Mark Prior
Mark William Prior
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 7, 1980 in San Diego, CA
High School: University (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California
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
Final Game: August 10, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 21 CHC NL 6 6 .500 3.32 19 19 0 1 0 0 116.2 98 45 43 14 38 0 147 7 0 1 486 122 1.166 7.6 1.1 2.9 11.3 3.87 RoY-7
2003 22 CHC NL 18 6 .750 2.43 30 30 0 3 1 0 211.1 183 67 57 15 50 4 245 9 0 9 863 178 1.103 7.8 0.6 2.1 10.4 4.90 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
2004 23 CHC NL 6 4 .600 4.02 21 21 0 0 0 0 118.2 112 53 53 14 48 2 139 3 1 2 510 109 1.348 8.5 1.1 3.6 10.5 2.90
2005 24 CHC NL 11 7 .611 3.67 27 27 0 1 0 0 166.2 143 73 68 25 59 2 188 4 1 4 701 120 1.212 7.7 1.4 3.2 10.2 3.19
2006 25 CHC NL 1 6 .143 7.21 9 9 0 0 0 0 43.2 46 39 35 9 28 2 38 8 0 5 211 64 1.695 9.5 1.9 5.8 7.8 1.36
5 Seasons 42 29 .592 3.51 106 106 0 5 1 0 657.0 582 277 256 77 223 10 757 31 2 21 2771 123 1.225 8.0 1.1 3.1 10.4 3.39
162 Game Avg. 13 9 .592 3.51 34 34 0 2 0 0 211 187 89 82 25 72 3 243 10 1 7 889 123 1.225 8.0 1.1 3.1 10.4 3.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 34 0.667 2.0 0.0 4.0 7.0 1.75
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS L FLA 1 1 .500 3.14 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 14 8 5 2 5 0 11 0 0 1 63 1.326 8.8 1.3 3.1 6.9 2.20
1 Season (2 Series) 2 1 .667 2.31 3 3 0 1 0 0 23.1 16 9 6 2 9 0 18 1 0 2 97 1.071 6.2 0.8 3.5 6.9 2.00
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 2 1 1 0 4 0 7 1 0 1 34 0.667 2.0 0.0 4.0 7.0 1.75
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 3.14 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 14 8 5 2 5 0 11 0 0 1 63 1.326 8.8 1.3 3.1 6.9 2.20

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2003 CHC NL 22

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 21 CHC NL 19 486 434 45 98 24 1 14 13 6 38 147 .226 .296 .382 .679 .303 166 5 7 3 4 0
2003 22 CHC NL 30 863 793 67 183 39 6 15 7 9 50 245 .231 .283 .352 .635 .314 279 14 9 9 2 4
2004 23 CHC NL 21 510 447 53 112 29 2 14 7 3 48 139 .251 .325 .418 .743 .329 187 6 3 8 4 2
2005 24 CHC NL 27 701 630 73 143 30 0 25 5 6 59 188 .227 .296 .394 .690 .281 248 6 4 5 3 2
2006 25 CHC NL 9 211 171 39 46 8 0 9 5 2 28 38 .269 .392 .474 .866 .294 81 3 8 2 2 2
5 Seasons 106 2771 2475 277 582 130 9 77 37 26 223 757 .235 .305 .388 .693 .305 961 34 31 27 15 10
162 Game Avg. 34 889 794 89 187 42 3 25 12 8 72 243 .235 .305 .388 .693 .305 308 11 10 9 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 21 CHC NL 19 19 6 6 7 0 3 8 11 .421 1 4 1 0 13 68% 59 86 21 9 2 0 7 4.4 4.4 6.1 106 0 5 12 2 135
2003 22 CHC NL 30 30 18 6 6 3 2 21 9 .700 2 1 3 1 23 77% 63 91 30 15 1 0 13 4.8 4.6 7.0 113 1 3 17 9 133
2004 23 CHC NL 21 21 6 4 11 2 0 11 10 .524 3 6 0 0 11 52% 54 92 13 13 5 0 8 5.1 4.7 5.7 98 1 10 9 1 129
2005 24 CHC NL 27 27 11 7 9 0 1 16 11 .593 1 6 1 0 20 74% 56 83 25 8 0 0 13 4.7 4.1 6.2 104 2 6 15 4 131
2006 25 CHC NL 9 9 1 6 2 1 1 1 8 .111 0 1 0 0 1 11% 41 67 18 10 0 0 3 3.6 3.2 4.9 93 2 2 5 0 109
5 Seasons 106 106 42 29 35 6 7 57 49 .538 7 18 5 1 68 64% 57 92 13 55 8 0 44 4.6 4.4 6.2 105 6 26 58 16 135
MLB Averages

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 21 CHC NL 486 43% 2.9% 30.3% 7.8% 8.0% 40% 0.55 0.60 57% 23% 9.1% 13% 78 5 6%
2003 22 CHC NL 863 46% 1.7% 28.4% 5.8% 7.0% 33% 0.77 0.92 62% 16% 5.8% 15% 152 14 9%
2004 23 CHC NL 510 44% 2.8% 27.3% 9.4% 8.8% 40% 0.59 0.75 58% 20% 8.5% 15% 83 6 7%
2005 24 CHC NL 701 45% 3.6% 26.8% 8.4% 7.9% 39% 0.61 0.70 60% 20% 10.1% 9% 141 6 4%
2006 25 CHC NL 211 44% 4.3% 18.0% 13.3% 8.1% 37% 0.58 0.84 60% 17% 12.2% 13% 47 3 6%
5 Seasons 2771 45% 2.8% 27.3% 8.1% 7.8% 37% 0.64 0.77 60% 19% 8.6% 13% 501 34 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 21 CHC NL 486 2023 4.16 1292 64% 27% 19% 31% 23% 73% 0% 46% 74% 56% 5% 23 17 29% 139 77 4 29% 25 6 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL 863 3399 3.94 2267 67% 28% 20% 28% 25% 72% 1% 48% 73% 65% 4% 36 24 34% 292 171 21 25% 53 8 0 0 0
2004 23 CHC NL 510 2054 4.03 1309 64% 26% 17% 32% 24% 74% 1% 47% 77% 59% 4% 19 15 29% 146 81 4 28% 29 2 0 0 0
2005 24 CHC NL 701 2816 4.02 1835 65% 29% 16% 30% 25% 71% 1% 46% 77% 61% 4% 28 18 28% 196 124 12 27% 33 8 0 0 0
2006 25 CHC NL 211 835 3.96 479 57% 31% 10% 30% 29% 69% 2% 40% 85% 53% 9% 18 10 18% 37 21 4 32% 6 7 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2771 11127 4.02 7182 65% 28% 18% 30% 25% 72% 1% 47% 76% 60% 4% 124 84 29% 810 474 45 27% 146 31 0 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 21 CHC NL 486 98 10 2 14 0 8 7 7 11 3 25 13 9 52% 5 1 0 173 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2003 22 CHC NL 863 183 26 5 15 0 11 9 6 8 7 40 14 11 35% 11 9 1 314 7 9 44% 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 17 0
2004 23 CHC NL 510 112 11 1 14 1 12 7 7 10 4 19 9 3 47% 3 2 1 181 7 3 70% 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 10 0
2005 24 CHC NL 701 143 8 1 25 2 19 15 10 12 13 30 12 8 40% 10 4 0 258 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2006 25 CHC NL 211 46 4 0 9 1 9 3 6 9 0 15 5 5 33% 1 5 1 82 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
5 Seasons 2771 582 59 9 77 4 59 41 36 50 27 129 53 36 41% 30 21 3 1008 37 26 59% 35 21 2 2 0 3 2 1 62 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 21 6 6 .500 3.32 19 19 0 1 0 0 116.2 98 45 43 14 38 0 147 7 0 1 486 122 1.166 7.6 1.1 2.9 11.3 3.87 122
2003 22 24 12 .667 2.74 49 49 0 4 1 0 328.0 281 112 100 29 88 4 392 16 0 10 1349 154 1.125 7.7 0.8 2.4 10.8 4.45 154
2004 23 30 16 .652 3.08 70 70 0 4 1 0 446.2 393 165 153 43 136 6 531 19 1 12 1859 139 1.184 7.9 0.9 2.7 10.7 3.90 139
2005 24 41 23 .641 3.24 97 97 0 5 1 0 613.1 536 238 221 68 195 8 719 23 2 16 2560 133 1.192 7.9 1.0 2.9 10.6 3.69 133
2006 25 42 29 .592 3.51 106 106 0 5 1 0 657.0 582 277 256 77 223 10 757 31 2 21 2771 123 1.225 8.0 1.1 3.1 10.4 3.39 123

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 21 7 5 .583 3.50 113.0 100 49 44 14 39 142 7 1.230 8.0 3.1 11.3 3.64 1.1 19
2003 22 17 6 .739 2.33 209.0 179 60 54 15 49 242 9 1.091 7.7 2.1 10.4 4.94 0.6 30
2004 23 6 6 .500 3.85 117.0 110 56 50 14 47 137 3 1.342 8.5 3.6 10.5 2.91 1.1 21
2005 24 10 8 .556 3.55 165.0 143 72 65 25 59 186 4 1.224 7.8 3.2 10.1 3.15 1.4 27
2006 25 1 3 .250 6.55 44.0 45 36 32 9 27 38 8 1.636 9.2 5.5 7.8 1.41 1.8 9
5 Seasons 41 28 .594 3.40 648.0 577 273 245 77 221 745 31 1.231 8.0 10.3 3.37 1.1 106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 (893rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2003-NL--3--38%
0.38 Career Shares (114th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2003 NL--2.427--3rd

Wins s c a p y
2003 NL--18--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2003 NL--.750--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2003 NL--1.103--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--7.793--9th
2005 NL--7.722--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--2.129--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--10.434--2nd
2005 NL--10.152--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL--211.3--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2003 NL--245--2nd
2005 NL--188--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
2003 NL--3--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2003 NL--4.900--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--.639--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL--178--2nd

Youngest s c a p y
2002 NL--born 1980-09-07--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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