Larry Dierker vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mark Prior a clear advantage over Larry Dierker across the core pitching metrics. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 105), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 98), and run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 104). Mark Prior was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Larry Dierker and Mark Prior

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
1.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.05
53.05
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
3.51
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
8.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.74
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.29
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2771
37.96
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
3.79
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8828
34.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Larry Dierker and Mark Prior

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
1.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.59
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.02
95.02
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Dierker and Mark Prior

Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
357
244.52
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
276.92
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
876
600
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
234
600
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
73.29
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
60.96
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.59
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
12.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.37
13.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
91.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
82.19
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
125.64
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
26.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
31.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
54.79
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.8
-1.92
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
272
186.3
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
47.95
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA