At his peak, Mark Prior was one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. His 245 strikeout campaign on the Cubs in 2003, which included a 16 strikeout game, was nothing short of impressive. However, today marks the 20th anniversary of one of Prior’s best baseball moments. The crazy part is, it didn’t even happened in the majors.
Yep, you read that correctly. As Iowa Cubs beat reporter Tommy Birch noted, Prior punched out ten batters, and hit two home runs, as a member of the Iowa Cubs 20 years ago today.
The Cubs selected Prior second overall out of USC in the 2001 draft.