Eli Grba vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Eli Grba
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mark Prior a clear advantage over Eli Grba across the core pitching metrics. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 85), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 89), and run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 91). Mark Prior was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Eli Grba and Mark Prior

Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
2.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.26
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.47
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.9
45.9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
4.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1609
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
536.1
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
8.61
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.61
8.61
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
4.77
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.05
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
4.28
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2387
40.06
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
5.34
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2091
35.09
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Eli Grba and Mark Prior

Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
2.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.26
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
1609
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
536.1
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.57
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.49
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.25
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
2.06
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.79
91.79
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.77
92.77
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.911
0.911
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.56
55.56
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Grba and Mark Prior

Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
449.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
191
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
160
502.62
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
523.08
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
109.95
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
105.13
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
81.68
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.92
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.71
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
28.21
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.73
49.4
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
12.45
31.93
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
163.35
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
138.46
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
157.07
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.609
0.609
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
15
47.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
59.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.33
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
94.24
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
79.49
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.46
51.72
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
11.93
30.58
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
43.98
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
8
20.51
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
15
47.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Eli Grba
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.28
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Grba
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA