Braden Looper Batting Statistics and History

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Braden Looper

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 28, 1974 in Weatherford, OK
High School: Mangum (Mangum, OK)
School: Wichita State University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 30, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 1998
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Looper
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1998	23	STL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	24	FLA	NL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	25	FLA	NL	71	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	26	FLA	NL	67	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	27	FLA	NL	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	28	FLA	NL	72	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	430	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	29	NYM	NL	69	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	30	NYM	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	31	STL	NL	65	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	274	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	32	STL	NL	29	63	53	6	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	19	.189	.259	.226	.485	28	12	1	1	5	0	0	1
2008	33	STL	NL	40	80	63	5	16	3	1	0	4	0	0	4	21	.254	.299	.333	.632	67	21	3	0	13	0	0	1
2009	34	MIL	NL	32	73	60	3	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	18	.200	.226	.200	.426	15	12	0	0	11	0	0	1
12 Seasons				646	227	186	15	40	6	1	0	18	0	0	10	63	.215	.259	.258	.517	37	48	4	1	30	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	57	47	4	10	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	16	.215	.259	.258	.517	37	12	1	0	8	0	0

FLA (5 yrs)				350	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12	1	0	0	1	0	0
STL (4 yrs)				138	145	118	11	27	6	1	0	10	0	0	8	40	.229	.283	.297	.580	53	35	4	1	18	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				126	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				32	73	60	3	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	18	.200	.226	.200	.426	15	12	0	0	11	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2000	25	FLA	NL	2	2	0	0.0	111		.000	.266	.000	.342	.000	.434	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2001	26	FLA	NL	2	2	0	0.0	109		.000	.265	.000	.336	.000	.434	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2002	27	FLA	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.417	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2003	28	FLA	NL	2	1	1	26.8	108	1.000	1.000	.266	1.000	.338	1.000	.427	2.000	.765	430	.957	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.435	.000	.775	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2006	31	STL	NL	2	1	1	26.8	112	.500	.500	.271	.500	.342	1.000	.440	1.500	.782	274	.954	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
2007	32	STL	NL	63	49	4	2.2	110	.294	.189	.272	.259	.341	.226	.434	.485	.775	28	.177	-5.7	-0.5	.386	.113	.038
2008	33	STL	NL	80	63	6	2.6	107	.381	.254	.266	.299	.338	.333	.425	.632	.762	67	.232	-3.2	-0.3	.500	.143	.079
2009	34	MIL	NL	73	59	3	1.4	104	.286	.200	.262	.226	.335	.200	.416	.426	.751	15	.090	-7.4	-0.7	.292	.033	.000
12 Seasons				227	180	15	2.2	107	.325	.215	.266	.259	.338	.258	.425	.517	.763	37	.190	-17.4	-1.7	.393	.097	.043
162 Game Avg.				57	45	4	2.2	107	.325	.215	.266	.259	.338	.258	.425	.517	.763	37	.190	-17.4	-1.7	.393	.097	.043

FLA (5 yrs)				7	6	1	4.5	108	.500	.167	.265	.167	.338	.167	.430	.333	.768	-12	.443	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
STL (4 yrs)				145	113	11	2.6	109	.346	.229	.269	.283	.339	.297	.429	.580	.768	53	.235	-8.4	-0.8	.463	.136	.068
NYM (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.435	.000	.775	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MIL (1 yr)				73	59	3	1.4	104	.286	.200	.262	.226	.335	.200	.416	.426	.751	15	.091	-7.4	-0.7	.292	.033	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	28	FLA	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	28	FLA	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	28	FLA	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	31	STL	NL	NLDS	SDP	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	31	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	31	STL	NL	WS	DET	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (6 Series)							13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2000	25	FLA	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2001	26	FLA	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2002	27	FLA	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2003	28	FLA	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00		50%	50%	0.0%	0%
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%

2006	31	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%					1.00		100%	50%	0.0%	0%
2007	32	STL	NL	63	0.0%	30.2%	6.4%	3.2%	20%	4.75	2.8		8.8	2.20	3.57	54%	13%	0.0%	0%
2008	33	STL	NL	80	0.0%	26.3%	5.0%	5.0%	25%	5.25	3.0		15.8	2.15	4.50	53%	15%	0.0%	23%
2009	34	MIL	NL	73	0.0%	24.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	9.00	3.3		7.5	1.10	2.42	58%	21%	0.0%	10%
12 Seasons				227	0.0%	27.8%	4.4%	3.1%	18%	6.30	3.0		10.3	1.67	3.48	54%	17%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2000	25	FLA	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	26	FLA	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	27	FLA	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	28	FLA	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	29	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2006	31	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	32	STL	NL	0	0	40%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
2008	33	STL	NL	0	0	25%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40%	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
2009	34	MIL	NL	0	0	21%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22%	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
12 Seasons				0	0	29%	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	30%	11	9	2	0	0	0	9	5	4
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2000	25	FLA	NL	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	26	FLA	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2002	27	FLA	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2003	28	FLA	NL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2006	31	STL	NL	2	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2007	32	STL	NL	63	25%	10	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	63%	14	1	7%	12	4	33%	44	6	14%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
2008	33	STL	NL	80	24%	16	2	0	5	1	0	0	1.38	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	13	87%	23	3	13%	22	9	41%	58	4	7%	5	3	60%	7	5	71%	0
2009	34	MIL	NL	73	15%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	100%	17	0	0%	16	3	19%	61	8	13%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
12 Seasons				227	22%	40	3	1	5	1	0	0	1.38	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	35	30	86%	55	4	7%	51	17	33%	168	18	11%	9	7	78%	11	9	82%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	25	FLA	NL	2	9	4.50	6	67%	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	33%	0%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2001	26	FLA	NL	2	9	4.50	7	78%	43%	29%	29%	0%	57%	0%	44%	50%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2002	27	FLA	NL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2003	28	FLA	NL	2	4	2.00	3	75%	33%	0%	0%	67%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	12	6.00	8	67%	25%	25%	38%	13%	75%	0%	50%	67%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2006	31	STL	NL	2	6	3.00	3	50%	33%	0%	0%	67%	67%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	50%	1	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2007	32	STL	NL	63	232	3.68	150	65%	37%	14%	23%	26%	63%	0%	41%	78%	30%	6%	4	0	13%	8	4	8%	5	1	47%	0	0	0
2008	33	STL	NL	80	287	3.59	200	70%	29%	18%	26%	28%	71%	0%	49%	75%	30%	3%	2	0	10%	8	5	4%	3	1	29%	0	0	0
2009	34	MIL	NL	73	236	3.23	166	70%	25%	16%	27%	32%	75%	0%	53%	79%	42%	4%	3	0	8%	6	3	4%	3	2	28%	0	0	0
9 Seasons				227	797	3.51	545	68%	30%	16%	25%	28%	70%	0%	48%	77%	33%	4%	9	0	10%	23	13	5%	11	4	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
2000	25	142	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
2001	26	209	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
2002	27	282	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
2003	28	354	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-12	1	0	0	1
2004	29	423	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1
2005	30	480	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	1
2006	31	545	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	28	3	0	0	1
2007	32	574	74	63	7	12	3	0	6	4	24	.190	.250	.238	.488	28	15	1	1	6
2008	33	614	154	126	12	28	6	1	10	8	45	.222	.274	.286	.560	47	36	4	1	19
2009	34	646	227	186	15	40	6	1	18	10	63	.215	.259	.258	.517	37	48	4	1	30

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	25	71	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	71
2001	26	67	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	67
2002	27	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	73
2003	28	72	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	72
2004	29	69	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	69

2006	31	65	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	65
2007	32	29	58	53	5	10	2	0	0	5	0	4	19	.189	.259	.226	.485	3	29
2008	33	40	67	63	5	16	3	1	0	4	0	4	21	.254	.299	.333	.632	6	40
2009	34	32	63	61	3	13	0	0	0	7	0	2	18	.213	.238	.213	.451	3	32
9 Seasons		518	198	187	14	39	5	1	0	16	0	10	63	.209	.253	.246	.499	14	518
162 Game Avg.		162	62	58	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	3	20	.209	.253	.246	.499	4	518

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 NL 13 (4th)

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.