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Brandon Puffer

Brandon Duane Puffer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 5, 1975 in Downey, CA
High School: Mission Viejo HS (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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Padres/Giants 2002-2005

Final Game: June 26, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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
1994	18	MIN-min	Rk	2	2	.500	3.06	18	0	16	0	0	2	35.1	33	18	12	1	19	0	40	4	1	6	157		1.472	8.4	0.3	4.8	10.2	2.11	TWN · GULF
1995	19	MIN-min	Rk	0	3	.000	2.88	14	5	6	0	0	1	40.2	29	21	13	0	21	0	35	2	0	5	175		1.230	6.4	0.0	4.6	7.7	1.67	TWN · GULF
1996	20	ANA-min	A-,Rk	2	1	.667	4.33	17	1	8	0	0	1	35.1	34	21	17	3	12	0	25	1	0	4	152		1.302	8.7	0.8	3.1	6.4	2.08	BOI,ANG · NORW,ARIZ
1997	21	ANA-min	A,A-	0	0		2.48	16	0	4	0	0	1	32.2	18	11	9	0	12	0	26	1	1	4	129		0.918	5.0	0.0	3.3	7.2	2.17	CDR,BOI · MIDW,NORW
1998	22	CIN-min	A,AA	2	7	.222	6.37	36	0	16	0	0	1	59.1	70	48	42	6	26	4	42	8	0	5	274		1.618	10.6	0.9	3.9	6.4	1.62	CHL,CNG · SALL,SOUL
1999	23	CIN-min	A	1	2	.333	1.99	59	0	55	0	0	34	63.1	53	20	14	2	24	3	60	11	1	4	277		1.216	7.5	0.3	3.4	8.5	2.50	CLI · MIDW
2000	24	HOU-COL-min	A+,A	2	3	.400	4.04	32	0	27	0	0	14	35.2	37	22	16	3	22	7	41	4	0	6	170		1.654	9.3	0.8	5.6	10.3	1.86	KIS,AVL · FLOR,SALL
2001	25	HOU-min	AA	6	1	.857	2.07	56	0	33	0	0	8	82.2	52	19	19	4	35	2	91	7	0	3	331		1.052	5.7	0.4	3.8	9.9	2.60	RRK · TL
2002	26	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.80	11	0	4	0	0	0	15.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	13	2	0	1	57		0.800	4.8	0.6	2.4	7.8	3.25	NOR · PCL
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	98	1.522	8.7	0.4	5.0	6.3	1.26
2003	27	HOU-min	AAA	7	3	.700	2.91	44	0	20	0	0	5	52.2	50	23	17	1	16	1	41	7	0	1	226		1.253	8.5	0.2	2.7	7.0	2.56	NOR · PCL
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	86	1.905	10.3	0.9	6.9	4.3	0.63
2004	28	SDP-BOS-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.30	46	0	26	0	0	12	62.2	63	26	23	2	21	5	40	3	0	4	274		1.340	9.0	0.3	3.0	5.7	1.90	POR,PAW · PCL,IL
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	72	1.944	12.0	1.5	5.5	6.0	1.09
2005	29	SFG-min	AAA	6	5	.545	5.52	54	0	12	0	0	0	73.1	85	54	45	9	23	3	48	12	1	3	329		1.473	10.4	1.1	2.8	5.9	2.09	FRE · PCL
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	44	1.571	11.6	2.6	2.6	1.3	0.50
2006	30	HOU-OAK-min	AAA	5	1	.833	4.67	50	0	24	0	0	4	69.1	67	37	36	10	20	4	51	3	1	0	288		1.255	8.7	1.3	2.6	6.6	2.55	RRK,SAC · PCL
2007	31	TEX-min	AA	3	3	.500	3.20	51	0	13	0	0	1	64.2	61	27	23	6	21	0	48	3	0	2	277		1.268	8.5	0.8	2.9	6.7	2.29	FRI · TL
2008	32	TEX-min	AA,AAA	8	0	1.000	4.38	46	0	18	0	0	1	76.0	85	43	37	6	18	1	54	4	0	0	328		1.355	10.1	0.7	2.1	6.4	3.00	FRI,OKC · TL,PCL
4 Yrs				3	4	.429	5.09	85	0	34	0	0	0	115.0	124	71	65	10	67	12	71	7	0	3	529	85	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	85	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	95	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	44	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	72	1.944	12.0	1.5	5.5	6.0	1.09

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2002	26	HOU	NL	69.0	55	0	37	4.83	4.46	-0.28	-0.33	105.3	4.65	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.1	0.3	5	.497	.499	$
2003	27	HOU	NL	21.0	13	0	13	5.57	5.14	0.45	-0.38	99.6	4.29	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.476	.498	$
2004	28	SDP	NL	18.0	14	0	13	6.50	4.70	-0.06	-0.34	99.4	4.40	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.470	.497	$
2005	29	SFG	NL	7.0	3	0	8	10.29	4.59	-0.21	-0.35	97.5	4.34	-5	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.361	.497	$
4 Seasons				115.0	85	0	71	5.56	4.63	-0.11	-0.34	102.8	4.52	-14	-1.3	.6	0.1	-0.3	-2	.485	.498	$

HOU (2 yrs)				90.0	68	0	50	5.00	4.62	-0.11	-0.34	104.0	4.56	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.1	0.2	4	.493	.499	$
SFG (1 yr)				7.0	3	0	8	10.29	4.59	-0.21	-0.35	97.5	4.34	-5	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.361	.497	$
SDP (1 yr)				18.0	14	0	13	6.50	4.70	-0.06	-0.34	99.4	4.40	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.470	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	3
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	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	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	0
4 Yrs				85	529	444	71	124	28	2	10	6	2	67	71	.279	.381	.419	.800	.312	186	13	7	9	2	12	7
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	6
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.421	.754	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	26	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	317	-0.2	2.7	-2.9	.55	0.0	-0.4	3.6	0.4	0.55	3.8	4	13	35
2003	27	HOU	NL	-1.6	-0.2	102	0.0	0.8	-0.8	.51	-0.4	0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.51	-3.2	3	2	8
2004	28	SDP	NL	-3.9	-0.4	90	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.30	-0.4	-0.3	-4.6	-0.5	0.30	-5.9	0	2	11
2005	29	SFG	NL	-4.2	-0.4	31	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.11	-0.3	-0.4	-3.5	-0.3	0.11	-4.1	0	0	3
4 Yrs				-10.3	-1.0	540	-0.5	4.0	-4.5	.48	-1.1	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.48	-9.4	7	17	57

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	3	2	41	13	32%	7	.552	4	13	35	12	5	38	22	33	21	14	22	18	3.8	21
2003	27	HOU	NL	13	13	4	0	0	1	1	10	3	30%	3	.507	3	2	8	2	1	10	5	8	7	2	7	2	4.8	28
2004	28	SDP	NL	14	14	9	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	9	.297	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	6	1	17%	3	.113	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	7.0	36
4 Yrs				85	85	34	3	4	4	3	59	19	32%		.475	7	17	57	17	7	61	31	54	35	18	36	25	4.1	23

Ratio Pitching*

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	67%	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	59%	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	53%	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	55%	6.5%	3.2%	6.5%	19.4%	67%	0.56	0.67	84%	11%	14.3%	22%	3	1	33%
4 Yrs				529	62%	1.9%	13.4%	12.7%	7.6%	32%	1.09	1.76	69%	18%	6.7%	16%	120	13	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	100	366	3.66	211	58%	27%	9%	30%	34%	73%	7%	42%	88%	58%	11%	11	3	27%	27	14	4	30%	2	5	-1	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 Yrs				530	1959	3.70	1187	61%	26%	13%	29%	32%	74%	6%	45%	82%	61%	7%	37	15	28%	149	77	10	20%	13	10	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2002	26	3	3	.500	4.43	55	19	69.0	67	37	34	3	38	8	48	5	2	310	98	1.522	8.7	0.4	5.0	6.3	1.26	98
2003	27	3	3	.500	4.60	68	23	90.0	91	50	46	5	54	11	58	6	3	409	95	1.611	9.1	0.5	5.4	5.8	1.07	95
2004	28	3	4	.429	4.75	82	32	108.0	115	63	57	8	65	12	70	7	3	498	91	1.667	9.6	0.7	5.4	5.8	1.08	91
2005	29	3	4	.429	5.09	85	34	115.0	124	71	65	10	67	12	71	7	3	529	85	1.661	9.7	0.8	5.2	5.6	1.06	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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	65	36	32	3	37	47	5	1.500	8.6	4.9	6.2	1.27	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	5.50	18.0	24	12	11	3	11	12	1	1.944	12.0	5.5	6.0	1.09	1.5	14
2005	29	0	0		10.29	7.0	9	9	8	2	2	1	0	1.571	11.6	2.6	1.3	0.50	2.6	3
4 Yrs		4	6	.400	4.94	113.0	121	69	62	10	65	70	7	1.646	9.6		5.6	1.08	0.8	85

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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