Brandon Puffer
Brandon Duane Puffer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 5, 1975 in Downey, CA
High School: Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 27th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 2002
Final Game: June 26, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 26 HOU NL 3 3 .500 4.43 55 0 19 0 0 0 69.0 67 37 34 3 38 8 48 5 0 2 310 97 1.522 8.7 0.4 5.0 6.3 1.26
2003 27 HOU NL 0 0 5.14 13 0 4 0 0 0 21.0 24 13 12 2 16 3 10 1 0 1 99 85 1.905 10.3 0.9 6.9 4.3 0.63
2004 28 SDP NL 0 1 .000 5.50 14 0 9 0 0 0 18.0 24 13 11 3 11 1 12 1 0 0 89 71 1.944 12.0 1.5 5.5 6.0 1.09
2005 29 SFG NL 0 0 10.29 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 31 42 1.571 11.6 2.6 2.6 1.3 0.50
4 Seasons 3 4 .429 5.09 85 0 34 0 0 0 115.0 124 71 65 10 67 12 71 7 0 3 529 84 1.661 9.7 0.8 5.2 5.6 1.06
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .429 5.09 68 0 27 0 0 0 92 99 57 52 8 54 10 57 6 0 2 423 84 1.661 9.7 0.8 5.2 5.6 1.06
HOU (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.60 68 0 23 0 0 0 90.0 91 50 46 5 54 11 58 6 0 3 409 94 1.611 9.1 0.5 5.4 5.8 1.07
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 10.29 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 31 42 1.571 11.6 2.6 2.6 1.3 0.50
SDP (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.50 14 0 9 0 0 0 18.0 24 13 11 3 11 1 12 1 0 0 89 71 1.944 12.0 1.5 5.5 6.0 1.09

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 26 HOU NL 55 310 260 37 67 13 2 3 4 0 38 48 .258 .361 .358 .718 .303 93 7 5 5 2 8
2003 27 HOU NL 13 99 80 13 24 6 0 2 2 1 16 10 .300 .423 .450 .873 .324 36 4 1 2 0 3
2004 28 SDP NL 14 89 75 13 24 5 0 3 0 1 11 12 .320 .414 .507 .920 .350 38 1 1 2 0 1
2005 29 SFG NL 3 31 29 8 9 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .310 .355 .655 1.010 .269 19 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 85 529 444 71 124 28 2 10 6 2 67 71 .279 .381 .419 .800 .312 186 13 7 9 2 12
162 Game Avg. 68 423 355 57 99 22 2 8 5 2 54 57 .279 .381 .419 .800 .312 149 10 6 7 2 10
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2002 26 HOU NL 55 55 19 3 3 0 0 0 3 2 41 13 32% 7 0.568 4 14 34 12 5 38 22 33 21 14 22 18 3.8 21
2003 27 HOU NL 13 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 30% 3 0.520 3 2 7 2 1 10 5 8 7 2 7 2 4.8 28
2004 28 SDP NL 14 14 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0.315 0 2 11 3 1 10 1 13 4 2 4 5 3.9 24
2005 29 SFG NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 3 0.121 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 7.0 36
4 Seasons 85 85 34 3 4 0 0 0 4 3 59 19 32% 0.490 7 18 55 17 7 61 31 54 35 18 36 25 4.1 23

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 26 HOU NL 310 33% 1.0% 15.5% 12.3% 5.8% 27% 1.24 2.14 68% 21% 3.9% 19% 71 7 10%
2003 27 HOU NL 99 41% 2.0% 10.1% 16.2% 8.1% 33% 1.33 2.25 69% 13% 7.4% 10% 26 4 15%
2004 28 SDP NL 89 47% 3.4% 13.5% 12.4% 9.0% 33% 0.75 1.05 67% 17% 9.4% 11% 20 1 5%
2005 29 SFG NL 31 45% 6.5% 3.2% 6.5% 19.4% 67% 0.56 0.67 84% 11% 14.3% 22% 3 1 33%
4 Seasons 529 38% 1.9% 13.4% 12.7% 7.6% 32% 1.09 1.76 69% 18% 6.7% 16% 120 13 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 26 HOU NL 310 1142 3.68 697 61% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 7% 45% 81% 64% 6% 19 7 27% 83 43 5 13% 9 4 0 0 0
2003 27 HOU NL 99 365 3.69 210 58% 27% 9% 30% 34% 73% 7% 42% 88% 58% 11% 11 3 27% 27 14 4 30% 2 5 0 0 0
2004 28 SDP NL 89 342 3.84 210 61% 24% 14% 31% 31% 76% 3% 47% 82% 57% 7% 6 4 38% 34 20 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0
2005 29 SFG NL 31 109 3.52 69 63% 28% 12% 20% 41% 72% 0% 46% 84% 61% 3% 1 1 16% 5 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 529 1958 3.70 1186 61% 26% 13% 29% 32% 74% 6% 45% 82% 61% 7% 37 15 28% 149 77 10 20% 13 10 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 26 HOU NL 310 67 5 0 3 0 16 2 1 1 2 26 16 4 62% 3 2 0 140 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 27 HOU NL 99 24 2 0 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 10 5 1 50% 3 1 0 48 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 SDP NL 89 24 3 0 3 0 6 1 2 0 3 8 3 2 38% 1 0 0 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2005 29 SFG NL 31 9 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 529 124 10 0 10 0 31 4 6 3 7 46 25 7 54% 7 3 0 235 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 26 3 3 .500 4.43 55 0 19 0 0 0 69.0 67 37 34 3 38 8 48 5 0 2 310 97 1.522 8.7 0.4 5.0 6.3 1.26 97
2003 27 3 3 .500 4.60 68 0 23 0 0 0 90.0 91 50 46 5 54 11 58 6 0 3 409 94 1.611 9.1 0.5 5.4 5.8 1.07 94
2004 28 3 4 .429 4.75 82 0 32 0 0 0 108.0 115 63 57 8 65 12 70 7 0 3 498 90 1.667 9.6 0.7 5.4 5.8 1.08 90
2005 29 3 4 .429 5.09 85 0 34 0 0 0 115.0 124 71 65 10 67 12 71 7 0 3 529 84 1.661 9.7 0.8 5.2 5.6 1.06 84

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 26 3 4 .429 4.24 68.0 64 36 32 3 36 47 5 1.471 8.5 4.8 6.2 1.31 0.4 55
2003 27 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 23 12 11 2 15 10 1 1.900 10.4 6.8 4.5 0.67 0.9 13
2004 28 0 1 .000 6.35 17.0 25 13 12 3 11 11 1 2.118 13.2 5.8 5.8 1.00 1.6 14
2005 29 0 0 9.00 7.0 9 8 7 2 2 1 0 1.571 11.6 2.6 1.3 0.50 2.6 3
4 Seasons 4 6 .400 4.98 112.0 121 69 62 10 64 69 7 1.652 9.7 5.5 1.08 0.8 85

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