Braden Looper

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Full Name: Braden LaVern Looper	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210	First Game: March 31, 1998
Birthdate: October 28, 1974	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Weatherford, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Braden Looper ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Born on October 28, 1974 in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Braden Looper (Braden LaVern Looper) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins and New York Mets over the course of his 9 year career. Looper broke into the bigs on March 31, 1998 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.80 ERA in 83 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Braden Looper's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2003, when he posted a 3.68 ERA, notched 28 saves and struck out 56 batters. However, others believe that it was 2004, when he posted a 2.70 ERA, notched 29 saves and struck out 60 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	STL	N	4	0	0	1	5.40	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.1	5	1	1	0	1	0
1999	FLA	N	72	0	3	3	3.80	50	43	35	0	0	0	83	96	7	31	6	2	1
2000	FLA	N	73	0	5	1	4.41	29	41	33	0	0	2	67.1	71	3	36	6	5	5
2001	FLA	N	71	0	3	3	3.55	52	28	28	0	0	3	71	63	8	30	3	0	2
2002	FLA	N	78	0	2	5	3.14	55	31	30	0	0	13	86	73	8	28	3	1	1
2003	FLA	N	74	0	6	4	3.68	56	34	33	0	0	28	80.2	82	4	29	1	2	1
2004	NY	N	71	0	2	5	2.70	60	28	25	0	0	29	83.1	86	5	16	3	1	3
2005	NY	N	60	0	4	7	3.94	27	31	26	0	0	28	59.1	65	7	22	3	1	5
2006	STL	N	69	0	9	3	3.56	41	30	29	0	0	0	73.1	76	3	20	5	0	2
2007	STL	N	31	30	12	12	4.94	87	100	96	0	0	0	175	183	22	51	2	0	4
Total			603	30	46	44	3.88	461	370	337	0	0	103	782.1	800	68	264	32	13	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	STL	N	P	4	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	FLA	N	P	72	0	83	3	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
2000	FLA	N	P	73	0	67.1	5	11	1	1	0	0	6	4	0	.941
2001	FLA	N	P	71	0	71	4	8	0	1	0	2	6	5	0	1.000
2002	FLA	N	P	78	0	86	3	14	0	2	0	0	4	5	0	1.000
2003	FLA	N	P	74	0	80.2	1	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000
2004	NY	N	P	71	0	83.1	5	12	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	1.000
2005	NY	N	P	60	0	59.1	0	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.889
2006	STL	N	P	69	0	73.1	6	10	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
2007	STL	N	P	31	30	175	11	18	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1.000
Total			P	603	30	782.1	38	99	2	8	0	3	38	20	0	.986

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1998	STL	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	FLA	N	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	FLA	N	73	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001	FLA	N	71	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	FLA	N	78	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	FLA	N	74	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2004	NY	N	71	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005	NY	N	60	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	STL	N	69	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	STL	N	31	53	6	10	0	6	.189	.259	.226	2	0	4	19	1	5	0	0	1
Total			603	63	7	12	0	6	.190	.250	.238	3	0	4	24	1	6	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed August 30, 1996).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Armando Almanza and Pablo Ozuna to Florida Marlins in exchange for Edgar Renteria (December 14, 1998).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2003).
Signed by New York Mets (January 8, 2004).
Granted free agency (November 4, 2005).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 22, 2005).

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