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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
Schools: 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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2002 21 CHC NL 17 39 35 3 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .171 .216 .286 .502 32 10 1 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-7
2003 22 CHC NL 31 81 72 6 18 4 0 1 6 0 0 2 27 .250 .270 .347 .617 59 25 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
2004 23 CHC NL 20 44 36 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .139 .184 .139 .323 -15 5 0 0 6 0 0 1
2005 24 CHC NL 26 56 48 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .229 .260 .271 .531 38 13 0 0 6 0 0 1
2006 25 CHC NL 8 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 -61 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 102 234 204 19 41 10 0 1 13 0 0 8 81 .201 .231 .265 .496 29 54 2 0 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 372 324 30 65 16 0 2 21 0 0 13 129 .201 .231 .265 .496 29 86 3 0 35 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 CHC NL 21 P 19 19 116.2 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.69 0.47 .967 1.83 0.48 RoY-7
2003 CHC NL 22 P 30 30 211.1 23 8 12 3 0 .870 0.85 0.67 .961 1.85 0.48 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
2004 CHC NL 23 P 21 21 118.2 22 4 18 0 3 1.000 1.67 1.05 .964 1.84 0.47
2005 CHC NL 24 P 27 27 166.2 19 9 9 1 0 .947 0.97 0.67 .958 1.75 0.46
2006 CHC NL 25 P 9 9 43.2 10 3 5 2 1 .800 1.65 0.89 .960 1.73 0.43
5 Seasons P 106 106 657.0 83 25 52 6 4 .928 1.05 0.73 .961 1.81 0.47
5 Seasons TOT 106 106 657.0 83 25 52 6 4 .928 1.05 0.73 .889 1.81 0.47

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 - 30 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (759), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bill Stafford (953)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 2001.

December 12, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 26, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Chicago Cubs$1,450,000
2004Chicago Cubs$3,150,000
2005Chicago Cubs$3,550,000
2006Chicago Cubs$3,650,000
2008San Diego Padres$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,800,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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