Tom Bolton vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Tom Bolton
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Bolton 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. Tom Bolton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 155 vs 84), strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 67), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 88). Role difference aside, Tom Bolton holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tom Bolton and Braden Looper

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.69
47.69
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
4.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
614
10.23
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1242
9.51
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
4.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.6
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2426
40.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.67
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.95
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.99
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
35.44
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4568
34.96
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Tom Bolton and Braden Looper

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.95
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.85
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.531
0.531
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Bolton and Braden Looper

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
8360
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
1794.71
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-56.89
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
200
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA