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Mark Prior

Mark William Prior

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 7, 1980 in San Diego, CA
High School: University HS (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 2002
Team: Cubs 2002-2006
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: August 10, 2006
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	Pos	Awards
2002	21	CHC-min	AA,AAA	9	19	19	4	5	0	1	3	6	0	8	.263	.263	.842	1.105		16	1	0		WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
2002	21	CHC	NL	19	39	35	3	6	4	0	0	4	2	15	.171	.216	.286	.502	32	10	1	2	1	RoY-7
2003	22	CHC	NL	32	81	72	6	18	4	0	1	6	2	27	.250	.270	.347	.617	59	25	1	7	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
2004	23	CHC-min	AAA,A	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		IWA,LNS · PCL,MIDW
2004	23	CHC	NL	21	44	36	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	20	.139	.184	.139	.323	-15	5	0	6	1
2005	24	CHC-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2005	24	CHC	NL	27	56	48	5	11	2	0	0	3	2	14	.229	.260	.271	.531	38	13	0	6	1
2006	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA,A	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0		IWA,WTN,PEO · PCL,SOUL,MIDW
2006	25	CHC	NL	9	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-61	1	0	1	/1
2010	29	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2011	30	NYY-min	AAA,Rk,A+	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0		SWB,YNK,TAM · IL,GULF,FLOR
5 Yrs				108	234	204	19	41	10	0	1	13	8	81	.201	.231	.265	.496	29	54	2	22
162 Game Avg.				162	351	306	29	62	15	0	2	20	12	122	.201	.231	.265	.496	29	81	3	33

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2002	21	CHC	NL	19	39	-4	-0	-0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	2	$	1	RoY-7
2003	22	CHC	NL	32	81	-5	-0	0	11	6	0.6	2	8	0.6	.518	.504	0.6	8	$1,450,000	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
2004	23	CHC	NL	21	44	-7	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0	$3,150,000	1
2005	24	CHC	NL	27	56	-5	1	0	8	4	0.4	2	5	0.4	.514	.502	0.4	5	$3,550,000	1
2006	25	CHC	NL	9	14	-3	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	-1	$3,650,000	/1
5 Seasons				108	234	-24	-0	0	33	9	0.9	6	15	0.9	.508	.501	0.9	15	$11,800,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2002	21	CHC	NL	39	32	2	1.7	105	.300	.171	.263	.216	.337	.286	.419	.502	.756	32	.126	-3.4	-0.3	.400	.171	.114
2003	22	CHC	NL	81	62	7	3.0	110	.386	.250	.270	.270	.342	.347	.433	.617	.775	59	.290	-4.6	-0.4	.491	.125	.097	.0
2004	23	CHC	NL	44	37	1	0.7	113	.313	.139	.272	.184	.344	.139	.441	.323	.785	-15	.028	-6.4	-0.6	.226	.056	.000
2005	24	CHC	NL	56	43	4	2.5	112	.324	.229	.273	.260	.344	.271	.435	.531	.779	38	.228	-4.6	-0.4	.405	.083	.042
2006	25	CHC	NL	14	13	0	0.0	116	.125	.077	.276	.077	.347	.077	.448	.154	.795	-61	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
5 Yrs				234	187	14	2.0	111	.328	.201	.270	.231	.342	.265	.433	.496	.776	29	.162	-22.2	-2.1	.376	.103	.064	.0
162 Game Avg.				351	281	21	2.0	111	.328	.201	.270	.231	.342	.265	.433	.496	.776	29	.162	-22.2	-2.1	.376	.103	.064

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
2003	22	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	NLCS	FLA	L	2	7	4	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	3
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	10	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	3
1 NLDS							1	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLCS							2	7	4	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	3

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	CHC	NL	22		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	21	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	38.5%	5.1%	10.3%	67%	7.50	2.3		8.8	1.86	7.50	51%	23%	0.0%	0%
2003	22	CHC	NL	81	1.2%	33.3%	2.5%	6.2%	28%	13.50	2.7	72.0	12.0	0.83	1.92	54%	17%	4.8%	9%
2004	23	CHC	NL	44	0.0%	45.5%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	10.00	1.8			1.50	2.60	36%	14%	0.0%	17%
2005	24	CHC	NL	56	0.0%	25.0%	3.6%	3.6%	18%	7.00	3.4		16.0	1.00	2.63	61%	28%	0.0%	0%
2006	25	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			1.00	2.00	57%	0%	0.0%	67%
5 Yrs				234	0.4%	34.6%	3.4%	4.7%	27%	10.13	2.5	204.0	15.7	1.09	2.60	52%	19%	2.0%	9%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.3	31.9	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2002	21	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.3	39	0.0	0.7	-0.6	.87	-0.3	0.3	-1.4	-0.1	0.89	-2.9		0
2003	22	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.4	81	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.86	-0.6	-0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.97	-6.3	0.20	2
2004	23	CHC	NL	-6.5	-0.6	45	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	.92	-0.6	-0.1	-7.8	-0.7	1.01	-7.3		0
2005	24	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.4	58	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.98	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.92	-5.3		0
2006	25	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	14	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.15	-0.4	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	1.01	-4.1		0
5 Yrs				-22.3	-2.1	237	-2.2	2.2	-4.4	.92	-2.3	-0.1	-25.6	-2.4	0.96	-25.9	0.20	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	21	CHC	NL	38%	15	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	26%	34	1	1	10%	7	7	1	1	2	1	1
2004	23	CHC	NL	71%	12	0	2	0%	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	39%	18	0	2	25%	0	0	2	2	2	1	1
2006	25	CHC	NL	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				38%	79	2	5	10%	11	11	4	4	6	4	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	21	CHC	NL	39	21%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	22	4	18%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	81	32%	18	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.20	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	7	70%	15	1	7%	20	6	30%	48	5	10%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
2004	23	CHC	NL	44	20%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	7	0	0%	11	5	45%	31	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	3	75%	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	56	16%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	11	0	0%	11	3	27%	32	3	9%	4	0	0%	0	0		0
2006	25	CHC	NL	14	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				234	25%	41	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.20	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	30	22	73%	38	2	5%	51	16	31%	143	12	8%	10	1	10%	10	7	70%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	21	CHC	NL	39	142	3.64	97	68%	16%	39%	22%	23%	84%	0%	57%	53%	44%	3%	1	0	13%	5	4	8%	3	3	20%	0	0	0
2003	22	CHC	NL	81	289	3.57	209	72%	21%	31%	24%	25%	79%	0%	57%	61%	52%	1%	1	0	7%	6	2	7%	6	5	30%	0	0	0
2004	23	CHC	NL	44	161	3.66	113	70%	27%	33%	21%	19%	73%	0%	52%	55%	50%	0%	0	0	7%	3	2	2%	1	1	30%	0	0	0
2005	24	CHC	NL	56	208	3.71	137	66%	34%	15%	22%	29%	66%	0%	43%	78%	21%	0%	0	0	7%	4	2	7%	4	3	50%	0	0	0
2006	25	CHC	NL	14	54	3.86	38	70%	39%	16%	21%	24%	61%	0%	43%	74%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	2	0	0%	0	0	80%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				234	854	3.65	594	70%	25%	28%	22%	24%	75%	0%	52%	63%	42%	1%	2	0	9%	20	10	6%	14	12	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2002	21	19	39	35	3	6	4	0	4	2	15	.171	.216	.286	.502	32	10	1	2
2003	22	51	120	107	9	24	8	1	10	4	42	.224	.252	.327	.579	50	35	2	9
2004	23	72	164	143	14	29	8	1	10	6	62	.203	.235	.280	.515	34	40	2	15
2005	24	99	220	191	19	40	10	1	13	8	76	.209	.241	.277	.519	35	53	2	21
2006	25	108	234	204	19	41	10	1	13	8	81	.201	.231	.265	.496	29	54	2	22

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	21	19	39	35	3	6	4	0	4	2	15	.171	.216	.286	.502	2	19
2003	22	32	80	71	5	17	4	1	5	2	27	.239	.260	.338	.598	6	32
2004	23	21	44	36	5	5	0	0	0	2	20	.139	.184	.139	.323	1	21
2005	24	27	55	47	4	10	2	0	3	2	14	.213	.245	.255	.500	3	27
2006	25	9	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
5 Yrs		108	232	202	17	38	10	1	12	8	81	.188	.219	.252	.472	12	108
162 Game Avg.		162	348	303	26	57	15	2	18	12	122	.188	.219	.252	.472	18	108

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2003	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2003 NL (9, 10%) 0.10 Career Shares (916th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2003 NL (3, 38%) 0.38 Career Shares (123rd)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2003 NL 7.8 (3rd)
Youngest s c a p y 2002 NL born 1980-09-07 (6th)

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