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).