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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 23 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.40 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 16 78 1.800 13.5 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00
1999 24 FLA NL 3 3 .500 3.80 72 0 22 0 0 0 83.0 96 43 35 7 31 5 50 1 2 2 370 114 1.530 10.4 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.61
2000 25 FLA NL 5 1 .833 4.41 73 0 23 0 0 2 67.1 71 41 33 3 36 6 29 5 0 5 311 100 1.589 9.5 0.4 4.8 3.9 0.81
2001 26 FLA NL 3 3 .500 3.55 71 0 21 0 0 3 71.0 63 28 28 8 30 3 52 2 0 0 295 119 1.310 8.0 1.0 3.8 6.6 1.73
2002 27 FLA NL 2 5 .286 3.14 78 0 40 0 0 13 86.0 73 31 30 8 28 3 55 1 0 1 349 128 1.174 7.6 0.8 2.9 5.8 1.96
2003 28 FLA NL 6 4 .600 3.68 74 0 64 0 0 28 80.2 82 34 33 4 29 1 56 1 0 2 347 114 1.376 9.1 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.93
2004 29 NYM NL 2 5 .286 2.70 71 0 60 0 0 29 83.1 86 28 25 5 16 3 60 3 0 1 346 158 1.224 9.3 0.5 1.7 6.5 3.75
2005 30 NYM NL 4 7 .364 3.94 60 0 54 0 0 28 59.1 65 31 26 7 22 3 27 5 0 1 271 104 1.466 9.9 1.1 3.3 4.1 1.23
2006 31 STL NL 9 3 .750 3.56 69 0 28 0 0 0 73.1 76 30 29 3 20 5 41 2 0 0 308 125 1.309 9.3 0.4 2.5 5.0 2.05
2007 32 STL NL 12 12 .500 4.94 31 30 0 0 0 0 175.0 183 100 96 22 51 2 87 4 3 0 746 89 1.337 9.4 1.1 2.6 4.5 1.71
2008 33 STL NL 12 14 .462 4.16 33 33 0 1 1 0 199.0 216 101 92 25 45 1 108 11 1 3 842 102 1.312 9.8 1.1 2.0 4.9 2.40
2009 34 MIL NL 14 7 .667 5.22 34 34 0 0 0 0 194.2 226 123 113 39 64 6 100 5 0 5 866 77 1.490 10.4 1.8 3.0 4.6 1.56
12 Seasons 72 65 .526 4.15 670 97 315 1 1 103 1176.0 1242 594 542 132 373 38 669 40 6 21 5067 102 1.373 9.5 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.79
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .526 4.15 59 9 28 0 0 9 104 110 53 48 12 33 3 59 4 1 2 449 102 1.373 9.5 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.79
FLA (5 yrs) 19 16 .543 3.69 368 0 170 0 0 46 388.0 385 177 159 30 154 18 242 10 2 10 1672 115 1.389 8.9 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.57
STL (4 yrs) 33 30 .524 4.37 137 63 31 1 1 0 450.2 480 235 219 51 117 8 240 17 4 4 1912 99 1.325 9.6 1.0 2.3 4.8 2.05
NYM (2 yrs) 6 12 .333 3.22 131 0 114 0 0 57 142.2 151 59 51 12 38 6 87 8 0 2 617 131 1.325 9.5 0.8 2.4 5.5 2.29
MIL (1 yr) 14 7 .667 5.22 34 34 0 0 0 0 194.2 226 123 113 39 64 6 100 5 0 5 866 77 1.490 10.4 1.8 3.0 4.6 1.56

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2003 28 FLA NL NLDS W SFG 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 1.800 5.4 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
2003 28 FLA NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2003 28 FLA NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 9.82 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 6 4 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 18 1.636 14.7 4.9 0.0 9.8
2006 31 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 31 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 5.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 7 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 1.500 13.5 1.9 0.0 1.9
2006 31 STL NL WS W DET 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 3.9
2 Seasons (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 4.60 15 0 10 0 0 1 15.2 17 9 8 3 3 2 7 1 0 0 69 1.277 9.8 1.7 1.7 4.0 2.33
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 0 0 4.26 5 0 4 0 0 1 6.1 8 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 27 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.00
2 WS 1 0 1.000 7.50 7 0 5 0 0 0 6.0 7 5 5 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 27 1.167 10.5 3.0 0.0 7.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 23 STL NL 4 16 14 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .357 .375 .571 .946 .400 8 0 0 0 1 0
1999 24 FLA NL 72 370 328 43 96 12 0 7 4 1 31 50 .293 .351 .393 .744 .322 129 8 1 5 5 5
2000 25 FLA NL 73 311 265 41 71 13 1 3 6 4 36 29 .268 .364 .358 .722 .289 95 5 5 3 2 6
2001 26 FLA NL 71 295 260 28 63 9 1 8 6 5 30 52 .242 .322 .377 .699 .271 98 13 2 0 3 3
2002 27 FLA NL 78 349 317 31 73 12 2 8 4 5 28 55 .230 .295 .356 .651 .256 113 10 1 3 0 3
2003 28 FLA NL 74 347 311 34 82 11 4 4 2 0 29 56 .264 .326 .363 .689 .307 113 10 1 3 3 1
2004 29 NYM NL 71 346 323 28 86 10 0 5 6 2 16 60 .266 .305 .344 .649 .312 111 11 3 2 2 3
2005 30 NYM NL 60 271 240 31 65 12 1 7 2 1 22 27 .271 .345 .417 .761 .282 100 6 5 4 0 3
2006 31 STL NL 69 308 274 30 76 17 0 3 3 1 20 41 .277 .326 .372 .698 .311 102 9 2 7 5 5
2007 32 STL NL 31 746 681 100 183 41 2 22 5 1 51 87 .269 .321 .432 .752 .279 294 16 4 4 6 2
2008 33 STL NL 33 842 774 101 216 42 3 25 1 0 45 108 .279 .326 .438 .764 .296 339 23 11 7 5 1
2009 34 MIL NL 34 866 781 123 226 38 6 39 5 3 64 100 .289 .344 .503 .847 .288 393 20 5 9 7 6
12 Seasons 670 5067 4568 594 1242 217 20 132 44 23 373 669 .272 .330 .415 .745 .292 1895 131 40 47 39 38
162 Game Avg. 59 449 405 53 110 19 2 12 4 2 33 59 .272 .330 .415 .745 .292 168 12 4 4 3 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 32 STL NL 31 30 12 12 6 1 2 16 14 .533 3 1 0 0 18 60% 47 77 12 15 10 0 15 4.8 4.8 5.8 93 4 15 11 0 114
2008 33 STL NL 33 33 12 14 7 6 5 15 18 .455 4 1 1 1 15 45% 49 85 7 16 5 0 13 4.5 4.8 6.0 98 3 17 13 0 117
2009 34 MIL NL 34 34 14 7 13 5 0 20 14 .588 5 6 0 0 14 41% 44 67 16 18 7 0 10 5.8 6.4 5.7 96 4 14 16 0 115
3 Seasons 98 97 38 33 26 12 7 51 46 .526 12 8 1 1 47 48% 47 85 7 49 22 0 38 5.0 5.3 5.9 96 11 46 40 0 117
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1998 23 STL NL 4 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 2 2 100% 9 2.046 2 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2.5 15
1999 24 FLA NL 72 72 22 3 3 4 0 4 0% 13 8 51 23 45% 8 0.975 19 18 30 18 6 48 31 41 28 26 33 15 3.5 18
2000 25 FLA NL 73 73 23 5 1 5 2 3 40% 23 18 56 20 36% 8 1.138 27 15 31 32 7 34 32 41 14 34 21 19 2.8 16
2001 26 FLA NL 71 71 21 3 3 6 3 3 50% 22 16 24 10 42% 8 1.108 24 17 28 32 11 28 15 56 12 19 12 14 3.0 17
2002 27 FLA NL 78 78 40 2 5 16 13 3 81% 33 16 28 2 7% 8 1.585 33 19 24 43 13 22 19 59 16 14 18 24 3.3 18
2003 28 FLA NL 74 74 64 6 4 34 28 6 82% 35 0 16 6 38% 9 1.824 36 11 24 51 11 12 11 63 14 7 14 24 3.3 18
2004 29 NYM NL 71 71 60 2 5 34 29 5 85% 34 0 18 8 44% 9 1.718 35 14 21 45 12 14 9 62 17 4 17 16 3.5 18
2005 30 NYM NL 60 60 54 4 7 36 28 8 78% 36 0 11 4 36% 9 2.040 36 10 12 46 8 6 6 54 4 7 6 13 3.0 18
2006 31 STL NL 69 69 28 9 3 2 0 2 0% 17 15 25 11 44% 8 1.138 23 14 32 32 13 24 15 54 17 24 20 15 3.2 16
2007 32 STL NL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0.917 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 14
10 Seasons 603 573 315 34 32 139 103 36 74% 216 74 231 86 37% 1.322 235 119 204 303 81 189 140 433 122 137 141 140 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1998 23 STL NL 16 38% 6.3% 25.0% 6.3% 6.3% 20% 1.20 1.00 63% 18% 25.0% 20% 3 0 0%
1999 24 FLA NL 370 42% 1.9% 13.5% 8.4% 5.1% 20% 1.23 1.48 75% 15% 6.5% 14% 91 8 9%
2000 25 FLA NL 311 32% 1.0% 9.3% 11.6% 5.5% 24% 1.18 1.82 76% 27% 3.2% 12% 70 5 7%
2001 26 FLA NL 295 42% 2.7% 17.6% 10.2% 6.1% 29% 1.13 1.64 69% 19% 10.0% 15% 61 13 21%
2002 27 FLA NL 349 44% 2.3% 15.8% 8.0% 6.3% 30% 0.85 1.24 73% 21% 6.7% 13% 61 10 16%
2003 28 FLA NL 347 46% 1.2% 16.1% 8.4% 5.5% 23% 1.24 1.64 73% 19% 4.0% 12% 79 10 13%
2004 29 NYM NL 346 47% 1.5% 17.3% 4.6% 4.3% 17% 1.64 2.55 75% 13% 5.8% 14% 60 11 18%
2005 30 NYM NL 271 49% 2.6% 10.0% 8.1% 7.4% 31% 1.13 1.78 76% 16% 7.6% 7% 41 6 15%
2006 31 STL NL 308 36% 1.0% 13.3% 6.5% 6.5% 26% 1.03 1.23 76% 18% 3.0% 14% 67 9 13%
2007 32 STL NL 746 44% 3.0% 11.7% 6.8% 8.7% 36% 0.77 1.13 77% 20% 7.6% 14% 136 16 12%
2008 33 STL NL 842 43% 3.0% 12.8% 5.3% 8.3% 32% 0.94 1.28 77% 19% 8.0% 9% 146 23 16%
2009 34 MIL NL 866 47% 4.5% 11.6% 7.4% 9.6% 37% 0.87 1.28 75% 21% 12.2% 12% 149 20 13%
12 Seasons 5067 44% 2.6% 13.2% 7.4% 7.3% 30% 1.00 1.41 75% 19% 7.7% 12% 964 131 14%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1998 23 STL NL 16 59 3.69 39 66% 26% 10% 36% 28% 74% 0% 49% 86% 38% 13% 2 2 56% 9 7 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 24 FLA NL 370 1339 3.62 821 61% 23% 11% 31% 35% 77% 3% 47% 86% 55% 5% 19 9 17% 63 16 1 32% 7 5 0 0 0
2000 25 FLA NL 311 1150 3.70 683 59% 22% 12% 30% 35% 78% 4% 46% 85% 55% 7% 23 11 17% 52 15 1 31% 3 6 0 0 0
2001 26 FLA NL 295 1202 4.07 721 60% 24% 12% 35% 29% 76% 2% 46% 84% 52% 7% 21 13 18% 53 20 0 29% 11 5 0 0 0
2002 27 FLA NL 349 1414 4.05 870 62% 24% 13% 33% 30% 76% 2% 47% 83% 56% 5% 16 10 17% 58 16 1 18% 5 3 0 0 0
2003 28 FLA NL 347 1351 3.89 852 63% 27% 11% 32% 31% 73% 0% 46% 85% 61% 5% 16 8 21% 73 25 3 38% 9 7 0 0 0
2004 29 NYM NL 346 1272 3.68 830 65% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 2% 48% 81% 63% 4% 13 9 22% 77 22 2 25% 8 2 0 0 0
2005 30 NYM NL 271 1069 3.94 661 62% 27% 10% 30% 33% 73% 3% 45% 86% 59% 4% 11 5 17% 47 14 0 41% 2 3 0 0 0
2006 31 STL NL 308 1115 3.62 697 63% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 4% 46% 84% 63% 3% 9 3 18% 54 19 0 34% 5 2 0 0 0
2007 32 STL NL 746 2800 3.75 1709 61% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 1% 45% 84% 55% 4% 30 15 16% 116 38 4 30% 6 13 0 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 842 3225 3.83 2036 63% 28% 11% 27% 33% 72% 0% 45% 84% 62% 3% 28 21 18% 155 51 8 28% 13 6 0 0 0
2009 34 MIL NL 866 3279 3.79 2033 62% 28% 11% 27% 34% 72% 2% 45% 84% 61% 5% 39 23 13% 116 43 4 28% 16 10 0 0 0
12 Seasons 5067 19275 3.80 11952 62% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 2% 46% 84% 59% 4% 227 129 17% 873 286 24 29% 85 62 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1998 23 STL NL 16 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 200% 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 24 FLA NL 370 96 10 0 7 0 11 3 4 2 5 30 21 1 70% 7 2 0 167 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2000 25 FLA NL 311 71 10 0 3 0 13 1 2 2 1 22 9 2 41% 10 5 0 144 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2001 26 FLA NL 295 63 6 0 8 0 12 2 6 6 2 18 11 1 61% 4 0 2 111 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 27 FLA NL 349 73 5 1 8 1 8 4 4 1 7 13 4 5 31% 3 1 0 133 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 28 FLA NL 347 82 8 1 4 0 11 1 3 2 2 22 13 4 59% 5 2 1 143 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2004 29 NYM NL 346 86 16 1 5 0 15 2 3 2 3 19 12 2 63% 5 1 0 130 6 2 75% 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
2005 30 NYM NL 271 65 5 1 7 0 8 1 6 3 4 16 3 1 19% 9 1 0 105 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 31 STL NL 308 76 7 2 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 16 8 2 50% 1 0 0 127 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2007 32 STL NL 746 183 11 0 22 2 9 12 10 10 12 37 23 3 62% 4 0 0 267 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2008 33 STL NL 842 216 28 0 25 0 13 13 12 11 14 38 26 2 68% 6 3 1 304 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
2009 34 MIL NL 866 226 20 3 39 0 10 16 23 21 18 35 22 2 63% 16 5 0 320 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
12 Seasons 5067 1242 126 9 132 3 121 57 75 62 70 267 154 25 58% 71 21 4 1958 44 23 66% 42 19 2 4 0 0 8 1 87 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1998 23 0 1 .000 5.40 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 16 78 1.800 13.5 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00 78
1999 24 3 4 .429 3.86 76 0 25 0 0 0 86.1 101 47 37 8 32 5 54 1 2 3 386 112 1.541 10.5 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.69 112
2000 25 8 5 .615 4.10 149 0 48 0 0 2 153.2 172 88 70 11 68 11 83 6 2 8 697 106 1.562 10.1 0.6 4.0 4.9 1.22 106
2001 26 11 8 .579 3.93 220 0 69 0 0 5 224.2 235 116 98 19 98 14 135 8 2 8 992 110 1.482 9.4 0.8 3.9 5.4 1.38 110
2002 27 13 13 .500 3.71 298 0 109 0 0 18 310.2 308 147 128 27 126 17 190 9 2 9 1341 114 1.397 8.9 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.51 114
2003 28 19 17 .528 3.70 372 0 173 0 0 46 391.1 390 181 161 31 155 18 246 10 2 11 1688 114 1.393 9.0 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.59 114
2004 29 21 22 .488 3.53 443 0 233 0 0 75 474.2 476 209 186 36 171 21 306 13 2 12 2034 120 1.363 9.0 0.7 3.2 5.8 1.79 120
2005 30 25 29 .463 3.57 503 0 287 0 0 103 534.0 541 240 212 43 193 24 333 18 2 13 2305 118 1.375 9.1 0.7 3.3 5.6 1.73 118
2006 31 34 32 .515 3.57 572 0 315 0 0 103 607.1 617 270 241 46 213 29 374 20 2 13 2613 119 1.367 9.1 0.7 3.2 5.5 1.76 119
2007 32 46 44 .511 3.88 603 30 315 0 0 103 782.1 800 370 337 68 264 31 461 24 5 13 3359 110 1.360 9.2 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.75 110
2008 33 58 58 .500 3.93 636 63 315 1 1 103 981.1 1016 471 429 93 309 32 569 35 6 16 4201 109 1.350 9.3 0.9 2.8 5.2 1.84 109
2009 34 72 65 .526 4.15 670 97 315 1 1 103 1176.0 1242 594 542 132 373 38 669 40 6 21 5067 102 1.373 9.5 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.79 102

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1998 23 0 0 6.00 3.0 5 2 2 1 1 4 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 3.0 4
1999 24 5 4 .556 3.51 82.0 93 36 32 7 30 49 1 1.500 10.2 3.3 5.4 1.63 0.8 72
2000 25 4 3 .571 3.97 68.0 68 33 30 3 34 29 5 1.500 9.0 4.5 3.8 0.85 0.4 73
2001 26 4 3 .571 3.63 67.0 62 30 27 8 30 49 2 1.373 8.3 4.0 6.6 1.63 1.1 71
2002 27 5 4 .556 3.29 82.0 74 33 30 8 28 52 1 1.244 8.1 3.1 5.7 1.86 0.9 78
2003 28 4 4 .500 3.65 79.0 81 36 32 4 29 55 1 1.392 9.2 3.3 6.3 1.90 0.5 74
2004 29 6 3 .667 2.67 81.0 84 27 24 5 16 58 3 1.235 9.3 1.8 6.4 3.63 0.6 71
2005 30 3 3 .500 3.97 59.0 67 29 26 7 23 27 5 1.525 10.2 3.5 4.1 1.17 1.1 60
2006 31 4 3 .571 3.42 71.0 73 30 27 3 19 40 2 1.296 9.3 2.4 5.1 2.11 0.4 69
2007 32 8 11 .421 4.79 171.0 179 101 91 22 50 85 4 1.339 9.4 2.6 4.5 1.70 1.2 31
2008 33 10 11 .476 4.31 190.0 215 101 91 25 45 103 11 1.368 10.2 2.1 4.9 2.29 1.2 33
2009 34 7 14 .333 5.38 189.0 229 126 113 40 65 97 5 1.556 10.9 3.1 4.6 1.49 1.9 34
12 Seasons 60 63 .488 4.14 1142.0 1230 584 525 133 370 648 40 1.401 9.7 5.1 1.75 1.0 670

* 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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Active  4.148 (39th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .667 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL  2.035 (6th)
Active  2.855 (47th)

Games Played s c a p y
2000 NL  73 (9th)
2002 NL  78 (5th)
Active  670 (18th)
Career  670 (111th)

Saves s c a p y
2003 NL  28 (8th)
2004 NL  29 (10th)
2005 NL  28 (10th)
Active  103 (25th)
Career  103 (110th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  33 (9th)
2009 NL  34 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2008 NL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  39 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  216 (4th)
2009 NL  226 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  1.010 (49th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  113 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2003 NL  64 (3rd)
2004 NL  60 (4th)
2005 NL  54 (7th)
Active  315 (14th)
Career  315 (88th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (761), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Todd Jones (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mel Rojas (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Taylor (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Hume (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Hume (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: Braden Looper

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.

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