Braden Looper
St. Louis Cardinals 1998; Florida Marlins 1999–2003; New York Mets 2004–2005; St. Louis Cardinals 2006–2008; Milwaukee Brewers 2009
Percentile snapshot
2009 season — qualified pitchers
of 78 qualified 2009 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119.1 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.7 |
| 2001 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127.5 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 479.4 | 436.0 | .902 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127.2 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.2 |
| 2005 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 2006 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 291.1 | 274.7 | .631 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 31 | 63 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .259 | .226 | .485 | 28.4 | 29.0 | .231 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 42 | 80 | 63 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .299 | .333 | .632 | 67.4 | 68.2 | .288 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 34 | 73 | 60 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .226 | .200 | .426 | 6.4 | 15.2 | .200 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.3 | 5.40 | 1.800 | 10.80 | 5.47 | 129.6 | 78.1 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 35 | 31 | 50 | 7 | 83.0 | 3.80 | 1.530 | 5.42 | 4.12 | 93.7 | 115.9 | 1.4 |
| 2000 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 33 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 67.3 | 4.41 | 1.589 | 3.88 | 4.60 | 103.2 | 101.0 | 0.7 |
| 2001 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 28 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 71.0 | 3.55 | 1.310 | 6.59 | 4.36 | 103.0 | 119.2 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 30 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 86.0 | 3.14 | 1.174 | 5.76 | 3.82 | 96.3 | 126.4 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 33 | 29 | 56 | 4 | 80.7 | 3.68 | 1.376 | 6.25 | 3.35 | 81.2 | 112.1 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 25 | 16 | 60 | 5 | 83.3 | 2.70 | 1.224 | 6.48 | 2.98 | 70.1 | 157.4 | 2.2 |
| 2005 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 59.3 | 3.94 | 1.466 | 4.10 | 4.98 | 120.4 | 104.9 | 0.7 |
| 2006 | 69 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 29 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 73.3 | 3.56 | 1.309 | 5.03 | 3.42 | 77.3 | 124.5 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 96 | 51 | 87 | 22 | 175.0 | 4.94 | 1.337 | 4.47 | 4.76 | 109.8 | 87.8 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 216 | 92 | 45 | 108 | 25 | 199.0 | 4.16 | 1.312 | 4.88 | 4.50 | 107.2 | 100.8 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 113 | 64 | 100 | 39 | 194.7 | 5.22 | 1.490 | 4.62 | 5.70 | 138.6 | 78.7 | -0.4 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-26 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009-07-16 | MIL @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008-05-06 | STL @ COL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008-06-01 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007-08-06 | SD @ STL Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-12 | STL @ SD Gameday | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008-06-06 | STL @ HOU Gameday | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009-06-09 | COL @ MIL Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009-04-27 | PIT @ MIL Gameday | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008-09-05 | MIA @ STL Gameday | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.