Jim Neidlinger

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jim Neidlinger

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|9|24}}

|birth_place=Vallejo, California

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 1

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 29

|finalyear=1990

|finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.28

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=46

|teams=

• Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|1990}})

}}

James Llewellyn Neidlinger (born September 24, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Neidlinger attended Napa High School.{{Cite journal

| last = James

| first = Marty

| title = Players loved their coach

| journal = Napa Valley Register

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| publisher = Lee Enterprises, Inc.

| location = Napa, CA

| date = June 22, 2009

| url = http://napavalleyregister.com/sports/article_c3837086-f57d-517d-bd06-1e0c54f9086a.html

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| access-date = November 18, 2010}} and signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1984. He made his major league debut on August 1, 1990, with the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting twelve games during that season.

In November 2019, Neidlinger was named head coach of the Saint Michael's College baseball team. Prior to this, he had spent a decade as an assistant coach at Middlebury College.{{cite web|url=https://www.smcathletics.com/sports/bsb/coaches/neidlinger_jim?view=bio|title=Jim Neidlinger|publisher=Saint Michael's College|access-date=April 8, 2020}}