Chris Carpenter vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Chris Carpenter
Gen XNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Carpenter 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. Chris Carpenter led in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 102 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 115). Role difference aside, Chris Carpenter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chris Carpenter and Braden Looper

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.42
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.35
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.58
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.38
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.5
60.5
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
3.76
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2205
8.94
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.89
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
2.54
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
2.85
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1697
6.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.88
6.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.31
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9305
37.73
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
4.14
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.3
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
0.9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8470
34.35
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Chris Carpenter and Braden Looper

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.42
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.35
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6658
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2219.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.75
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.1
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
1.81
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.76
97.76
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.13
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Carpenter and Braden Looper

Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
350
419.16
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
439
525.75
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
62.28
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
50.3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.58
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.4
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
11.98
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
10.02
12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
79.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
79.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
21.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
25.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
44.31
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.39
-4.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.4
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.37
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
144
172.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
3.48
3.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
56.29
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.99
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA