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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
12	1176	72	65	103	669	4.15	6.4

Birth Date	10-28-1974
Height	6' 5"
Weight	225 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1998	SLN	23	4	0	3.3	0.0	3.3	0	1	0	2	0	0	16	5	4	2	1	8	1	1	0	4	5.40	5.47	8.31	-1.2	-0.1
1999	FLO	24	72	0	83.0	0.0	83.0	3	3	0	5	0	0	370	96	43	35	7	129	31	25	1	50	3.80	4.12	4.80	6.0	0.6
2000	FLO	25	73	0	67.3	0.0	67.3	5	1	2	3	0	0	311	71	41	33	3	95	36	30	5	29	4.41	4.60	5.67	-3.5	-0.3
2001	FLO	26	71	0	71.0	0.0	71.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	295	63	28	28	8	98	30	27	2	52	3.55	4.36	5.61	-1.8	-0.1
2002	FLO	27	78	0	86.0	0.0	86.0	2	5	13	4	0	0	349	73	31	30	8	113	28	25	1	55	3.14	3.82	4.01	9.4	1.0
2003	FLO	28	74	0	80.7	0.0	80.7	6	4	28	7	0	0	347	82	34	33	4	113	29	28	1	56	3.68	3.35	3.70	12.9	1.2
2004	NYN	29	71	0	83.3	0.0	83.3	2	5	29	5	0	0	346	86	28	25	5	111	16	13	3	60	2.70	2.98	4.39	8.8	0.9
2005	NYN	30	60	0	59.3	0.0	59.3	4	7	28	8	0	0	271	65	31	26	7	100	22	19	5	27	3.94	4.98	5.85	-3.4	-0.3
2006	SLN	31	69	0	73.3	0.0	73.3	9	3	0	2	0	0	308	76	30	29	3	102	20	15	2	41	3.56	3.42	3.53	17.3	1.7
2007	SLN	32	31	30	175.0	174.7	0.3	12	12	0	0	18	2	746	183	100	96	22	294	51	49	4	87	4.94	4.76	5.68	12.2	1.0
2008	SLN	33	33	33	199.0	199.0	0.0	12	14	0	0	15	3	842	216	101	92	25	339	45	44	11	108	4.16	4.50	5.07	17.3	1.4
2009	MIL	34	34	34	194.7	194.7	0.0	14	7	0	0	14	1	866	226	123	113	39	393	64	58	5	100	5.22	5.70	6.08	-5.3	-0.5
Career			670	97	1176.0	568.3	607.7	72	65	103	39	47	6	5067	1242	594	542	132	1895	373	334	40	669	4.15	4.43	5.10	68.8	6.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1997	POT	A+	12	12	64.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	ARK	AA	19	0	21.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.344		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	SLN	MLB	4	0	3.3	8.31	18	.371	.262	.330	.399	.266	.400	98	-1.2	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1
1998	MEM	AAA	40	0	40.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.667		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	FLO	MLB	72	0	83.0	4.80	99	.264	.283	.358	.459	.274	.317	96	6.0	0.6	6.0	0.6
2000	FLO	MLB	73	0	67.3	5.67	82	.273	.281	.354	.464	.272	.286	95	-3.1	-0.3	-3.5	-0.3
2001	FLO	MLB	71	0	71.0	5.61	77	.243	.271	.341	.444	.272	.271	96	-2.1	-0.2	-1.8	-0.1
2002	FLO	MLB	78	0	86.0	4.01	108	.229	.269	.341	.431	.271	.253	97	9.0	0.9	9.4	1.0
2003	FLO	MLB	74	0	80.7	3.70	117	.248	.276	.343	.444	.271	.304	96	12.5	1.2	12.9	1.2
2004	NYN	MLB	71	0	83.3	4.39	103	.227	.274	.349	.457	.274	.309	96	8.8	0.9	8.8	0.9
2005	NYN	MLB	60	0	59.3	5.85	66	.280	.273	.341	.438	.272	.276	95	-3.4	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3
2006	SLN	MLB	69	0	73.3	3.53	126	.241	.273	.339	.442	.264	.302	97	16.9	1.6	17.3	1.7
2007	SLN	MLB	31	30	175.0	5.68	82	.253	.276	.345	.450	.270	.277	100	5.3	0.5	12.2	1.0
2008	SLN	MLB	33	33	199.0	5.07	90	.259	.270	.341	.441	.269	.292	99	9.9	1.0	17.3	1.4
2009	MIL	MLB	34	34	194.7	6.08	70	.288	.272	.343	.436	.270	.284	103	-9.0	-0.9	-5.3	-0.5
Career		MLB		97	1176.0	5.10	89	.259	.274	.345	.445	.271	.288	98	49.6	4.9	68.8	6.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1997	ARK	AA	1	4	5	19	0	21.3	24	7	20	2	0%	.344	10.1	3.0	0.8	8.5	1.46	5.92	0.0	0.0
1997	POT	A+	3	6	0	12	12	64.3	71	25	58	6	0%	.333	9.9	3.5	0.8	8.1	1.49	4.48	0.0	0.0
1998	SLN	MLB	0	1	0	4	0	3.3	5	1	4	1	55%	.400	13.5	2.7	2.7	10.8	1.80	5.40	-1.2	-0.1
1998	MEM	AAA	2	3	20	40	0	40.7	43	13	43	3	0%	-.667	9.5	2.9	0.7	9.5	1.38	3.10	0.0	0.0
1999	FLO	MLB	3	3	0	72	0	83.0	96	31	50	7	56%	.317	10.4	3.4	0.8	5.4	1.53	3.80	6.0	0.6
2000	FLO	MLB	5	1	2	73	0	67.3	71	36	29	3	66%	.286	9.5	4.8	0.4	3.9	1.59	4.41	-3.5	-0.3
2001	FLO	MLB	3	3	3	71	0	71.0	63	30	52	8	60%	.271	8.0	3.8	1.0	6.6	1.31	3.55	-1.8	-0.1
2002	FLO	MLB	2	5	13	78	0	86.0	73	28	55	8	54%	.253	7.6	2.9	0.8	5.8	1.17	3.14	9.4	1.0
2003	FLO	MLB	6	4	28	74	0	80.7	82	29	56	4	56%	.304	9.1	3.2	0.4	6.2	1.38	3.68	12.9	1.2
2004	NYN	MLB	2	5	29	71	0	83.3	86	16	60	5	63%	.309	9.3	1.7	0.5	6.5	1.22	2.70	8.8	0.9
2005	NYN	MLB	4	7	28	60	0	59.3	65	22	27	7	54%	.276	9.9	3.3	1.1	4.1	1.47	3.94	-3.4	-0.3
2006	SLN	MLB	9	3	0	69	0	73.3	76	20	41	3	52%	.302	9.3	2.5	0.4	5.0	1.31	3.56	17.3	1.7
2007	SLN	MLB	12	12	0	31	30	175.0	183	51	87	22	44%	.277	9.4	2.6	1.1	4.5	1.34	4.94	12.2	1.0
2008	SLN	MLB	12	14	0	33	33	199.0	216	45	108	25	49%	.292	9.8	2.0	1.1	4.9	1.31	4.16	17.3	1.4
2009	MIL	MLB	14	7	0	34	34	194.7	226	64	100	39	47%	.284	10.4	3.0	1.8	4.6	1.49	5.22	-5.3	-0.5

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2009-10-06	2009-10-06	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2009-10-06
2009-02-28	2009-03-26	Camp	26	0	Left	Abdomen	Soreness	Oblique	-
2007-10-13	2007-10-13	Off	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	AC Joint Arthritis	2007-10-13
2007-06-16	2007-07-02	15-DL	16	14	Right	Shoulder	Fatigue		-
2006-08-09	2006-08-12	DTD	3	3		Back	Soreness		-
2005-10-03	2005-10-03	Off	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	AC Joint Arthritis	2005-10-03
1997-09-01	1997-09-06	Minors	5	0	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Dates Unknown	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	MIL	$750,000
2010	MIL	$1,000,000
2009	MIL	$4,750,000
2008	SLN	$5,500,000
2007	SLN	$4,500,000
2006	SLN	$3,500,000
2005	NYN	$3,500,000
2004	NYN	$1,000,000
2003	FLO	$1,400,000
2002	FLO	$800,000
2001	FLO	$400,000
2000	FLO	$255,000

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$27,355,000
11 yr	Total	$27,355,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 12 d	Hendricks Sports	1 year (2011)

Details

2011
1 year/$4.75M (2009), plus 2010 option. Signed as a free agent 2/13/09. 09:$4.75M, 10:$6M option. Option increase to $6.5M with 30 games started 2009. No buyout if player declines. If club declines, $0.75M buyout ($1M buyout with 30 games started or 180 innings pitched 09). $0.75M performance bonus. Milwaukee declined 2010 club option 11/13/09.
3 year/$13.5M (06-08), 06:$3.5M, 07:$4.5M, 08:$5.5M, $1M annually in performance bonuses. Signed as a free agent 12/05.
2 years/$6.75M (04-05), plus $5M 06 club option $0.25M buyout. Signed as a free agent from Florida 1/04. $2M signing bonus, 04:$1M, 05:$3.5M, 06:$5M club option $0.25M buyout. Club declined 2006 option 10/05.
3 years/$2.6M (2001-03). 01:$0.4M, 02:$0.8M, 03:$1.4M. Non-tendered 12/03.
Drafted 1996. $1.675M signing bonus.

