Mark Prior vs. Glendon Rusch — Career Comparison

Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Glendon Rusch
Gen XWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Mark Prior a clear advantage over Glendon Rusch across the core pitching metrics. Mark Prior led in strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 96), run prevention (ERA+ 133 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 101). Mark Prior was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mark Prior and Glendon Rusch

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.08
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.34
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.41
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.6
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.33
64.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.51
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
5.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4432
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1477.1
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1732
10.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
2.8
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1088
6.63
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.048
1.048
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.24
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2771
37.96
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6513
39.68
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
5.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.51
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.47
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.85
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5885
35.85
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Mark Prior and Glendon Rusch

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.08
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.34
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4432
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1477.1
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.05
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.41
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.36
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.33
64.33
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Prior and Glendon Rusch

Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
546.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
234
600
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
523.08
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
519.9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
78.53
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.97
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.71
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
8
12.57
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
11.57
18.18
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
100.52
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
125.64
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
94.24
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
25.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
29.84
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.26
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
5.51
8.66
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
163.35
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.67
3.67
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
22
56.41
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
64.4
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.13
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.42
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA