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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
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 1 835 131 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 8 2 .800 3.09 16 16 0 0 0 0 107.2 97 40 37 12 24 1 62 3 1 2 432 148 1.124 8.1 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.58
10 Seasons 130 89 .594 3.76 309 284 6 23 7 0 1955.1 2018 916 817 221 449 33 1145 50 10 17 8120 123 1.262 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.3 2.55
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .594 3.76 35 33 1 3 1 0 224 231 105 94 25 51 4 131 6 1 2 931 123 1.262 9.3 1.0 2.1 5.3 2.55

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 7.0 8 4 0 1 2 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 1 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 4 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
2005 26 CHW AL WS W HOU 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 1 0 6 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 7.0 10 5 0 3 1.429 12.9 0.0 3.9
3 Seasons (5 Series) 2 1 .667 4.11 6 4 1 1 0 1 30.2 32 0 14 2 1 0 16 0 0 0 3 1.076 9.4 0.6 0.3 4.7 16.00
3 ALDS 1 1 .500 5.65 3 2 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 0 9 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 3 1.465 12.6 0.0 0.6 3.8 6.00
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 1 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 4 0.556 5.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
1 WS 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 1 7.1 7 4 1 0 6 0.955 8.6 1.2 0.0 7.4

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 22 CHW AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 23 CHW AL 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2003 24 CHW AL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 25 CHW AL 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2005 26 CHW AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
2006 27 CHW AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
2007 28 CHW AL 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2008 29 CHW AL 2 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
2009 30 CHW AL 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 201 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 Seasons 16 48 40 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 21 .100 .122 .175 .297 -24 7 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 486 405 20 41 0 0 10 20 0 0 10 213 .100 .122 .175 .297 -24 71 0 0 71 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 21 CHW AL ALDS SEA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL ALDS BOS W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL ALCS LAA W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 26 CHW AL WS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 CHW AL 21 P 28 3 51.1 11 1 9 1 2 .909 1.75 0.36 .955 1.61 0.46
2001 CHW AL 22 P 32 32 221.1 63 11 49 3 5 .952 2.44 1.88 .956 1.75 0.49
2002 CHW AL 23 P 34 34 239.0 54 6 46 2 2 .963 1.96 1.53 .957 1.69 0.48 AS
2003 CHW AL 24 P 35 35 230.1 53 15 38 0 3 1.000 2.07 1.51 .955 1.73 0.49
2004 CHW AL 25 P 35 35 245.1 71 16 51 4 3 .944 2.46 1.91 .948 1.66 0.45
2005 CHW AL 26 P 33 33 236.2 60 13 45 2 2 .967 2.21 1.76 .953 1.69 0.46 AS,CYA-5
2006 CHW AL 27 P 32 32 204.0 45 9 35 1 3 .978 1.94 1.38 .958 1.56 0.41 AS
2007 CHW AL 28 P 30 30 201.0 48 13 34 1 3 .979 2.10 1.57 .954 1.60 0.42
2008 CHW AL 29 P 34 34 218.2 52 18 34 0 5 1.000 2.14 1.53 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 CHW AL 30 P 16 16 107.2 26 10 16 0 3 1.000 2.17 1.63 .958 1.64 0.44
10 Seasons P 309 284 1955.1 483 112 357 14 31 .971 2.16 1.52 .954 1.66 0.45
10 Seasons TOT 309 284 1955.1 483 112 357 14 31 .971 2.16 1.52 .925 1.66 0.45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2002 *
2005 (P)
2006

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
2009 AL--3.093--6th
Active--3.760--18th

Wins s c a p y
2002 AL--19--4th
2004 AL--16--6th
2005 AL--16--5th
2008 AL--15--10th
2009 AL--8--6th
Active--130--20th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2005 AL--.667--10th
2009 AL--.800--3rd
Active--.594--16th
Career--.594--131st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2001 AL--1.066--1st
2004 AL--1.255--8th
2005 AL--1.183--7th
2009 AL--1.124--4th
Active--1.262--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--2.006--9th
Active--2.067--5th
Career--2.067--108th

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--107.7--10th
Active--1955.3--20th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL--165--9th
Active--1145--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--16--9th
Active--284--21st

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--23--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
Active--7--20th

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL--33--5th
2006 AL--36--2nd
Active--221--19th
Career--221--146th

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
Active--2018--17th

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--2.550--19th
Career--2.550--74th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--.761--4th
Active--1.017--50th

Losses s c a p y
2002 AL--12--8th
2003 AL--14--7th
2006 AL--13--6th
2008 AL--12--10th
Active--89--37th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--106--4th
2006 AL--113--6th
Active--817--30th

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--8120--21st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 AL--140--3rd
2004 AL--122--8th
2005 AL--144--3rd
2007 AL--131--8th
2009 AL--148--6th
Active--123--12th
Career--123--79th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 92 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (415), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jack McDowell (944)
  6. Barry Zito (939)
  7. Preacher Roe (938)
  8. Ross Grimsley (938)
  9. Dick Donovan (938)
  10. Shane Reynolds (932)
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  2. Ross Grimsley (949)
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  5. Bret Saberhagen (933)
  6. Mike Hampton (927)
  7. Barry Zito (924)
  8. Jerry Reuss (921)
  9. Alex Fernandez (920)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1999.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001Chicago White Sox$225,000
2002Chicago White Sox$310,000
2003Chicago White Sox$445,000
2004Chicago White Sox$3,500,000
2005Chicago White Sox$6,000,000
2006Chicago White Sox$8,000,000
2007Chicago White Sox$9,500,000
2008Chicago White Sox$14,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$41,980,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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