Jose Contreras vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Jose Contreras
Gen XCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jose Contreras 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. Jose Contreras led in strikeout rate (K%+ 104 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 84), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Contreras.

Pitching Stats for Jose Contreras and Braden Looper

Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
2.29
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.34
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.6
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.79
53.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.55
52.55
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.53
58.53
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
595
4.57
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
4.15
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
3519
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1173
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1176
9.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.02
9.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
3.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
6.82
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.31
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5087
39.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.28
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
5.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.25
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
4526
34.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Jose Contreras and Braden Looper

Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
2.29
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.34
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
3519
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
1173
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.98
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.1
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.68
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.32
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.65
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.01
91.01
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.575
0.575
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.53
58.53
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Contreras and Braden Looper

Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PAverified
299
5436.36
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
1794.71
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
527.27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.61
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.12
-38.59
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
327.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1.83
1.83
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Contreras
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA