Johnson Fry vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mark Prior built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnson Fry 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 12.27 and 2.727 for Johnson Fry. By the career numbers, Mark Prior had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnson Fry and Mark Prior

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
14.73
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.73
14.73
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.05
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
51.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.727
2.727
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
41.73
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Johnson Fry and Mark Prior

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
27
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
657
9
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.71
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.14
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.77
92.77
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnson Fry and Mark Prior

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
523.08
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
105.13
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.92
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.45
31.93
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
138.46
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
314.53
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.93
30.58
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA