Mark Prior vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Mark Prior
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Cy Young posted a stronger line than Mark Prior. Cy Young posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.51) and WHIP (1.130 vs 1.240). By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mark Prior and Cy Young

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.15
59.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.96
89.96
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
3.51
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
7.97
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.05
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
10.37
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2771
37.96
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.1
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.79
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3167
3.87
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.47
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.225
1.225
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
2475
33.9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Mark Prior and Cy Young

Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
1971
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.77
92.77
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.47
25.47
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Prior and Cy Young

Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
276.92
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
234
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
204
523.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
41
105.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.92
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
16.83
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.56
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
27.09
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
12.45
31.93
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
54
138.46
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
49
125.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
19
48.72
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
31
79.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
11.93
30.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.51
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
207.69
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
56.41
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Mark Prior
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100