Brandon Puffer vs. Roy Witherup — Career Comparison

Brandon Puffer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Witherup
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Witherup 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. Roy Witherup posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.09 and 1.765 for Brandon Puffer. By the career numbers, Roy Witherup had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Puffer and Roy Witherup

Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.09
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.44
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
9.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
10.48
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.7
9.7
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
5.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.94
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
5.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
3.94
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
41.4
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
37.87
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.66
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.56
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.49
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.02
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.454
1.454
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
34.75
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
35.15
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Brandon Puffer and Roy Witherup

Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.44
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.94
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.1
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.88
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.33
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.05
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
2.61
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.39
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.49
91.49
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.654
1.654
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Puffer and Roy Witherup

Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
4636.36
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
26
294.34
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
588.68
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.66
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
6.99
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-34.24
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.21
-13.74
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
147.17
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Roy Witherup
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
4.08
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Witherup
Career
Per 600 PA