Dennis Blair vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Dennis Blair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dennis Blair built a career as a starting pitcher and Braden Looper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Blair led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 84), strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 67), and run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 98). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 69). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dennis Blair.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Blair and Braden Looper

Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.65
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.43
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.18
43.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.69
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
8.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
5.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
4.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
5.12
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1486
39.45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.32
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.99
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1265
33.58
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Dennis Blair and Braden Looper

Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.65
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.43
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Blair and Braden Looper

Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
62
302.44
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
123
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
531.71
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
14
68.29
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
13
63.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.88
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.88
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
11.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
15
73.17
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
19
92.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.14
-0.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
248.78
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
8
39.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA