Zach Day vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Zach Day
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Day 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. Zach Day led in home run suppression (HR9+ 153 vs 84), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 98), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 88). Braden Looper held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 87). Role difference aside, Zach Day holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Zach Day and Braden Looper

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
4.66
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
4.15
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
9.39
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
1.01
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
4.15
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
4.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
5.12
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.969
0.969
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.31
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1648
39.8
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067
38.78
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
5
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.55
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.36
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.18
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.99
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.373
1.373
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1439
34.75
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Zach Day and Braden Looper

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.55
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.35
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.15
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.68
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.13
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
1.65
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.88
98.88
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.18
98.18
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Day and Braden Looper

Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
86
444.83
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
116
600
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
600
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
543.1
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.03
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
7.17
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
7
36.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-29.62
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
263.79
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2.27
2.27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA