Dick Carroll vs. Brandon Puffer — Career Comparison

Dick Carroll
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brandon Puffer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Carroll built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Puffer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Carroll posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.600 compared to 5.09 and 1.765 for Brandon Puffer. By the career numbers, Dick Carroll had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Carroll and Brandon Puffer

Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.09
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
12.6
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
9.7
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.78
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
5.24
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.94
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.56
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
41.4
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.66
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.56
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.02
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
34.75
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Dick Carroll and Brandon Puffer

Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.88
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.05
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Carroll and Brandon Puffer

Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
4636.36
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.66
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-34.24
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.57
1.57
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Carroll
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA