Gerrit Cole vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gerrit Cole 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. Gerrit Cole led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 133 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 116). Role difference aside, Gerrit Cole holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Braden Looper

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.3
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
2.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.64
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Braden Looper

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.1
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.68
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.65
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.01
97.01
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Braden Looper

Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
320
671.33
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
526.57
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
86.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
75.52
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.49
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
10.08
21.14
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
109.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
15
31.47
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60.84
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6.18
12.97
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
28
58.74
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA