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Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Pitching Comparison

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	72	65	.526	4.15	670	97	315	1	1	103	1176.0	1242	594	542	132	373	39	669	40	6	21	5067	1725	103	4.48	1.373	9.5	1.0	2.9	5.1
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	80	109	.423	4.36	1022	95	633	6	2	321	1548.2	1629	811	750	151	651	57	1038	55	5	75	6804	2402	100	4.31	1.472	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	2	0	1.000	4.60	15	0	10	0	0	1	15.2	17	9	8	3	3	2	7	1	0	0	69	23		3.07	1.277	9.8	1.7	1.7	4.0
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	3	1	.750	5.14	27	0	18	0	0	6	35.0	42	20	20	6	15	2	29	1	0	1	158	58		4.24	1.629	10.8	1.5	3.9	7.5

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Value

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	670	97	1176.0	7.2	-1.9
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	11.4	-3.2

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Against

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	670	97	1176.0	1725	4568	873	217	20	44	23	65.67	3	130	47	39	.272	.330	.415	.745	99	.143	.292	630	1895	369	1655	1725
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	2402	5972	1190	269	19	77	50	60.63	3	150	64	62	.273	.346	.400	.746	99	.127	.305	845	2389	439	2335	2402

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	15	0	15.2	23	63	10	3	1	2	0	100.00	0	0	2	0	.270	.313	.492	.805		.222	.264	11	31	7	21	23
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0	58	128	28	7	1	2	1	66.67	0	1	1	2	.328	.397	.539	.936		.211	.379	29	69	14	58	58

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	47	48	46.9	231	86	37	36	74.1	315	573
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	41	43	45.4	326	111	34	62	83.8	633	927

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	0			9	2	22	0	100.0	10	15
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	0			11	5	45	4	60.0	18	27

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Ratios

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	670	97	1176.0	13.2	7.4	5.8
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	15.3	9.6	5.7

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	15	0	15.2	10.1	4.3	5.8
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0	18.4	9.5	8.9

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	670	97	1176.0	17901	96	11104	62.03
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	8723	96	5363	61.48

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	15	0	15.2	265		170	64.15
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0	470		303	64.47

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Head-to-Head Pitching

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Braden Looper	1	5	.167	5.66	19	0	10	0	0	1	20.2	30	15	13	5	12	2	13	0	0	0	104	2.032	13.1	2.2	5.2	5.7
2	José Mesa	3	1	.750	4.91	19	0	13	0	0	9	18.1	19	11	10	2	10	4	19	1	1	1	83	1.582	9.3	1.0	4.9	9.3

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Game Logs

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Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Braden Looper	STL	2006-05-08	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	9	0.0	0.54	0	0	0.03
2	José Mesa	COL	2006-05-08	8-9	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	4	0.0	-0.77	1	0	0.31
3	Braden Looper	NYM	2005-07-08	9-GF(10), BL	1.0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		38	25	-0.8	-4.17	3	3	3.07
4	José Mesa	PIT	2005-07-08	10-GF(10), W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	0.1	0.50	0	0	1.81
5	Braden Looper	NYM	2004-04-17	9-GF	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		15	8	0.0	0.51	0	0	0.97
6	José Mesa	PIT	2004-04-17	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	6	0.2	0.51	0	0	2.66
7	Braden Looper	FLA	2003-09-23	8-8	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	-0.2	-1.00	0	0	2.04
8	José Mesa	PHI	2003-09-23	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		20	12	0.0	0.51	0	0	0.63
9	Braden Looper	FLA	2003-07-26	8-GF, S	1.2	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1		35	22	0.1	-1.91	3	1	0.55
10	José Mesa	PHI	2003-07-26	8-8	0.1	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		24	16	0.0	-3.41	0	0	0.14
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Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batter vs. Pitcher

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. José Mesa (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. José Mesa (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2003	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. José Mesa (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. José Mesa (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2003	2003-07-26	FLA	PHI	ahead 2-5	b8	---	1	2 (1-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive)

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Comparison

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Totals

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	646	227	186	15	40	6	1	0	18	0	0	10	63	.215	.259	.258	.517	37	48	4	1	30	0	0
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Value

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	646	227	1.1	1.0	1.1	-0.3	-19	0	-1	0
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-1	0	0	0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Sabermetric

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	646	227	7	51	51	180	15	.325	33	-19	-1.6	.043	3.0		0
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0	1	1	3	0	.000	1	0	0.0	.000	2.0		0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Braden Looper	28-31	2003	2006	15	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Win Probability

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Braden Looper	23-34	1998	2009	646	227	-1.5	-1.9	0.3	-17.10	-1.6	-21.42	0.94
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-1.24	-0.1	-0.65	0.38

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Head-to-Head Batting

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Braden Looper	19	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	José Mesa	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Game Logs

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Braden Looper vs. José Mesa: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Braden Looper	STL	2006-05-08		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	José Mesa	COL	2006-05-08		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Braden Looper	NYM	2005-07-08		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	José Mesa	PIT	2005-07-08		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Braden Looper	NYM	2004-04-17		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	José Mesa	PIT	2004-04-17		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Braden Looper	FLA	2003-09-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	José Mesa	PHI	2003-09-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Braden Looper	FLA	2003-07-26		2	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0.009	0.20	0.01%	0.60			P
10	José Mesa	PHI	2003-07-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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