Brandon Puffer vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Brandon Puffer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima 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. Al Sima posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.539 compared to 5.09 and 1.765 for Brandon Puffer. By the career numbers, Al Sima had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Puffer and Al Sima

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.92
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.61
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.38
34.38
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.09
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
9.7
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
10
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.78
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.24
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.85
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.94
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.56
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.24
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
41.4
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1376
40.12
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.66
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.56
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.02
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.539
1.539
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
34.75
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
36.16
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Brandon Puffer and Al Sima

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
6.65
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
27
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.1
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.88
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.05
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.97
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.65
93.65
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Puffer and Al Sima

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
4636.36
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
645.16
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
529.03
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.66
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
13.32
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
83.87
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.26
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-34.24
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.52
-9.83
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
283.87
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.11
2.11
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
51.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0