Gaylord Perry vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Gaylord Perry
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mark Prior a clear advantage over Gaylord Perry across the core pitching metrics. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 105), run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 102). Gaylord Perry held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 110). Mark Prior was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Gaylord Perry and Mark Prior

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
777
1.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
1.16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
0.53
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
0.45
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.23
54.23
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.8
88.8
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
0.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.09
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.02
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1846
3.11
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
3.51
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16051
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.1
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4938
8.31
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
0.67
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
2.32
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.28
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3534
5.94
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.918
0.918
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.18
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21953
36.93
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2771
37.96
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.06
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
3.58
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
3.79
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.14
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
0.4
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20236
34.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Gaylord Perry and Mark Prior

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
777
1.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
1.16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16052
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5350.2
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
0.59
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
1.48
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.06
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1264
2.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1226
2.06
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.8
88.8
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gaylord Perry and Mark Prior

Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
787
387.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
234
600
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1076
529.18
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
69.34
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
58.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
8.36
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
11.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.03
13.29
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
86.56
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
83.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
125.64
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
23.61
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
23.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
43.77
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.54
-1.25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
10.82
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
369
181.48
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
55.57
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Gaylord Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
20
9.84
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gaylord Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA