Mark Prior

Full Name: Mark William Prior	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/225	First Game: May 22, 2002
Birthdate: September 7, 1980	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: San Diego, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] 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).