Andy Dirks vs. Terry Puhl — Career Comparison

Andy Dirks
MillenialKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Terry Puhl
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRight FielderAll-Star

Andy Dirks and Terry Puhl are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 108 for Andy Dirks, 109 for Terry Puhl), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 104). The overall lean goes to Terry Puhl, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Andy Dirks and Terry Puhl

Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
297
167.64
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1531
167.66
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
1063
600
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5479
600
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
971
548.07
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4855
531.67
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.761
0.761
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
0.77
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
268
151.27
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1361
149.04
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
190
107.24
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1017
111.37
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.53
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
24.75
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
3.95
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
6.13
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
13.55
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
6.79
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
44.03
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
37.67
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
135.06
76.24
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699.16
76.56
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
401
226.34
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1885
206.42
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
351
198.12
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1892
207.19
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.745
0.745
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.737
0.737
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
0.69
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.721
0.721
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
84.67
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
676
74.03
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
56.44
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
435
47.64
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
226
127.56
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1049
114.87
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
141.98
80.14
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
732.04
80.16
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.95
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
2.85
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
76
42.9
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
505
55.3
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.82
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
5.37
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
97.65
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
507
55.52
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
6.14
6.14
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.81
10.81
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.39
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
6.24
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.69
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
3.94
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
7.34
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
6.46
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.34
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
217
23.76
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.26
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
10.84
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 600 PA
17
9.6
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
34.6
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.47
76.47
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 600 PA
68.67
68.67

Fielding Stats for Andy Dirks and Terry Puhl

Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.17
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1304
1.1
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.99
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1193
1.01
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6143
27
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32034
27
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2047.2
9
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10678
9
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
2.05
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2585
2.18
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.05
Andy Dirks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
2.13
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2660
2.24
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
2.1
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2642
2.23
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.56
98.56
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.32
99.32
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.026
2.026
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.64
84.64
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.49
91.49
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Puhl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.02
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Andy Dirks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Puhl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0