Nelson Briles vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Nelson Briles
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nelson Briles 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. Braden Looper led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 125), home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 93). Nelson Briles held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 67). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Braden Looper.

Pitching Stats for Nelson Briles and Braden Looper

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.53
53.53
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
3.44
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6335
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2111.2
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2141
9.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.79
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
2.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
2.85
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1163
4.96
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
5.12
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.886
0.886
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8858
37.75
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.32
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.96
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8184
34.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Nelson Briles and Braden Looper

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
1.93
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6337
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
1.74
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.68
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.57
96.57
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.872
0.872
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.73
61.73
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.07
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson Briles and Braden Looper

Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
452
509.77
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
532
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
528.95
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
81.2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
65.41
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.05
21.48
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
106.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
107.14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.71
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
32.71
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
62.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
12.33
13.9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
23.68
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
171
192.86
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
41.73
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Nelson Briles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.64
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson Briles
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA