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Braden Looper | Major Leaguer 1998-2008

Full Name: Braden LaVern Looper
Born: December 28,1974 in Weatherford, Oklahoma
Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Mangum (Mangum,OK)
College: Wichita State University

Baseball Lists: Olympic Baseball Participants

Debut: March 31,1998

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Drafted: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 1st Round (3rd overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 30,1996] - signed [Dec 14,1998] - Traded by Cardinals with Pablo Ozuna and Armando Almanza to Marlins for Edgar Renteria. [Dec 21,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 8,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Dec 15,2005] - Signed by Cardinals (3-years)

Disabled List: [Jun 12,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Shoulder) [Jul 2,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1997	Pr William	Caro	22	Stl	A+	3	6	4.48	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.1	71	38	32	6	25	58	1	2	9.93	0.84	3.50	8.11	1.49	--
	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	1	4	5.91	19	0	0	0	14	5	21.1	24	14	14	2	7	20	1	2	10.13	0.84	2.95	8.44	1.45	--
1998	Memphis	PCL	23	Stl	AAA	2	3	3.10	40	0	0	0	32	20	40.2	43	16	14	3	13	43	3	0	9.52	0.66	2.88	9.52	1.38	--
	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	0	1	5.41	4	0	0	0	3	0	3.1	5	4	2	1	1	4	1	0	13.51	2.70	2.70	10.81	1.80	60%
1999	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	3	3	3.80	72	0	0	0	22	0	83.0	96	43	35	7	31	50	2	2	10.41	0.76	3.36	5.42	1.53	--
2000	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	5	1	4.41	73	0	0	0	23	2	67.1	71	41	33	3	36	29	5	0	9.49	0.40	4.81	3.88	1.59	65%
2001	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	3	3	3.55	71	0	0	0	21	3	71.0	63	28	28	8	30	52	0	0	7.99	1.01	3.80	6.59	1.31	62%
2002	Florida	NL	27	Fla	MLB	2	5	3.14	78	0	0	0	40	13	86.0	73	31	30	8	28	55	1	0	7.64	0.84	2.93	5.76	1.17	51%
2003	Florida	NL	28	Fla	MLB	6	4	3.68	74	0	0	0	64	28	80.2	82	34	33	4	29	56	2	0	9.15	0.45	3.24	6.25	1.38	59%
2004	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	2	5	2.70	71	0	0	0	60	29	83.1	86	28	25	5	16	60	1	0	9.29	0.54	1.73	6.48	1.22	64%
2005	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	4	7	3.94	60	0	0	0	54	28	59.1	65	31	26	7	22	27	1	0	9.86	1.06	3.34	4.10	1.47	55%
2006	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	9	3	3.56	69	0	0	0	28	0	73.1	76	30	29	3	20	41	0	0	9.33	0.37	2.45	5.03	1.31	49%
2007	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	12	12	4.94	31	30	0	0	0	0	175.0	183	100	96	22	51	87	0	3	9.41	1.13	2.62	4.47	1.34	39%
2008	St. Louis	MLB	33	Stl	MLB	10	8	4.38	22	22	1	1		0	127.1	148	67	62	17	30	61	2	0	10.46	1.20	2.12	4.31	1.40	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)						56	52	3.95	625	52	1	1		103	909.2	948	437	399	85	294	522	15	5	9.38	0.84	2.91	5.16	1.37	--
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	13	4.28	71	12	0	0	46	25	126.1	138	68	60	11	45	121	5	4	9.85	0.79	3.21	8.64	1.45	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1997	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	p		19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	--
1998	Memphis	PCL	23	Stl	AAA	p		40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	p	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1999	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	p		72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	p	9	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
2001	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	p	9	67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2002	Florida	NL	27	Fla	MLB	p	9	73	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2003	Florida	NL	28	Fla	MLB	p	9	72	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
2004	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	p	9	69	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2005	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	p	9	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2006	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	p	9	65	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	0%
2007	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	p	9,8	29	53	6	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	19	1	0	5	0	1	.189	.259	.226	485	71%
2008	St. Louis	MLB	33	Stl	MLB			28	41	5	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	0	0	6	0	0	.293	.356	.366	722	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)								610	104	12	24	6	0	0	9	0	0	8	37	1	0	12	0	1	.231	.292	.288	580	67%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	28		Div	1	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.42	0.00	10.84	0.00	1.81	--
	Florida	NL	28		Ch	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.42	0.00	5.42	5.42	1.20	--
	Florida	NL	28		Ws	1	0	9.84	4	0	0	0	3	0	3.2	6	4	4	2	0	4	0	0	14.75	4.92	0.00	9.84	1.64	--
2006	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Div	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.60	--
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Ch	0	0	5.79	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.2	7	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	13.52	1.93	0.00	1.93	1.50	--
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Ws	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	0.00	0.00	3.86	0.43	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	0	4.60	15	0	0	0	10	1	15.2	17	9	8	3	3	7	0	0	9.77	1.72	1.72	4.02	1.28	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	28	Fla	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Florida	NL	28	Fla	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Florida	NL	28	Fla	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2006	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	Pr William	Caro	22	Stl	A+	P	12			4	7	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	--
1997	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	P	19			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Memphis	PCL	23	Stl	AAA	P	40			0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1998	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	P	4		3.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1999	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	P	72		83	3	8	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.19

2000	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	P	73		67.1	5	11	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	2.14

2001	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	P	71		71	4	8	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

2002	Florida	NL	27	Fla	MLB	P	78		86	3	14	0	17	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.78

2003	Florida	NL	28	Fla	MLB	P	74	-	80.2	1	10	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.23

2004	NY Mets	NL	29	Nym	MLB	P	71	-	83.1	5	12	0	17	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.84

2005	NY Mets	NL	30	Nym	MLB	P	60	-	59.1	0	8	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.21

2006	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	P	68	-	72.1	6	10	0	16	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.99

2007	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	P	31	30	175	11	18	0	29	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.49

Awards

[1995] - Summer League First-Team All-American SP, Missouri Valley Conference All-Star RP [1996] - Summer League First-Team All-American SP, 1st team College All-American SP, Missouri Valley Conference All-Star RP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1998	170,000		1,054,037	80
1999	201,000		1,222,537	71
2000	255,000		1,369,505	53
2001	400,000		1,609,512	45
2002	800,000		1,654,088	37
2003	1,600,000		1,773,364	28
2004	2,000,000		1,716,303	24
2005	800,000		1,825,756	36
2006	3,500,000		1,937,004	19
2007	*4,500,000		2,923,340	24
2008	*5,500,000

Career:	$19,726,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the Bronze-medal United States Baseball Team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Member of the World Series Champion Florida Marlins in 2003.