Mark Buehrle
Mark Alan Buehrle
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 23, 1979 in St. Charles, MO
High School: Francis Howell North (St. Charles, MO)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2000 21 CHW AL 4 1 .800 4.21 28 3 6 0 0 0 51.1 55 27 24 5 19 1 37 3 0 0 225 119 1.442 9.6 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95
2001 22 CHW AL 16 8 .667 3.29 32 32 0 4 2 0 221.1 188 89 81 24 48 2 126 8 5 1 885 140 1.066 7.6 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.63
2002 23 CHW AL 19 12 .613 3.58 34 34 0 5 2 0 239.0 236 102 95 25 61 7 134 3 1 6 984 126 1.243 8.9 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 AS
2003 24 CHW AL 14 14 .500 4.14 35 35 0 2 0 0 230.1 250 124 106 22 61 2 119 5 0 1 978 112 1.350 9.8 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.95
2004 25 CHW AL 16 10 .615 3.89 35 35 0 4 1 0 245.1 257 119 106 33 51 2 165 8 0 0 1016 122 1.255 9.4 1.2 1.9 6.1 3.24
2005 26 CHW AL 16 8 .667 3.12 33 33 0 3 1 0 236.2 240 99 82 20 40 4 149 4 2 2 971 144 1.183 9.1 0.8 1.5 5.7 3.73 AS,CYA-5
2006 27 CHW AL 12 13 .480 4.99 32 32 0 1 0 0 204.0 247 124 113 36 48 5 98 6 1 0 876 95 1.446 10.9 1.6 2.1 4.3 2.04 AS
2007 28 CHW AL 10 9 .526 3.63 30 30 0 3 1 0 201.0 208 86 81 22 45 5 115 5 0 1 835 129 1.259 9.3 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.56
2008 29 CHW AL 15 12 .556 3.79 34 34 0 1 0 0 218.2 240 106 92 22 52 4 140 5 0 4 918 121 1.335 9.9 0.9 2.1 5.8 2.69
2009 30 CHW AL 13 10 .565 3.84 33 33 0 1 1 0 213.1 222 97 91 27 45 3 105 5 1 2 874 121 1.252 9.4 1.1 1.9 4.4 2.33 AS,GG
10 Seasons 135 97 .582 3.80 326 301 6 24 8 0 2061.0 2143 973 871 236 470 35 1188 52 10 17 8562 122 1.268 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .582 3.80 35 33 1 3 1 0 224 232 106 94 26 51 4 129 6 1 2 929 122 1.268 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 21 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
2005 26 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 1 0 1.000 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 30 1.286 10.3 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
2005 26 CHW AL ALCS W LAA 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
2005 26 CHW AL WS W HOU 0 0 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 0.955 8.6 1.2 0.0 7.4
2008 29 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 1.429 12.9 1.3 0.0 3.9
3 Seasons (5 Series) 2 1 .667 4.11 6 4 2 1 0 1 30.2 32 14 14 3 1 1 16 1 0 0 124 1.076 9.4 0.9 0.3 4.7 16.00
3 ALDS 1 1 .500 5.65 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 9 9 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 63 1.465 12.6 0.6 0.6 3.8 6.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 32 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
1 WS 0 0 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 0.955 8.6 1.2 0.0 7.4

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2005 CHW AL 26 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
2006 CHW AL 27
2009 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 1.80 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 21 CHW AL 28 225 202 27 55 15 2 5 1 3 19 37 .272 .344 .441 .784 .313 89 4 3 1 0 1
2001 22 CHW AL 32 885 816 89 188 40 4 24 6 6 48 126 .230 .279 .377 .656 .245 308 23 8 9 4 2
2002 23 CHW AL 34 984 908 102 236 53 2 25 4 10 61 134 .260 .308 .405 .713 .281 368 24 3 9 3 7
2003 24 CHW AL 35 978 898 124 250 48 3 22 1 4 61 119 .278 .325 .412 .737 .298 370 24 5 7 7 2
2004 25 CHW AL 35 1016 947 119 257 40 4 33 5 8 51 165 .271 .312 .427 .739 .297 404 33 8 4 6 2
2005 26 CHW AL 33 971 916 99 240 44 2 20 8 3 40 149 .262 .295 .380 .675 .293 348 29 4 7 4 4
2006 27 CHW AL 32 876 809 124 247 48 2 36 4 7 48 98 .305 .346 .503 .849 .309 407 21 6 6 7 5
2007 28 CHW AL 30 835 773 86 208 44 2 22 2 3 45 115 .269 .312 .417 .728 .290 322 20 5 7 5 5
2008 29 CHW AL 34 918 853 106 240 41 7 22 5 7 52 140 .281 .324 .423 .747 .313 361 34 5 2 6 4
2009 30 CHW AL 33 874 806 97 222 44 4 27 4 4 45 105 .275 .315 .440 .756 .286 355 28 5 11 7 3
10 Seasons 326 8562 7928 973 2143 417 32 236 40 55 470 1188 .270 .314 .420 .734 .291 3332 240 52 63 49 35
162 Game Avg. 35 929 860 106 232 45 3 26 4 6 51 129 .270 .314 .420 .734 .291 361 26 6 7 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2000 21 CHW AL 28 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 41 61 23 15 3 1 0 5.2 6.6 5.2 95 0 2 1 0 103
2001 22 CHW AL 32 32 16 8 8 2 3 20 12 .625 1 4 4 2 20 63% 56 88 21 18 9 0 17 5.3 5.4 6.9 103 1 10 21 0 117
2002 23 CHW AL 34 34 19 12 3 2 4 20 14 .588 1 1 5 2 23 68% 54 79 8 10 5 0 13 6.4 6.0 7.0 103 1 9 23 1 124
2003 24 CHW AL 35 35 14 14 7 2 7 18 17 .514 2 3 2 0 24 69% 49 80 0 18 5 1 8 4.9 4.8 6.6 100 2 12 20 1 128
2004 25 CHW AL 35 35 16 10 9 2 4 21 14 .600 3 4 4 1 23 66% 53 87 7 12 5 2 11 6.2 6.2 7.0 105 1 8 24 2 122
2005 26 CHW AL 33 33 16 8 9 2 1 20 13 .606 4 3 3 1 20 61% 55 88 21 20 8 0 17 4.2 4.1 7.2 105 0 6 26 1 120
2006 27 CHW AL 32 32 12 13 7 1 0 18 14 .563 1 2 1 0 16 50% 45 81 3 16 3 0 16 4.8 4.8 6.4 97 3 12 17 0 117
2007 28 CHW AL 30 30 10 9 11 1 5 17 13 .567 4 6 3 1 20 67% 53 94 20 18 11 0 18 4.3 3.8 6.7 103 1 6 23 0 119
2008 29 CHW AL 34 34 15 12 7 1 4 18 16 .529 1 2 1 0 24 71% 51 75 4 19 7 3 15 5.2 5.4 6.4 100 1 12 20 1 121
2009 30 CHW AL 33 33 13 10 10 0 1 19 14 .576 2 4 1 1 19 58% 51 93 8 18 9 0 14 4.5 4.1 6.5 97 4 11 18 0 116
10 Seasons 326 301 132 96 73 13 29 173 128 .575 19 29 24 8 190 63% 52 94 0 164 65 7 129 5.1 5.0 6.7 101 14 88 193 6 128
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2000 21 CHW AL 28 25 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 23 12 52% 6 0.949 5 8 11 13 2 10 12 13 10 6 12 5 4.3 24
1 Season 28 25 6 3 1 2 0 2 0% 5 3 23 12 52% 0.949 5 8 11 13 2 10 12 13 10 6 12 5 4.3 24

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2000 21 CHW AL 225 65% 2.2% 16.4% 8.4% 9.8% 40% 0.69 1.04 71% 27% 6.3% 16% 42 4 10%
2001 22 CHW AL 885 81% 2.7% 14.2% 5.4% 7.7% 36% 0.75 1.03 76% 22% 7.7% 18% 143 23 16%
2002 23 CHW AL 984 73% 2.5% 13.6% 6.2% 8.1% 34% 0.86 1.35 76% 25% 7.4% 15% 163 24 15%
2003 24 CHW AL 978 71% 2.3% 12.2% 6.2% 7.5% 29% 0.84 1.11 78% 20% 5.9% 12% 198 24 12%
2004 25 CHW AL 1016 79% 3.3% 16.2% 5.0% 7.6% 30% 0.97 1.30 74% 18% 9.3% 11% 196 33 17%
2005 26 CHW AL 971 78% 2.1% 15.4% 4.1% 6.8% 28% 0.89 1.19 77% 18% 5.7% 13% 182 29 16%
2006 27 CHW AL 876 80% 4.1% 11.2% 5.5% 9.8% 35% 0.82 1.11 78% 17% 10.4% 11% 164 21 13%
2007 28 CHW AL 835 80% 2.6% 13.8% 5.4% 8.1% 33% 0.78 1.08 77% 20% 6.9% 13% 156 20 13%
2008 29 CHW AL 918 72% 2.4% 15.3% 5.7% 7.6% 29% 0.99 1.51 76% 18% 7.1% 13% 168 34 20%
2009 30 CHW AL 874 73% 3.1% 12.0% 5.2% 8.6% 34% 0.84 1.17 78% 18% 8.1% 12% 147 28 19%
10 Seasons 8562 76% 2.8% 13.9% 5.5% 8.0% 32% 0.86 1.20 77% 20% 7.6% 13% 1559 240 15%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2000 21 CHW AL 225 876 3.89 531 61% 26% 13% 29% 31% 74% 1% 45% 82% 51% 4% 10 9 16% 35 11 3 24% 3 0 0 0 0
2001 22 CHW AL 885 3302 3.73 2118 64% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 1% 47% 84% 58% 3% 26 19 18% 156 81 8 22% 17 5 0 0 0
2002 23 CHW AL 984 3507 3.56 2255 64% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 2% 48% 81% 60% 4% 42 26 20% 198 105 18 25% 22 9 0 0 0
2003 24 CHW AL 978 3494 3.57 2240 64% 26% 11% 27% 35% 74% 1% 47% 85% 58% 4% 36 27 18% 179 68 8 39% 17 7 0 0 0
2004 25 CHW AL 1016 3678 3.62 2391 65% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 1% 47% 83% 61% 2% 23 13 19% 191 72 7 32% 25 8 0 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL 971 3468 3.57 2333 67% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 49% 85% 62% 4% 35 24 24% 232 119 7 35% 34 7 0 0 0
2006 27 CHW AL 876 3091 3.53 1998 65% 26% 10% 28% 36% 74% 2% 48% 87% 61% 3% 29 16 20% 173 76 7 24% 18 8 0 0 0
2007 28 CHW AL 835 3099 3.71 1995 64% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 2% 47% 83% 62% 3% 28 17 22% 183 72 9 25% 18 6 0 0 0
2008 29 CHW AL 918 3385 3.69 2181 64% 27% 11% 29% 33% 73% 1% 47% 85% 59% 3% 29 17 22% 200 93 10 27% 23 8 0 0 0
2009 30 CHW AL 874 3210 3.67 2073 65% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 1% 47% 85% 59% 4% 33 21 22% 192 101 16 30% 16 9 0 0 0
10 Seasons 8562 31110 3.63 20115 65% 27% 12% 28% 34% 73% 1% 47% 84% 60% 3% 291 189 20% 1739 798 93 29% 193 67 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2000 21 CHW AL 225 55 4 1 5 0 11 3 2 1 4 21 9 4 43% 4 0 0 76 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
2001 22 CHW AL 885 188 19 4 24 1 8 19 5 14 10 42 23 6 55% 12 1 2 286 6 6 50% 6 5 0 0 0 1 6 3 14 0
2002 23 CHW AL 984 236 14 4 25 0 16 15 10 10 15 47 22 6 47% 6 6 2 325 4 10 29% 4 10 0 0 0 0 9 7 15 0
2003 24 CHW AL 978 250 31 6 22 1 17 15 7 13 9 51 33 4 65% 13 1 2 366 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 11 0
2004 25 CHW AL 1016 257 34 5 33 1 17 27 6 22 11 44 29 5 66% 12 0 1 348 5 8 38% 4 7 1 0 0 1 10 5 7 0
2005 26 CHW AL 971 240 24 2 20 0 11 16 4 13 7 46 24 7 52% 15 2 1 344 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 5 2 10 0
2006 27 CHW AL 876 247 21 7 36 0 11 28 8 26 10 39 27 3 69% 5 0 4 317 4 7 36% 4 6 0 1 0 0 10 4 16 0
2007 28 CHW AL 835 208 25 4 22 0 11 17 5 13 9 43 23 5 53% 7 1 0 301 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 3 9 0
2008 29 CHW AL 918 240 38 9 22 1 10 16 6 10 12 39 17 10 44% 15 4 1 321 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 7 5 12 0
2009 30 CHW AL 874 222 19 1 27 0 13 19 8 14 13 34 21 1 62% 7 2 0 290 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 9 4 11 0
10 Seasons 8562 2143 229 43 236 4 125 175 61 136 100 406 228 51 56% 96 17 13 2974 40 55 42% 38 52 2 1 0 2 70 37 105 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2000 21 4 1 .800 4.21 28 3 6 0 0 0 51.1 55 27 24 5 19 1 37 3 0 0 225 119 1.442 9.6 0.9 3.3 6.5 1.95 119
2001 22 20 9 .690 3.47 60 35 6 4 2 0 272.2 243 116 105 29 67 3 163 11 5 1 1110 135 1.137 8.0 1.0 2.2 5.4 2.43 135
2002 23 39 21 .650 3.52 94 69 6 9 4 0 511.2 479 218 200 54 128 10 297 14 6 7 2094 131 1.186 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.2 2.32 131
2003 24 53 35 .602 3.71 129 104 6 11 4 0 742.0 729 342 306 76 189 12 416 19 6 8 3072 124 1.237 8.8 0.9 2.3 5.0 2.20 124
2004 25 69 45 .605 3.76 164 139 6 15 5 0 987.1 986 461 412 109 240 14 581 27 6 8 4088 124 1.242 9.0 1.0 2.2 5.3 2.42 124
2005 26 85 53 .616 3.63 197 172 6 18 6 0 1224.0 1226 560 494 129 280 18 730 31 8 10 5059 127 1.230 9.0 0.9 2.1 5.4 2.61 127
2006 27 97 66 .595 3.83 229 204 6 19 6 0 1428.0 1473 684 607 165 328 23 828 37 9 10 5935 121 1.261 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.52 121
2007 28 107 75 .588 3.80 259 234 6 22 7 0 1629.0 1681 770 688 187 373 28 943 42 9 11 6770 122 1.261 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53 122
2008 29 122 87 .584 3.80 293 268 6 23 7 0 1847.2 1921 876 780 209 425 32 1083 47 9 15 7688 122 1.270 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.3 2.55 122
2009 30 135 97 .582 3.80 326 301 6 24 8 0 2061.0 2143 973 871 236 470 35 1188 52 10 17 8562 122 1.268 9.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.53 122

