Vida Blue vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Vida Blue
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vida Blue 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. Vida Blue led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 67), run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 98), and home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 84). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 73). Role difference aside, Vida Blue holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Vida Blue and Braden Looper

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.43
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.49
56.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10030
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2939
7.91
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.71
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1185
3.19
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.16
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2175
5.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.85
5.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.03
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13837
37.25
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
3.65
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.36
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.26
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
0.59
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12383
33.33
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Vida Blue and Braden Looper

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
1.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10031
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.2
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.34
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
1.54
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.68
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
554
1.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.65
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.68
96.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.22
94.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vida Blue and Braden Looper

Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
508
493.2
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
512
497.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
38.83
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.74
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
12.62
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.86
16.37
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
71.84
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
101.94
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
35.92
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.36
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.91
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
47.57
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
271
263.11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA