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Braden Looper

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 225 lb.
School Wichita State University

Debut March 31, 1998

Born October 28, 1974 in Weatherford, OK

Cousin of Aaron Looper

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 23 STL NL   0   1   4   0   0   0   3  0    3.3    5    4    2   1    1    4   0   1    16   0   0  5.40  4.24   78 1.800
 1999 24 FLA NL   3   3  72   0   0   0  22  0   83.0   96   43   35   7   31   50   1   2   370   5   2  3.80  4.34  114 1.530
 2000 25 FLA NL   5   1  73   0   0   0  23  2   67.3   71   41   33   3   36   29   5   5   311   6   0  4.41  4.41  100 1.589
 2001 26 FLA NL   3   3  71   0   0   0  21  3   71.0   63   28   28   8   30   52   2   0   295   3   0  3.55  4.23  119 1.310
 2002 27 FLA NL   2   5  78   0   0   0  40 13   86.0   73   31   30   8   28   55   1   1   349   3   0  3.14  4.03  128 1.174
 2003 28 FLA NL   6   4  74   0   0   0  64 28   80.7   82   34   33   4   29   56   1   2   347   1   0  3.68  4.20  114 1.376
 2004 29 NYM NL   2   5  71   0   0   0  60 29   83.3   86   28   25   5   16   60   3   1   346   3   0  2.70  4.27  158 1.224
 2005 30 NYM NL   4   7  60   0   0   0  54 28   59.3   65   31   26   7   22   27   5   1   271   3   0  3.94  4.10  104 1.466
 2006 31 STL NL   9   3  69   0   0   0  28  0   73.3   76   30   29   3   20   41   2   0   308   5   0  3.56  4.45  125 1.309
 2007 32 STL NL  12  12  31  30   0   0   0  0  175.0  183  100   96  22   51   87   4   0   746   2   3  4.94  4.39   89 1.337
 2008 33 STL NL   9   6  18  18   1   1   0  0  106.3  119   54   49  12   27   49   6   2   457   1   0  4.15  4.23  102 1.373
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Years            50      48       1    103         919       386      291       30  15  3816  32   5  3.91  4.28  109 1.362
 WL%= .524       55     621       1     315     888.7       424       80       510
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   5  63   4   0   0  32 10   90.0   93   43   39   8   29   51   3   1   387   3   0  3.91  4.28  109 1.362
 Career High     12  12  78  30   1   1  64 29  175.0  183  100   96  22   51   87   6   5   746   6   3  2.70  4.45  158 1.174

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 25 FLA NL  71    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 26 FLA NL  67    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 27 FLA NL  73    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 28 FLA NL  72    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  430    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2004 29 NYM NL  69    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 31 STL NL  69    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  274    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 32 STL NL  29   53    6   10   2  0   0    6   0  0   4  19  .189  .259  .226   28   12   5   0   0   1   1
 2008 33 STL NL  20   33    5   11   3  0   0    3   0  0   4  10  .333  .405  .424  122   14   5   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     606   96   12   23   6  0   0    9   0  0   8  34  .240  .305  .302   60   29  11   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         26    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .240  .305  .302   60    8   3   0   0   0   1
 Career High     73   53    6   11   3  0   0    6   0  0   4  19                          14   5   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 25 FLA NL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .266| .000  .342| .000  .434| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2001 26 FLA NL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .265| .000  .336| .000  .434| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2002 27 FLA NL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .262| .000  .336| .000  .417| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 28 FLA NL    2    1    1  26.8   108|1.000  .266|1.000  .338|1.000  .427|2.000  .765| 430  .957   0.5   0.0   0%
 2004 29 NYM NL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .435| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2006 31 STL NL    2    1    1  26.8   112| .500  .271| .500  .342|1.000  .440|1.500  .782| 274  .954   0.6   0.1   0%
 2007 32 STL NL   63   49    4   2.2   110| .189  .272| .259  .341| .226  .434| .485  .775|  28  .177  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 2008 33 STL NL   42   29    5   4.6   105| .333  .263| .405  .335| .424  .420| .829  .756| 122  .477   1.3   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      116   87   11   3.4   108| .240  .268| .305  .339| .302  .429| .607  .768|  60  .331  -5.5  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 23 STL NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.55 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1999 24 FLA NL P 72 3 8 0 0 1.000 .948 0.15 0.48 1.19 1.72 0 83.0 2000 25 FLA NL P 73 5 11 1 1 .941 .964 0.22 0.48 2.14 1.74 0 67.3 2001 26 FLA NL P 71 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.17 0.46 1.52 1.75 0 71.0 2002 27 FLA NL P 78 3 14 0 2 1.000 .960 0.22 0.48 1.78 1.83 0 86.0 2003 28 FLA NL P 74 1 10 0 0 1.000 .957 0.15 0.48 1.23 1.85 0 80.7 2004 29 NYM NL P 71 5 12 0 1 1.000 .966 0.24 0.47 1.84 1.84 0 83.3 2005 30 NYM NL P 60 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.13 0.46 1.21 1.75 0 59.3 2006 31 STL NL P 69 6 10 0 2 1.000 .958 0.23 0.43 1.96 1.72 0 73.3 2007 32 STL NL P 31 11 18 0 1 1.000 .967 0.94 0.40 1.49 1.68 30 175.0 2008 33 STL NL P 18 9 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.45 1.52 1.79 18 106.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 23 STL NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.55 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 1999 24 FLA NL P 72 3 8 0 0 1.000 .948 0.15 0.48 1.19 1.72 0 83.0 2000 25 FLA NL P 73 5 11 1 1 .941 .964 0.22 0.48 2.14 1.74 0 67.3 2001 26 FLA NL P 71 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.17 0.46 1.52 1.75 0 71.0 2002 27 FLA NL P 78 3 14 0 2 1.000 .960 0.22 0.48 1.78 1.83 0 86.0 2003 28 FLA NL P 74 1 10 0 0 1.000 .957 0.15 0.48 1.23 1.85 0 80.7 2004 29 NYM NL P 71 5 12 0 1 1.000 .966 0.24 0.47 1.84 1.84 0 83.3 2005 30 NYM NL P 60 0 8 1 0 .889 .964 0.13 0.46 1.21 1.75 0 59.3 2006 31 STL NL P 69 6 10 0 2 1.000 .958 0.23 0.43 1.96 1.72 0 73.3 2007 32 STL NL P 31 11 18 0 1 1.000 .967 0.94 0.40 1.49 1.68 30 175.0 2008 33 STL NL P 18 9 9 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.45 1.52 1.79 18 106.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 621 47 108 2 8 .987 .961 0.25 0.46 1.57 1.76 48 888.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 621 47 108 2 8 .987 .961 0.25 0.46 1.57 1.76 48 889
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   1.2   1   0   2   0 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   1.2   1   0   1   1 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   4   0   9.82  1  0  0  0   3.2   6   4   0   4 
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   1   0   0   0 
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   3   0   5.79  0  0  0  0   4.2   7   3   0   1 
        WS    STL DET     W   3   0   3.86  0  0  0  0   2.1   1   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   3.1   2   0   2   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   5   0   4.26  0  0  1  0   6.1   8   3   1   2 
  2 World Series        2-0   7   0   7.50  1  0  0  0   6     7   5   0   5 
  6 Postseason Ser      6-0  15   0   4.60  2  0  1  0  15.2  17   8   3   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  FLA SFG     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  FLA CHC     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    FLA NYY     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        WS    STL DET     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   6-0  13   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
2008 NL-9-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
2008 NL-2.29-10

Games
2000 NL-73-9
2002 NL-78-5

Saves
2003 NL-28-8
2004 NL-29-10
2005 NL-28-10
Act-103-27

Games Started
2008 NL-18-7

Comp. Games
2008 NL-1-5

Shutouts
2008 NL-1-2

Hits Allowed
2008 NL-119-7

Hit Batsmen
2008 NL-6-6

Games Finished
2003 NL-64-3
2004 NL-60-4
2005 NL-54-7
Act-315-17
Car-315-85

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1018) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1188) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (746) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$14,226,000

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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