Mark Prior | Major Leaguer 2002-2006

Full Name: Mark William Prior
Born: September 7,1980 in San Diego, California
Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School:
College: USC

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Prospect Rankings*
2002 - 2nd ranked Major League prospect
2002 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for Chicago Cubs

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by New York Yankees in 1st Round (43rd overall) of 1998 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Chicago Cubs in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 2001 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Aug 23,2001] - signed [Jan 31,2007] - Signed by Cubs to avoid arbitration [Dec 26,2007] - Signed by Padres (1-year)

Disabled List: [Sep 17,2002] - Activated [Jul 21,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (shoulder soreness) [May 6,2004] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Jun 4,2004] - Activated [Apr 3,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right elbow inflammation) [Apr 12,2005] - Activated [May 28,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right non-displaced fracture of the lateral epicondyl (elbow)) [Jun 26,2005] - Activated [Mar 28,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right subscapularis strain) [May 26,2006] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Jun 18,2006] - Activated [Jul 14,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [Jul 21,2006] - Activated [Aug 12,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown)

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2000	USC	NCAA	19		NCAA	10	6	3.49	22	18	1	0		2	129.0	122	65	50	8	43	143	10		8.51	0.56	3.00	9.98	1.28	--
2001	USC	NCAA	20		NCAA	15	1	1.70	20	18	6	3		0	138.0	100	32	26	5	18	202	5		6.52	0.33	1.17	13.17	0.86	--
2002	W. Tenn	Sou	21	Chc	AA	4	1	2.60	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.2	26	16	10	0	10	55	3	1	6.75	0.00	2.60	14.28	1.04	--
	Iowa	PCL	21	Chc	AAA	1	1	1.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	13	10	3	1	8	24	0	1	7.16	0.55	4.41	13.23	1.29	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	21	Chc	MLB	6	6	3.32	19	19	1	0	0	0	116.2	98	45	43	14	38	147	1	0	7.56	1.08	2.93	11.34	1.17	44%
2003	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	18	6	2.43	30	30	3	1	0	0	211.1	183	67	57	15	50	245	9	0	7.79	0.64	2.13	10.43	1.10	43%
2004	Lansing	Midw	23	Chc	A	0	0	1.23	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	2	1	1	0	1	13	0		2.46	0.00	1.23	15.96	0.41	--
	Iowa	PCL	23	Chc	AAA	1	0	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	2	2	2	1	10	0		5.07	3.38	1.69	16.89	0.75	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	6	4	4.02	21	21	0	0	0	0	118.2	112	53	53	14	48	139	2	1	8.49	1.06	3.64	10.54	1.35	41%
2005	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	0	1	10.50	1	1	0	0		0	6.0	9	7	7	0	1	7	0	0	13.50	0.00	1.50	10.50	1.67	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	11	7	3.67	27	27	1	0	0	0	166.2	143	73	68	25	59	188	4	1	7.72	1.35	3.19	10.15	1.21	40%
2006	Peoria	Midw	25	Chc	A	0	2	3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	4	3	1	0	8	0	0	9.00	1.29	0.00	10.29	1.00	--
	W. Tenn	Sou	25	Chc	AA	1	0	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	2	4	0	0	7.20	1.80	3.60	7.20	1.20	--
	Iowa	PCL	25	Chc	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	4	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	5.41	0.00	1.35	13.51	0.75	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	1	6	7.21	9	9	0	0	0	0	43.2	46	39	35	9	28	38	4	0	9.48	1.86	5.77	7.83	1.69	40%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						42	29	3.51	106	106	5	1	0	0	657.0	582	277	256	77	223	757	20	2	7.97	1.05	3.05	10.37	1.23	42%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						7	5	2.96	17	17	0	0		0	88.1	68	44	29	5	24	131	3		6.95	0.51	2.45	13.38	1.04	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2000	USC	NCAA	19		NCAA			15	33	4	8	1	0	4	7	0	0	3	13	0		1	0	0	.242	.306	.636	942	--
2002	W. Tenn	Sou	21	Chc	AA	p		6	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.417	584	--
	Iowa	PCL	21	Chc	AAA	p		3	7	3	3	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	1.571	2000	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	21	Chc	MLB	p	9	17	35	3	6	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	0	0	2	0	1	.171	.216	.286	502	71%
2003	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	p	9	31	72	6	18	4	0	1	6	0	0	2	27	0	0	7	0	1	.250	.270	.347	617	54%
2004	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	p	9	20	36	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	0	0	6	0	0	.139	.184	.139	323	47%
2005	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	p		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	p	9	27	48	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	0	0	6	0	0	.229	.260	.271	531	42%
2006	Iowa	PCL	25	Chc	AAA	p		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	p	9	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	57%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								103	204	19	41	10	0	1	13	0	0	8	81	0	0	22	0	2	.201	.231	.265	496	53%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								11	25	4	6	0	1	3	6	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	.240	.240	.680	920	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2003	Chi Cubs	NL	22		Div	1	0	1.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	2	1	1	0	4	7	1	0	2.00	0.00	4.00	7.00	0.67	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	22		Ch	1	1	3.14	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	14	8	5	2	5	11	1	0	8.79	1.26	3.14	6.91	1.33	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	1	2.31	3	3	1	0	0	0	23.1	16	9	6	2	9	18	2	0	6.17	0.77	3.47	6.94	1.07	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	Div	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	Ch	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
2002	W. Tenn	Sou	21	Chc	AA	P	6			2	6	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	--
2002	Iowa	PCL	21	Chc	AAA	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Chi Cubs	NL	21	Chc	MLB	P	19		116.2	1	8	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	.69

2003	Chi Cubs	NL	22	Chc	MLB	P	30	30	211.1	8	12	3	23	0	-	-	-	.870	.85

2004	Lansing	Midw	23	Chc	A	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Iowa	PCL	23	Chc	AAA	P	1			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Chi Cubs	NL	23	Chc	MLB	P	21	21	118.2	4	18	0	22	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.67

2005	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2005	Chi Cubs	NL	24	Chc	MLB	P	27	27	166.2	9	9	1	19	0	-	-	-	.947	.97

2006	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	P	9	9	43.2	3	5	2	10	1	-	-	-	.800	1.65

Awards

[1999] - Freshman 2nd team All-America UT [2000] - Summer League First-Team All-American SP [2001] - Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year, 1st team College All-American P, Pac-10 Conference All-Star P, Baseball America College Player of the Year, Golden Spikes Award [2002] - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #7) [2003] - Chicago Cubs Player of the Year, Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star SP, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	1,450,000		1,773,364	29
2004	3,150,000		1,716,303	17
2005	3,550,000		1,825,756	17
2006	3,650,000		1,937,004	19
2008	*1,000,000

Career:	$13,000,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Prior was the winner of College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award in 2003 while at USC.

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (2003)

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