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Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Pitching Comparison

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Totals

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	11	16	.407	3.38	405	0	77	0	0	1	260.2	252	106	98	19	91	18	270	14	2	6	1122	369	112	3.19	1.316	8.7	0.7	3.1	9.3

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Value

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	405	0	260.2	2.6	0.9

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Totals Against

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	405	0	260.2	369	989	188	42	3	21	5	80.77	3	18	12	15	.255	.322	.361	.683	95	.106	.326	122	357	64	357	369

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Starting & Relieving

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	0			345	73	21	9	10.0	77	405

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Ratios

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	405	0	260.2	24.1	8.1	16.0

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Pitch Summary

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	405	0	260.2	4580		2970	64.85

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Totals

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	3.000	20.3	3.4	6.8	6.8
2	Braden Looper	1	0	1.000	10.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	16	9	9	3	2	0	7	1	0	0	42	2.250	18.0	3.4	2.3	7.9

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Game Logs

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Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	2008-07-18	GS-4	3.0	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	19	9	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	3	21	68	45	-0.5	-4.50			1.33
2	Joe Thatcher	SDP	2008-07-18	7-7,BS	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		20	15	-0.2	-0.86	0	0	1.74
3	Braden Looper	STL	2008-05-21	GS-5, W	5.0	8	3	3	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	23	10	21	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	3	42	92	59	-0.1	-0.79			0.93
4	Joe Thatcher	SDP	2008-05-21	4-6	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11	6	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		60	36	-0.1	-2.01	2	0	0.41

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Thatcher (Pitcher) vs. Braden Looper (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Thatcher (Pitcher) vs. Braden Looper (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	2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Thatcher (Pitcher) vs. Braden Looper (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Thatcher (Pitcher) vs. Braden Looper (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-05-21	STL	SDP	ahead 2-6	t5	---	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Thatcher (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Thatcher (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	2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Thatcher (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Braden Looper (Pitcher) vs. Joe Thatcher (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-05-21	SDP	STL	down 6-2	b4	--3	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batting Comparison

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batting Totals

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	327	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batting Value

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	327	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0	0	0	0

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	327	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0.0	.000	1.0		0

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Batting Win Probability

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	25-33	2007	2015	327	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.34	0.0	-0.27	0.87

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Totals

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	Joe Thatcher	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Braden Looper	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: Game Logs

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Joe Thatcher vs. Braden Looper: 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	2008-07-18	*	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.014	2.12	-0.01%	-0.20			P
2	Joe Thatcher	SDP	2008-07-18		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Braden Looper	STL	2008-05-21	*	6	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.009	0.79	0.01%	0.02			P
4	Joe Thatcher	SDP	2008-05-21		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.023	0.25	0.00%	-0.34			P

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