Jim Deshaies vs. Braden Looper — Career Comparison

Jim Deshaies
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Braden Looper
Gen XOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Deshaies 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 95), home run suppression (HR9+ 84 vs 72), and run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 86). Jim Deshaies held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 67). Role difference aside, Braden Looper holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Deshaies and Braden Looper

Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
1.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.5
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.56
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.5
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.93
46.93
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.55
52.55
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.44
98.44
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.79
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
4.14
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
4.15
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4575
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
8.46
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
9.51
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.01
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
575
3.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
2.85
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.23
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
951
5.61
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
5.12
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.001
1.001
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.31
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.21
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6432
37.96
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5067
38.78
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.41
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
4.38
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
4.55
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.39
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.36
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.34
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.48
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.99
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.317
1.317
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5706
33.67
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4568
34.96
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Jim Deshaies and Braden Looper

Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.52
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
5.13
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
1.49
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.74
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4575
27
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3528
27
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1525
9
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1176
9
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.55
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.21
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.1
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
1.56
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.68
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.48
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.65
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.7
94.7
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.18
98.18
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.44
98.44
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Deshaies and Braden Looper

Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
258
351.82
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
1794.71
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
440
600
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
373
508.64
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
186
491.63
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
105.73
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.86
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.5
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
4.16
5.67
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.72
30.99
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
126.87
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
76.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
134.8
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.73
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.65
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.36
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.58
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
25
34.09
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.28
-12.66
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
34.88
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
31.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
10
26.43
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
186
253.64
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
166.52
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
2.37
2.37
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Braden Looper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
60
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.09
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.57
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.36
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Deshaies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Braden Looper
Career
Per 600 PA