Dallas Braden vs. Cris Carpenter — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cris Carpenter
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden built a career as a starting pitcher and Cris Carpenter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dallas Braden led in home run suppression (HR9+ 159 vs 98), run prevention (ERA+ 119 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 100). Cris Carpenter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 130). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dallas Braden.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Cris Carpenter

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.48
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.59
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.91
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9.34
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
8.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.82
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
2.85
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.85
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
5.59
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
5.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
38.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.87
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.54
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.21
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1899
34.78
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
34.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Cris Carpenter

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.3
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.87
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.72
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.74
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.67
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Cris Carpenter

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
4718.92
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
486.49
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
27.02
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
39.44
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
113.51
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA