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Mark Prior
Mark William Prior

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 225 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut May 22, 2002
  vs. PIT 6.0 IP, 4 H, 10 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Born September 7, 1980 in San Diego, CA

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

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2002 21 CHC NL   6   6  19  19   1   0   0  0  116.7   98   45   43  14   38  147   7   1   486   0   0  3.32  4.03  122 1.166 RoY-7
 2003 22 CHC NL  18   6  30  30   3   1   0  0  211.3  183   67   57  15   50  245   9   9   863   4   0  2.43  4.33  178 1.103 MVP-9,CYA-3,AS
 2004 23 CHC NL   6   4  21  21   0   0   0  0  118.7  112   53   53  14   48  139   3   2   510   2   1  4.02  4.40  109 1.348
 2005 24 CHC NL  11   7  27  27   1   0   0  0  166.7  143   73   68  25   59  188   4   4   701   2   1  3.67  4.40  120 1.212
 2006 25 CHC NL   1   6   9   9   0   0   0  0   43.7   46   39   35   9   28   38   8   5   211   2   0  7.21  4.63   64 1.695
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .592  42  29 106 106   5   1   0  0  657.0  582  277  256  77  223  757  31  21  2771  10   2  3.51  4.33  123 1.225
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  34  34   1   0   0  0  210.7  186   88   82  24   71  242   9   6   888   3   0  3.51  4.33  123 1.225
 Career High     18   7  30  30   3   1   0  0  211.3  183   73   68  25   59  245   9   9   863   4   1  2.43  4.63  178 1.103

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 21 CHC NL  17   35    3    6   4  0   0    4   0  0   2  15  .171  .216  .286   32   10   2   0   0   0   1 RoY-7
 2003 22 CHC NL  31   72    6   18   4  0   1    6   0  0   2  27  .250  .270  .347   59   25   7   0   0   0   1 MVP-9,AS
 2004 23 CHC NL  20   36    5    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  20  .139  .184  .139  -15    5   6   0   0   0   0
 2005 24 CHC NL  26   48    5   11   2  0   0    3   0  0   2  14  .229  .260  .271   38   13   6   0   0   0   0
 2006 25 CHC NL   8   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .077  .077  .077  -61    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      102  204   19   41  10  0   1   13   0  0   8  81  .201  .231  .265   29   54  22   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        324   30   65  16  0   2   21   0  0  13 129  .201  .231  .265   29   86  35   0   0   0   3
 Career High     31   72    6   18   4  0   1    6   0  0   2  27                          25   7   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 21 CHC NL   39   32    2   1.7   105| .171  .263| .216  .337| .286  .419| .502  .756|  32  .127  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2003 22 CHC NL   81   62    7   3.0   110| .250  .270| .270  .342| .347  .433| .617  .775|  59  .290  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 2004 23 CHC NL   44   37    1   0.7   114| .139  .273| .184  .345| .139  .443| .323  .788| -15  .028  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 2005 24 CHC NL   56   43    4   2.5   111| .229  .273| .260  .344| .271  .435| .531  .779|  38  .229  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 2006 25 CHC NL   14   13    0   0.0   116| .077  .276| .077  .347| .077  .448| .154  .795| -61  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       234  187   14   2.0   111| .201  .270| .231  .343| .265  .434| .496  .776|  29  .162 -22.3  -2.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 21 CHC NL P 19 1 8 0 0 1.000 .968 0.47 0.48 0.69 1.83 19 116.7 2003 22 CHC NL P 30 8 12 3 0 .870 .957 0.67 0.48 0.85 1.85 30 211.3 AS 2004 23 CHC NL P 21 4 18 0 3 1.000 .965 1.05 0.47 1.67 1.84 21 118.7 2005 24 CHC NL P 27 9 9 1 0 .947 .957 0.67 0.46 0.97 1.75 27 166.7 2006 25 CHC NL P 9 3 5 2 1 .800 .952 0.89 0.43 1.65 1.73 9 43.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 21 CHC NL P 19 1 8 0 0 1.000 .968 0.47 0.48 0.69 1.83 19 116.7 2003 22 CHC NL P 30 8 12 3 0 .870 .957 0.67 0.48 0.85 1.85 30 211.3 2004 23 CHC NL P 21 4 18 0 3 1.000 .965 1.05 0.47 1.67 1.84 21 118.7 2005 24 CHC NL P 27 9 9 1 0 .947 .957 0.67 0.46 0.97 1.75 27 166.7 2006 25 CHC NL P 9 3 5 2 1 .800 .952 0.89 0.43 1.65 1.73 9 43.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 106 25 52 6 4 .928 .960 0.73 0.47 1.05 1.81 106 657.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 106 25 52 6 4 .928 .960 0.73 0.47 1.05 1.81 106 657
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     2   1   4   7 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   2   2   3.14  1  1  0  0  14.1  14   5   5  11 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   2.31  2  1  0  1  23.1  16   6   9  18 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  CHC ATL     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  CHC FLA     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   3   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   7   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   3   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-9-0.10
Car-893-0.10 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-3-0.38
Car-114-0.38 shares

ERA
2003 NL-2.43-3

Wins
2003 NL-18-2

Won-Loss %
2003 NL-.750-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2003 NL-1.103-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
2003 NL-7.79-9
2005 NL-7.72-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
2003 NL-2.13-7

Strikeouts/9IP
2003 NL-10.43-2
2005 NL-10.15-1

Innings
2003 NL-211.3-10

Strikeouts
2003 NL-245-2
2005 NL-188-9

Comp. Games
2003 NL-3-7

SO to Walk
2003 NL-4.90-2

Adjusted ERA+
2003 NL-178-2

Youngest Player
2002 NL-21-6

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (349) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (755) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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