Jim Clancy vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Jim Clancy
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Clancy 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. Jim Clancy led in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 91 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jim Clancy.

Pitching Stats for Jim Clancy and Braden Looper

Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.5
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.6
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.6
45.6
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1182
4.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
4.15
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2513
8.98
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.87
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
947
3.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.16
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1422
5.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
5.12
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.36
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.11
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10772
38.51
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.14
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1304
4.66
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.25
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.3
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
0.76
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9639
34.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Jim Clancy and Braden Looper

Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
1.69
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
1.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
1.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.1
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
1.83
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
1.74
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.72
80.72
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Clancy and Braden Looper

Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
472
3933.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
1794.71
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
508.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
75
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
11.61
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
2.64
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
166.67
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
79.3
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Clancy
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA