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Braden Looper

Braden LaVern Looper

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Cardinals/Mets/Brewers 1998-2009
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009 vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Cousin of Aaron Looper
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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
1997	22	STL-min	A+,AA	4	10	.286	4.83	31	12	14	0	0	5	85.2	95	52	46	8	32	2	78	4	4	2	381		1.482	10.0	0.8	3.4	8.2	2.44	PRW,ARK · CARL,TL
1998	23	STL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.10	40	0	32	0	0	20	40.2	43	16	14	3	13	1	43	2	0	3	177		1.377	9.5	0.7	2.9	9.5	3.31	MEM · PCL
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	115	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	129	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	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	79	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	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	100	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1998	23	STL	NL	3.1	0	4	2	0	1.8	-2	-0.3	$170,000
1999	24	FLA	NL	83.0	0	43	52	0	1.0	9	0.2	$201,000
2000	25	FLA	NL	67.1	0	41	42	-1	1.2	1	-0.4	$255,000
2001	26	FLA	NL	71.0	0	28	40	1	1.1	12	0.8	$400,000
2002	27	FLA	NL	86.0	0	31	49	-1	1.5	18	1.6	$800,000
2003	28	FLA	NL	80.2	0	34	49	-1	1.8	15	1.3	$1,600,000
2004	29	NYM	NL	83.1	0	28	50	0	1.7	22	2.2	$2,000,000
2005	30	NYM	NL	59.1	0	31	32	2	2.0	1	-0.5	$800,000
2006	31	STL	NL	73.1	0	30	43	2	1.1	13	0.8	$3,500,000
2007	32	STL	NL	175.0	30	100	105	1	.9	5	0.5	$4,500,000
2008	33	STL	NL	199.0	33	101	111	8	.9	10	1.0	$5,500,000
2009	34	MIL	NL	194.2	34	123	109	0	.9	-14	-1.4	$4,750,000
12 Seasons				1176.0	97	594	684	11	1.2	90	5.8	$24,476,000

FLA (5 yrs)				388.0	0	177	232	-2	1.3	55	3.5	$3,256,000
STL (4 yrs)				450.2	63	235	261	11	.9	26	2.0	$13,670,000
NYM (2 yrs)				142.2	0	59	82	2	1.8	23	1.7	$2,800,000
MIL (1 yr)				194.2	34	123	109	0	.9	-14	-1.4	$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 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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1997	22	STL-min	AA,A+	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	ARK,PRW · TL,CARL
1998	23	STL-min	AAA	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	MEM · PCL
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	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	25	FLA	NL	73	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	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
2002	27	FLA	NL	78	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	74	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	71	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	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	31	STL	NL	69	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	31	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	42	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	34	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				679	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	54	44	4	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	.215	.259	.258	.517	37	11	1	0	7	0	0

FLA (5 yrs)				368	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)				146	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)				131	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)				34	73	60	3	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	18	.200	.226	.200	.426	15	12	0	0	11	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2000	25	FLA	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$255,000	1
2001	26	FLA	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$400,000	1
2002	27	FLA	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$800,000	1
2003	28	FLA	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$1,600,000	1
2004	29	NYM	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,000,000	1

2006	31	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,500,000	1
2007	32	STL	NL	63	-5	0	-1	0	0	7	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$4,500,000	1
2008	33	STL	NL	80	-3	0	-1	-1	0	8	2	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$5,500,000	1
2009	34	MIL	NL	73	-7	-1	-1	0	0	7	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,750,000	1
9 Seasons				227	-17	-1	-3	-1	0	22	6	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$23,305,000

FLA (4 yrs)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,055,000
STL (3 yrs)				145	-8	0	-2	-1	0	15	4	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$13,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,000,000
MIL (1 yr)				73	-7	-1	-1	0	0	7	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,750,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
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
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
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

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
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
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
2 Seasons (6 Series)							13	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
2 NLCS							5	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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1998	STL	NL	23	P	4	3.1	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.89	1.85
1999	FLA	NL	24	P	72	83.0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000			1.19	0.15	.951	1.72	1.71
2000	FLA	NL	25	P	73	67.1	17	6	10	1	1	.941			2.14	0.22	.962	1.74	1.72
2001	FLA	NL	26	P	71	71.0	12	4	8	0	1	1.000			1.52	0.17	.959	1.75	1.73
2002	FLA	NL	27	P	78	86.0	17	3	14	0	2	1.000			1.78	0.22	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	FLA	NL	28	P	74	80.2	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	-2	-5	1.23	0.15	.957	1.84	1.83
2004	NYM	NL	29	P	71	83.1	17	5	12	0	1	1.000	0	0	1.84	0.24	.965	1.84	1.82
2005	NYM	NL	30	P	60	59.1	9	0	8	1	0	.889	2	7	1.21	0.13	.960	1.74	1.73
2006	STL	NL	31	P	69	73.1	16	6	10	0	2	1.000	0	0	1.96	0.23	.958	1.72	1.71
2007	STL	NL	32	P	31	175.0	29	11	18	0	1	1.000	-2	-2	1.49	0.94	.965	1.68	1.67
2008	STL	NL	33	P	33	199.0	35	20	15	0	0	1.000	-1	-1	1.58	1.06	.959	1.73	1.72
2009	MIL	NL	34	P	34	194.2	46	13	31	2	1	.957	0	0	2.03	1.29	.955	1.72	1.70
	12 Seasons			P	670	1176.0	220	72	144	4	9	.982	-3	0	1.65	0.32	.959	1.75	1.75
	12 Seasons			TOT	670	1176.0	220	72	144	4	9	.982	-3	-4	1.65	0.32	.959	1.75	1.75

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (119th)	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 (91st)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2008 NL 13 (4th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 2002 NL 78 (5th)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2008 NL 20 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2001 NL 1.000 (1st) Career .982 (15th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1104), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1996.
December 14, 1998: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Armando Almanza and Pablo Ozuna to the Florida Marlins for Edgar Renteria.
December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 8, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 4, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
February 12, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
November 13, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
March 25, 2011: Voluntarily retired from the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	23	St. Louis Cardinals	$170,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	24	Florida Marlins	$201,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	25	Florida Marlins	$255,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	26	Florida Marlins	$400,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	27	Florida Marlins	$800,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	28	Florida Marlins	$1,600,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	29	New York Mets	$2,000,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	30	New York Mets	$800,000
2006	31	St. Louis Cardinals	$3,500,000
2007	32	St. Louis Cardinals	$4,500,000
2008	33	St. Louis Cardinals	$5,500,000
2009	34	Milwaukee Brewers	$4,750,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$24,476,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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