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Braden Looper

Braden LaVern Looper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 28, 1974 in Weatherford, OK
High School: Mangum HS (Mangum, OK)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cardinals/Mets/Brewers 1998-2009
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Looper
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Standard Pitching

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 87 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 6 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 0 295 120 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 2 347 115 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 1 346 159 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 1 271 105 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 0 308 126 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 3 842 101 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 79 1.490 10.4 1.8 3.0 4.6 1.56
12 Yrs 72 65 .526 4.15 670 97 315 1 1 103 1176.0 1242 594 542 132 373 39 669 40 6 21 5067 103 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 2 449 103 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 19 242 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 79 1.490 10.4 1.8 3.0 4.6 1.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1998 23 STL NL 3.1 4 0 4 10.80 4.64 0.04 -0.36 98.8 4.18 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .440 .499 $170,000
1999 24 FLA NL 83.0 72 0 43 4.66 5.16 0.04 -0.39 93.6 4.42 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.2 7 .496 .498 $201,000
2000 25 FLA NL 67.1 73 0 41 5.48 5.04 -0.08 -0.38 94.9 4.49 -8 -0.7 1.3 -0.2 -0.4 -0 .490 .496 $255,000
2001 26 FLA NL 71.0 71 0 28 3.55 4.66 0.08 -0.35 96.4 4.08 4 0.4 1.2 -0.1 0.9 11 .506 .503 $400,000
2002 27 FLA NL 86.0 78 0 31 3.24 4.48 -0.08 -0.33 96.1 4.06 8 0.8 1.4 -0.0 1.4 16 .510 .505 $800,000
2003 28 FLA NL 80.2 74 0 34 3.79 4.74 -0.10 -0.35 97.3 4.38 5 0.5 1.4 -0.1 1.1 13 .507 .503 $1,600,000
2004 29 NYM NL 83.1 71 0 28 3.02 4.68 -0.23 -0.34 100.0 4.57 14 1.4 1.5 0.2 2.3 23 .520 .509 $2,000,000
2005 30 NYM NL 59.1 60 0 31 4.70 4.62 -0.18 -0.35 95.9 4.26 -3 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 3 .495 .498 $800,000
2006 31 STL NL 73.1 69 0 30 3.68 4.66 0.32 -0.34 99.3 3.96 3 0.2 1.1 -0.1 0.7 10 .504 .502 $3,500,000
2007 32 STL NL 175.0 31 30 100 5.14 4.69 0.22 0.19 99.0 4.61 -9 -0.9 1.2 -0.1 0.2 7 .470 .494 $4,500,000
2008 33 STL NL 199.0 33 33 101 4.57 4.65 0.39 0.19 98.5 4.38 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.1 15 .492 .498 $5,500,000
2009 34 MIL NL 194.2 34 34 123 5.69 4.47 0.01 0.17 97.5 4.51 -26 -2.5 -0.1 -1.2 -7 .426 .485 $4,750,000
12 Seasons 1176.0 670 97 594 4.55 4.68 0.09 -0.09 97.5 4.38 -21 -1.8 1.3 -1.2 6.0 96 .497 .499 $24,476,000
FLA (5 yrs) 388.0 368 0 177 4.11 4.81 -0.03 -0.36 95.6 4.28 6 0.7 1.3 -0.6 3.2 47 .502 .501 $3,256,000
STL (4 yrs) 450.2 137 63 235 4.69 4.67 0.31 0.10 98.8 4.40 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.4 1.8 30 .491 .498 $13,670,000
NYM (2 yrs) 142.2 131 0 59 3.72 4.66 -0.21 -0.35 98.3 4.44 11 1.1 1.6 -0.0 2.2 25 .509 .503 $2,800,000
MIL (1 yr) 194.2 34 34 123 5.69 4.47 0.01 0.17 97.5 4.51 -26 -2.5 -0.1 -1.2 -7 .426 .485 $4,750,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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*

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 ROE
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 1
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 6 7
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 10
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 4
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 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 5
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 5
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 9
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 1
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 4
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 6
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 15
12 Yrs 670 5067 4568 594 1242 217 20 132 44 23 373 669 .272 .330 .415 .745 .292 1895 131 40 47 39 39 70
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 6
MLB Averages .266 .335 .424 .760 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 23 STL NL -1.1 -0.1 17 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 2.04 -0.4 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 2.04 -3.1 2 0 2
1999 24 FLA NL 3.2 0.3 379 -1.4 5.4 -6.8 .97 -0.2 -1.3 -6.1 -0.6 0.97 -1.2 19 19 28
2000 25 FLA NL -2.2 -0.2 326 -0.5 6.0 -6.4 1.13 -0.4 0.0 -9.7 -0.9 1.13 -6.3 26 16 31
2001 26 FLA NL 6.9 0.7 308 1.7 6.2 -4.5 1.09 0.0 1.6 5.4 0.5 1.09 1.9 23 16 30
2002 27 FLA NL 9.7 1.0 361 2.3 10.2 -7.9 1.53 1.0 0.5 16.8 1.7 1.53 8.9 32 18 26
2003 28 FLA NL 5.7 0.6 352 2.2 11.2 -9.0 1.78 0.5 0.8 5.4 0.5 1.78 7.4 35 10 25
2004 29 NYM NL 14.5 1.4 358 2.2 11.0 -8.8 1.69 1.2 0.1 13.4 1.3 1.69 13.7 35 10 25
2005 30 NYM NL -0.1 -0.0 278 -1.8 8.9 -10.8 2.00 -0.6 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 2.00 -5.1 28 16 14
2006 31 STL NL 8.2 0.8 314 0.6 6.2 -5.6 1.13 0.9 -0.3 9.8 1.0 1.13 10.3 23 13 32
2007 32 STL NL -8.8 -0.8 754 -0.0 12.2 -12.2 .91 0.6 -0.6 -4.8 -0.5 0.91 5.9 0 1 0
2008 33 STL NL 1.7 0.2 852 -0.1 13.8 -13.9 .91 -0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.91 0.2 0 0 0
2009 34 MIL NL -24.8 -2.4 881 -1.8 14.0 -15.8 .93 -3.9 1.9 -26.1 -2.5 0.93 -41.2 0 0 0
12 Yrs 12.8 1.4 5180 2.5 105.3 -102.8 1.17 -1.7 3.9 -2.4 -0.1 1.17 -8.7 223 119 213

Starting Pitching*

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% 47.3 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% 49.3 85 7 16 5 0 13 4.5 4.8 6.0 98 3 16 13 1 120
2009 34 MIL NL 34 34 14 7 13 5 0 20 14 .588 6 6 0 0 14 41% 44.4 67 16 18 7 0 10 5.8 6.4 5.7 96 4 14 16 0 115
3 Yrs 98 97 38 33 26 12 7 51 46 .526 13 8 1 1 47 48% 47 85 7 49 22 0 38 5.0 5.3 5.9 96 11 45 40 1 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 2.042 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 .966 19 19 28 18 6 48 31 41 28 26 33 15 3.5 19
2000 25 FLA NL 73 73 23 5 1 5 2 3 40% 23 18 56 20 36% 8 1.130 26 16 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 1.087 23 16 30 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 1.530 32 18 26 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 1.783 35 10 25 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 1.687 35 10 25 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 1.995 28 16 14 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 1.126 23 13 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 .913 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 14
10 Yrs 603 573 315 34 32 139 103 36 74% 216 74 231 86 37% 1.300 223 119 213 303 81 189 140 433 122 137 141 140 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

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 63% 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 58% 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 68% 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 58% 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 56% 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 54% 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 53% 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 51% 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 64% 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 57% 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 57% 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 53% 4.5% 11.6% 7.4% 9.6% 37% 0.87 1.27 75% 21% 12.2% 12% 149 20 13%
12 Yrs 5067 57% 2.6% 13.2% 7.4% 7.3% 30% 1.00 1.41 75% 19% 7.7% 12% 964 131 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.0% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 3.62 822 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 313 1156 3.69 686 59% 23% 12% 30% 35% 77% 4% 46% 85% 55% 8% 24 12 17% 52 15 1 31% 3 6 -2 0 0
2001 26 FLA NL 296 1204 4.07 721 60% 24% 12% 35% 29% 76% 2% 46% 84% 52% 7% 21 13 18% 53 20 0 29% 11 5 -1 0 0
2002 27 FLA NL 351 1418 4.04 872 61% 24% 13% 33% 30% 76% 2% 47% 83% 56% 5% 16 10 17% 58 16 1 18% 5 3 -2 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 347 1275 3.67 831 65% 26% 14% 28% 32% 74% 2% 48% 81% 63% 4% 13 9 22% 77 22 2 25% 8 2 -1 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 748 2808 3.75 1712 61% 26% 12% 27% 35% 74% 1% 45% 84% 55% 4% 31 16 16% 116 38 4 30% 6 13 -2 0 0
2008 33 STL NL 844 3230 3.83 2039 63% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 0% 45% 84% 62% 3% 28 21 18% 156 51 8 28% 13 6 -2 0 0
2009 34 MIL NL 866 3275 3.78 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 Yrs 5077 19299 3.80 11965 62% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 2% 46% 84% 59% 5% 229 131 17% 874 286 24 29% 85 62 -10 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 0 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 0 0 11 0
2009 34 MIL NL 866 226 20 3 39 0 10 16 23 21 18 35 22 2 63% 15 5 0 320 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
12 Yrs 5067 1242 126 9 132 3 121 57 75 62 70 267 154 25 58% 70 21 4 1958 44 23 66% 42 19 2 4 0 0 3 1 87 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

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 87 1.800 13.5 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00 87
1999 24 3 4 .429 3.86 76 0 25 0 0 0 86.1 101 47 37 8 32 6 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 12 83 6 2 8 697 107 1.562 10.1 0.6 4.0 4.9 1.22 107
2001 26 11 8 .579 3.93 220 0 69 0 0 5 224.2 235 116 98 19 98 15 135 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 18 190 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 19 246 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 22 306 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 25 333 18 2 13 2305 119 1.375 9.1 0.7 3.3 5.6 1.73 119
2006 31 34 32 .515 3.57 572 0 315 0 0 103 607.1 617 270 241 46 213 30 374 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 32 461 24 5 13 3359 111 1.360 9.2 0.8 3.0 5.3 1.75 111
2008 33 58 58 .500 3.93 636 63 315 1 1 103 981.1 1016 471 429 93 309 33 569 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 39 669 40 6 21 5067 103 1.373 9.5 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.79 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 3.62 82.0 93 37 33 7 30 49 1 1.500 10.2 3.3 5.4 1.63 0.8 72
2000 25 3 4 .429 4.16 67.0 69 34 31 3 35 29 5 1.552 9.3 4.7 3.9 0.83 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 3.40 82.0 74 34 31 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 4.12 59.0 66 30 27 7 22 27 5 1.492 10.1 3.4 4.1 1.23 1.1 60
2006 31 4 3 .571 3.42 71.0 74 30 27 3 19 40 2 1.310 9.4 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 4.36 190.0 215 102 92 25 45 103 11 1.368 10.2 2.1 4.9 2.29 1.2 33
2009 34 7 14 .333 5.48 189.0 228 128 115 39 65 97 5 1.550 10.9 3.1 4.6 1.49 1.9 34
12 Yrs 59 64 .480 4.20 1141.0 1230 591 532 132 370 648 40 1.402 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .667 (6th)

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

Games Played s c a p y
2000 NL  73 (9th)
2002 NL  78 (5th)
Career  670 (121st)

Saves s c a p y
2003 NL  28 (8th)
2004 NL  29 (10th)
2005 NL  28 (10th)
Career  103 (117th)

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)

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)
Career  315 (93rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ryan Franklin (949)
  2. Ted Power (948)
  3. Doug Bird (938)
  4. Don Aase (928)
  5. Tom Hume (925)
  6. Clem Labine (924)
  7. Rheal Cormier (922)
  8. Mike Fornieles (921)
  9. LaTroy Hawkins (917)
  10. Tim Worrell (917)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Duaner Sanchez (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Duaner Sanchez (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cla Meredith (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Brandon League (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Heaverlo (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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 Braden LaVern Looper

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