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Five Players to Watch in 2005: Who Will Break Out?	Jonah Keri	2005-03-24
Prospectus Triple Play: Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-15
Under The Knife: Returns and Second Chances	Will Carroll	2004-09-28
Team Health Reports: New York Mets	Will Carroll	2004-03-04
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2004-02-17
Prospectus Today: Worst Free-Agent Signings	Joe Sheehan	2004-01-22
Transaction Analysis: The Easts	Baseball Prospectus	2004-01-12
Prospectus Today: Game Four	Joe Sheehan	2003-10-23
World Series Prospectus: Florida Marlins vs. New York Yankees	Joe Sheehan	2003-10-17
Playoff Prospectus: Chicago Cubs vs. Florida Marlins	Christina Kahrl	2003-10-07
Prospectus Today: Give it Away	Joe Sheehan	2003-10-04
Playoff Prospectus: San Francisco Giants vs. Florida Marlins	Jonah Keri	2003-09-30
Playoff Health Report: National League	Will Carroll	2003-09-29
Breaking Balls: Your Guide to Local Sportswriter Identification	Derek Zumsteg	2003-05-20
Team Health Reports: Team Health Report: Florida Marlins	Will Carroll	2003-02-12
The Daily Prospectus: LABR Update	Joe Sheehan	2002-05-10
Prospectus Feature: National League Predictions	Baseball Prospectus	2002-03-30
Transaction Analysis: March 19-25, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-03-27

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2009-06-05 15:30:00	Just got a tweet that Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder would like to have a word with you regarding your comments about the Cubs. Why is it more likely that they and their buddies will crater than that the Cubs will continuing being what they've been? (Bill from New Mexico)	In my opinion, the Cardinals need every single start from Chris Carpenter from here on out to have a fighting chance at the playoffs. And as far as the Brewers go, I mentioned earlier that acquiring a top-tier pitcher might actually put them ahead of the Cubs. But I get a bit wary when I see that four of their five rotation spots are filled by the underachieving Dave Bush, back-end extraordinaire Braden Looper, the disappointing Manny Parra, and the hang-it-up-already Jeff Suppan. (Eric Seidman)
2009-02-10 14:00:00	Hi Christina, what is your initial reaction to Braden Looper going to Milwaukee? (John from Fiji)	Jeff Suppan 2.0 should be able to give them a moderate number of winnable ballgames. It won't be enough to put them in better shape for the NL Wild Card. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-02-03 13:00:00	Should the Nats sign a free agent or two hoping to get some fans to buy tickets? Or just stick with what they have and realize that people aren't gonna come to watch the kids play? (Charlie from DC)	Where would you play an FA? Your best players are outfielders, and you have contracts where you'd stick Cabrera or Hudson, and those guys won't get people excited. A starter? Maybe, especially given how weak a slot that is. Again, though, are fans going to buy tickets to see Braden Looper? By the way, if getting a team and a new park isn't enough to get people interested, perhaps it's time to acknowledge that D.C. wasn't exactly clamoring for baseball. Maybe they should play 18 games in Puerto Rico this year. Or maybe the failures in Montreal were about the management, not the city. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-17 15:00:00	As regards "figuring out the WHY," what's your take on why/how St. Louis is overperforming so much? (Bill from New Mexico)	The Cards have done a great job with a rotation that's largely retreads, converted relievers, and booger-eating spazzes, guys like Braden Looper and Todd Wellemeyer into solid contributors. Credit Dave Duncan, who was able to get enough out of Jeff Weaver to bring home an unlikely World Championship while every other team that's had him since Detroit has been bitterly disappointed. The bottom line is that the Cards aren't beating themselves - they're second in the NL in fewest walks allowed even while running second-to-last in strikeouts. The other thing that's noteworthy is the way Tony LaRussa has pieced together his outfield. I'm not the biggest TLR fan in the world, and I'm still a little skeptical that guys like Ryan Ludwick and Skip Schumaker can keep it up for a full year, but this is hardly the 70-something win team I foresaw. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-04-29 14:00:00	Braden Looper, last year Night games: 5-11, 6.75, 1.59 whip; day games: 7-1, 1.82, 0.96. Is there any rhyme/reason to this? (dw from nyc)	Hitters are picking up the ball better at night? Small sample? (Marc Normandin)

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