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Full Name: Mark William Prior Primary Position: SP
First Game: May 22, 2002 Birthdate: September 7, 1980
Last Game: August 10, 2006 Birthplace: San Diego, California
MLB Experience: 5 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on September 7, 1980 in San Diego, California, Mark Prior (Mark William Prior) played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 5 year career. Prior broke into the bigs on May 22, 2002 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.32 ERA in 116.2 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mark Prior's best season was 2003, when he posted a 2.43 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 245 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
2002 CHC N 19 19 6 6 3.32 147 45 43 1 0 0 116.2 98 14 38 0 1 7
2003 CHC N 30 30 18 6 2.43 245 67 57 3 1 0 211.1 183 15 50 4 9 9
2004 CHC N 21 21 6 4 4.02 139 53 53 0 0 0 118.2 112 14 48 2 2 3
2005 CHC N 27 27 11 7 3.67 188 73 68 1 0 0 166.2 143 25 59 2 4 4
2006 CHC N 9 9 1 6 7.21 38 39 35 0 0 0 43.2 46 9 28 2 5 8
Total 106 106 42 29 3.51 757 277 256 5 1 0 657 582 77 223 10 21 31

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2002 CHC N P 19 19 116.2 1 8 0 0 0 0 13 6 0 1.000
2003 CHC N P 30 30 211.1 8 12 3 0 0 1 7 9 0 .870
2004 CHC N P 21 21 118.2 4 18 0 3 0 1 7 3 0 1.000
2005 CHC N P 27 27 166.2 9 9 1 0 0 0 5 6 0 .947
2006 CHC N P 9 9 43.2 3 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 0 .800
Total P 106 106 657 25 52 6 4 0 3 37 26 0 .928

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
2002 CHC N 19 35 3 6 0 4 .171 .216 .286 4 0 2 15 0 2 0 0 1
2003 CHC N 32 72 6 18 1 6 .250 .270 .347 4 0 2 27 0 7 0 0 1
2004 CHC N 21 36 5 5 0 0 .139 .184 .139 0 0 2 20 0 6 0 0 0
2005 CHC N 27 48 5 11 0 3 .229 .260 .271 2 0 2 14 0 6 0 0 0
2006 CHC N 9 13 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
Total 108 204 19 41 1 13 .201 .231 .265 10 0 8 81 0 22 0 0 2

Transactions[]

  • Selected by New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1998).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed August 23, 2001).

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