Tony Cloninger vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Tony Cloninger
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony Cloninger 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 67), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 88 vs 82). Tony Cloninger held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 67). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Braden Looper.

Pitching Stats for Tony Cloninger and Braden Looper

Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
1.79
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.58
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.49
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.81
53.81
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.17
70.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.32
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
4.07
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5303
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.2
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1643
8.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.92
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
4.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
5.7
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.61
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7624
38.82
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
4.57
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6768
34.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Tony Cloninger and Braden Looper

Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
1.79
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5302
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1767.1
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.58
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.42
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
2.13
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.79
93.79
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.17
70.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Cloninger and Braden Looper

Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
366
326.3
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
553.64
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
106.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
40
105.73
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
14.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.78
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.81
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.5
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.57
33.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
11.72
30.99
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
153.34
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
48
126.87
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
115.9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
57.95
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
15
39.65
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
59.73
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
18
47.58
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
107.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
33
87.22
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32.39
28.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.78
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
143.54
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
166.52
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.18
4.18
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
34.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.35
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.78
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.67
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Cloninger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA