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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 STL NL 23 P 4 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.55
1999 FLA NL 24 P 72 0 83.0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.19 0.15 .945 1.72 0.48
2000 FLA NL 25 P 73 0 67.1 17 5 11 1 1 .941 2.14 0.22 .965 1.74 0.48
2001 FLA NL 26 P 71 0 71.0 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.52 0.17 .958 1.75 0.46
2002 FLA NL 27 P 78 0 86.0 17 3 14 0 2 1.000 1.78 0.22 .959 1.83 0.48
2003 FLA NL 28 P 74 0 80.2 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.15 .955 1.85 0.48
2004 NYM NL 29 P 71 0 83.1 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.84 0.24 .965 1.84 0.47
2005 NYM NL 30 P 60 0 59.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.21 0.13 .967 1.74 0.46
2006 STL NL 31 P 69 0 73.1 16 6 10 0 2 1.000 1.96 0.23 .956 1.72 0.43
2007 STL NL 32 P 31 30 175.0 29 11 18 0 1 1.000 1.49 0.94 .966 1.68 0.40
2008 STL NL 33 P 33 33 199.0 35 20 15 0 0 1.000 1.58 1.06 .957 1.73 0.43
2009 MIL NL 34 P 34 34 194.2 46 13 31 2 1 .957 2.03 1.29 .954 1.72 0.42
12 Seasons P 670 97 1176.0 220 71 145 4 9 .982 1.65 0.32 .959 1.75 0.46
12 Seasons TOT 670 97 1176.0 220 71 145 4 9 .982 1.65 0.32 .940 1.75 0.46

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 STL NL 23 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 FLA NL 24 72 0 67 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 FLA NL 25 73 0 71 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 FLA NL 26 71 0 67 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 FLA NL 27 78 0 73 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 FLA NL 28 74 0 72 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 29 71 0 69 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 NYM NL 30 60 0 57 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 31 69 0 65 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 32 31 28 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 STL NL 33 42 31 40 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2009 MIL NL 34 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 679 93 646 670 670 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 STL NL 23 17 71% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 FLA NL 24 379 78% 41% 8 100% 0 3 0 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2000 FLA NL 25 326 79% 39% 13 92% 0 5 1 4 11 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2001 FLA NL 26 308 73% 34% 8 100% 0 4 0 4 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2002 FLA NL 27 361 77% 32% 16 100% 0 2 2 0 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
2003 FLA NL 28 352 76% 40% 10 100% 0 1 0 1 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2004 NYM NL 29 358 78% 46% 14 93% 0 5 0 4 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2005 NYM NL 30 278 81% 40% 9 89% 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 31 314 80% 38% 11 100% 0 6 1 3 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
2007 STL NL 32 754 81% 34% 22 86% 2 11 0 10 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
2008 STL NL 33 852 81% 38% 24 83% 0 20 1 13 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2009 MIL NL 34 881 81% 36% 36 89% 1 13 2 9 31 24 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 12 100%
12 Seasons 5180 79% 37% 171 92% 3 70 7 50 145 121 14 4 1 1 2 3 9 7 9 0 38 100%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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.

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