Matt Ford vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Matt Ford
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mark Prior built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Prior posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.51 and WHIP 1.240 compared to 4.33 and 1.534 for Matt Ford. By the career numbers, Mark Prior had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Ford and Mark Prior

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
9.48
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.05
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.076
1.076
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.74
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.86
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Matt Ford and Mark Prior

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.65
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.44
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.77
92.77
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Ford and Mark Prior

Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.64
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
28.21
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
44.49
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.45
31.93
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
138.46
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.33
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
31.08
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.93
30.58
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20.51
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
207.69
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA