Rick Porcello vs. Mark Prior — Career Comparison

Rick Porcello
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young Award
Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mark Prior a clear advantage over Rick Porcello across the core pitching metrics. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 86), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 97), and run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 93). Rick Porcello 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 Rick Porcello and Mark Prior

Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.52
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.64
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.58
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.54
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.55
54.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.87
98.87
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025
4.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6289
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2096.1
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
2270
9.75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
2.1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1561
6.7
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.978
0.978
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.29
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8912
38.26
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
4.82
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.47
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8269
35.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96

Fielding Stats for Rick Porcello and Mark Prior

Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.52
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6289
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2096.1
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.34
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.97
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
1.68
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
1.57
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.35
93.35
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.028
1.028
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.87
98.87
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Porcello and Mark Prior

Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
355
4437.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
562.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
8
100
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
6
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
19.37
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
10
125
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
8
100
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
125.64
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.33
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
6
75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
10.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
237.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
207.69
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Porcello
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA