Brandon Puffer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 5, 1975 in Downey, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 27th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from Capistrano Valley HS (Mission Viejo, CA).

High School: Capistrano Valley HS (Mission Viejo, CA)

Debut: April 17, 2002 (Age 26-194d, 18,049th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 26, 2005 (Age 29-264d)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Full Name: Brandon Duane Puffer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

5.09

115.0

WHIP

1.661

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	CAL-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	4.01	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	5.75	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	5.88	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	7.31	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	4.82	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	4.82	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	4.41	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	7.31	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	5.88	1.944	12.0	1.5	5.5	6.0	1.09

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