Mark Prior vs. Koji Uehara — Career Comparison

Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Koji Uehara
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mark Prior built a career as a starting pitcher and Koji Uehara 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 77), strikeout rate (K%+ 170 vs 139), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 137 vs 121). Koji Uehara held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 203 vs 110). Role difference aside, Mark Prior holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Prior and Koji Uehara

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.58
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.49
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.15
59.15
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.78
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
3.51
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.66
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
7.97
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
6.55
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.12
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.46
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
757
10.37
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
10.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.37
10.37
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.71
10.71
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2771
37.96
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1862
34.86
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.88
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
3.79
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.86
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2475
33.9
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760
32.95
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86

Fielding Stats for Mark Prior and Koji Uehara

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.45
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.71
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.14
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.05
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.05
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.01
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.726
0.726
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.124
0.124
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Prior and Koji Uehara

Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
108
276.92
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
87200
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
600
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
523.08
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
105.13
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.92
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.56
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
31.93
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
138.46
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
48.72
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.33
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
79.49
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.93
30.58
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
21.85
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20.51
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA