Joe Dawson vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Joe Dawson
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Dawson 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. Joe Dawson posted a career ERA of 4.15 against Braden Looper's 4.15, with WHIP of 1.448 and 1.406 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Dawson and Braden Looper

Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.74
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.64
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.51
30.51
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
4.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
8.8
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.23
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
2.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
5.12
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.886
0.886
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
39.31
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.8
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
35.01
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4568
34.96
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Joe Dawson and Braden Looper

Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.74
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3528
27
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1176
9
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.1
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.68
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.65
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.864
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.322
0.322
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.48
14.48
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Dawson and Braden Looper

Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
59
416.47
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
543.53
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.593
0.593
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
141.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
105.73
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
120
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
87.22
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.5
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
52.76
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.72
30.99
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
169.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
126.87
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
176.47
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
134.8
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.617
0.617
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.509
0.509
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
49.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
39.65
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.24
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.88
62.67
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.2
34.88
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
63
166.52
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.44
9.44
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Dawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA