Leon Chagnon vs. Brian Looney — Career Comparison

Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Looney
Gen XConnecticutThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Looney built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Chagnon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Chagnon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.391 compared to 11.37 and 2.447 for Brian Looney. By the career numbers, Leon Chagnon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Chagnon and Brian Looney

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
3.09
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.97
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
4.51
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
11.37
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.79
10.79
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.414
0.414
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
10.14
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
17.05
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.78
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.38
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.26
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
3.5
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.82
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.25
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1726
39.49
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
48.32
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.51
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.99
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
11.37
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.368
2.368
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1611
36.86
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
41.21
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.49
39.49
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.32
48.32

Fielding Stats for Leon Chagnon and Brian Looney

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.97
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.42
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Chagnon and Brian Looney

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
736.36
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
572.73
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
65.45
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
23.61
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
130.91
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
103.64
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
49.09
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
17.34
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Brian Looney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Looney
Career
Per 600 PA