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Braden Looper

Braden LaVern Looper

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 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
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 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 0 295 119 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 39 669 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 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 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

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 Awards
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

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 BA OBP SLG OPS 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

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 6 10 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 1.84 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 .962 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 1.73 0.42
12 Seasons P 670 97 1176.0 220 72 144 4 9 .982 1.65 0.32 .958 1.75 0.46
12 Seasons TOT 670 97 1176.0 220 72 144 4 9 .982 1.65 0.32 .940 1.75 0.46

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Active  4.15 (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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (812), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1081), 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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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998St. Louis Cardinals$170,000
1999Florida Marlins$201,000
2000Florida Marlins$255,000
2001Florida Marlins$400,000
2002Florida Marlins$800,000
2003Florida Marlins$1,600,000
2004New York Mets$2,000,000
2005New York Mets$800,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$3,500,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$4,500,000
2008St. Louis Cardinals$5,500,000
2009Milwaukee Brewers$4,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$24,476,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Braden Braden LaVern Looper

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