.84 career ERA, going 9-25 with 204 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bobby Tiefenauer have?: Bobby Tiefenauer recorded 204 career strikeouts.
Is Bobby Tiefenauer in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bobby Tiefenauer has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.