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2000 21 3 2 .600 3.71 51.0 51 23 21 5 18 37 3 1.353 9.0 3.2 6.5 2.06 0.9 28
2001 22 14 9 .609 3.22 215.0 184 86 77 23 47 122 8 1.074 7.7 2.0 5.1 2.60 1.0 32
2002 23 14 11 .560 3.60 230.0 232 102 92 25 60 129 3 1.270 9.1 2.3 5.0 2.15 1.0 34
2003 24 12 12 .500 4.06 224.0 243 112 101 21 59 116 5 1.348 9.8 2.4 4.7 1.97 0.8 35
2004 25 14 12 .538 3.72 237.0 247 109 98 32 49 159 8 1.249 9.4 1.9 6.0 3.24 1.2 35
2005 26 16 9 .640 3.08 231.0 236 88 79 20 39 145 4 1.190 9.2 1.5 5.6 3.72 0.8 33
2006 27 9 12 .429 4.73 196.0 236 114 103 34 46 94 6 1.439 10.8 2.1 4.3 2.04 1.6 32
2007 28 12 9 .571 3.44 196.0 200 83 75 21 43 112 5 1.240 9.2 2.0 5.1 2.60 1.0 30
2008 29 12 11 .522 3.69 210.0 232 96 86 21 50 134 5 1.343 9.9 2.1 5.7 2.68 0.9 34
2009 30 12 10 .545 3.75 204.0 214 94 85 26 43 100 5 1.260 9.4 1.9 4.4 2.33 1.1 33
10 Seasons 118 97 .549 3.69 1994.0 2075 907 817 228 454 1148 52 1.268 9.4 5.2 2.53 1.0 326

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2005 (P)
2006
2009 *

Gold Gloves
2009-AL-P

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-AL--5--4%
0.04 Career Shares (213th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 AL--3.294--4th
2004 AL--3.889--8th
2005 AL--3.118--3rd
2007 AL--3.627--10th
Active--3.803--19th

Wins s c a p y
2002 AL--19--4th
2004 AL--16--6th
2005 AL--16--5th
2008 AL--15--10th
Active--135--20th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL--.667--10th
Active--.582--21st
Career--.582--174th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2001 AL--1.066--1st
2004 AL--1.255--8th
2005 AL--1.183--7th
Active--1.268--18th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL--7.645--3rd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL--1.952--6th
2004 AL--1.871--5th
2005 AL--1.521--6th
2007 AL--2.015--8th
2009 AL--1.898--4th
Active--2.052--5th
Career--2.052--103rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2001 AL--221.3--10th
2002 AL--239.0--2nd
2003 AL--230.3--5th
2004 AL--245.3--1st
2005 AL--236.7--1st
2008 AL--218.7--5th
2009 AL--213.3--8th
Active--2061.0--18th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL--165--9th
Active--1188--44th

Games Started s c a p y
2002 AL--34--2nd
2003 AL--35--2nd
2004 AL--35--1st
2005 AL--33--8th
2008 AL--34--1st
2009 AL--33--4th
Active--301--19th

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 AL--4--5th
2002 AL--5--2nd
2004 AL--4--4th
2005 AL--3--4th
2007 AL--3--3rd
Active--24--16th

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 AL--2--4th
2002 AL--2--2nd
2004 AL--1--4th
2005 AL--1--5th
2007 AL--1--5th
2009 AL--1--7th
Active--8--14th

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL--33--5th
2006 AL--36--2nd
2009 AL--27--6th
Active--236--19th
Career--236--120th

Hits s c a p y
2002 AL--236--4th
2003 AL--250--2nd
2004 AL--257--2nd
2005 AL--240--1st
2006 AL--247--1st
2008 AL--240--1st
2009 AL--222--6th
Active--2143--16th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2001 AL--2.625--8th
2004 AL--3.235--7th
2005 AL--3.725--7th
Active--2.528--20th
Career--2.528--77th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--.761--4th

Losses s c a p y
2002 AL--12--8th
2003 AL--14--7th
2006 AL--13--6th
2008 AL--12--10th
Active--97--30th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--106--4th
2006 AL--113--6th
Active--871--29th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 AL--984--3rd
2003 AL--978--3rd
2004 AL--1016--1st
2005 AL--971--1st
2008 AL--918--3rd
Active--8562--19th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 AL--140--3rd
2004 AL--122--8th
2005 AL--144--3rd
2007 AL--129--9th
Active--122--13th
Career--122--94th

Youngest s c a p y
2000 AL--born 1979-03-23--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 94 (232), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (379), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  3. Jerry Nops (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dontrelle Willis (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Candelaria (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mark Mulder (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Viola (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Podres (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Podres (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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