How Mark Prior's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Mark Prior totaled 2,771 career Batters Faced, below the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batters Faced season came in 2003, posting 863, well above the starting pitcher average of 476.1 that year. The lowest point came in 2006 at 211, well below the starting pitcher average of 454.2 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 510 in 2004 to 701 in 2005 and 211 in 2006, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 211 to 863 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Mark Prior Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Mark Prior
| Mark Prior
Batters Faced | Mark Prior
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 2771 | 37.96 |
| Season Avg. | 554.2 | 37.96 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4234.92 | 37.96 |
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Mark Prior Batters Faced Per Season
Mark Prior's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mark Prior Batters Faced by Team
Mark Prior's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mark Prior Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Mark Prior's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Mark Prior Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mark Prior's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mark Prior Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mark Prior's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
