Harry Parker vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Harry Parker
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mark Prior built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 102), run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 101). Role difference aside, Mark Prior holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Harry Parker and Mark Prior

Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.54
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.86
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.19
24.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
3.85
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
946
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
315.1
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
8.99
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
3.65
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.05
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
4.91
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.4
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.29
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1381
39.42
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.26
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
34.79
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Harry Parker and Mark Prior

Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.54
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.86
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
945
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.29
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.71
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.69
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.476
0.476
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.19
24.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Parker and Mark Prior

Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
855.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
70
482.76
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
523.08
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.94
6.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
13
89.66
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
125.64
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
41.38
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-6.8
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.28
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20.51
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
220.69
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
207.69
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.72
2.72
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
68.97
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
56.41
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA