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Full Name: Mark Alan Buehrle Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195 First Game: July 16, 2000
Birthdate: March 23, 1979 MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: St. Charles, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Born on March 23, 1979 in St. Charles, Missouri, Mark Buehrle (Mark Alan Buehrle) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 7 year career. Buehrle broke into the bigs on July 16, 2000 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.21 ERA in 51.1 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mark Buehrle's best season was 2005, when he posted a 3.12 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 149 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Buehrle is a command pitcher, relying on finesse and accuracy. He is considered an efficient pitcher, pitching quickly and keeping his pitch count low. Buehrle throws a fastball, curveball, changeup, slider, and cut fastball. He has pitched over 200 innings for all six years he has pitched as a starter and started the opening game for the White Sox every season from 2002 to 2006.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
2000 CHI A 28 3 4 1 4.21 37 27 24 0 0 0 51.1 55 5 19 1 0 3
2001 CHI A 32 32 16 8 3.29 126 89 81 4 2 0 221.1 188 24 48 2 1 8
2002 CHI A 34 34 19 12 3.58 134 102 95 5 2 0 239 236 25 61 7 6 3
2003 CHI A 35 35 14 14 4.14 119 124 106 2 0 0 230.1 250 22 61 2 1 5
2004 CHI A 35 35 16 10 3.89 165 119 106 4 1 0 245.1 257 33 51 2 0 8
2005 CHI A 33 33 16 8 3.12 149 99 82 3 1 0 236.2 240 20 40 4 2 4
2006 CHI A 32 32 12 13 4.99 98 124 113 1 0 0 204 247 36 48 5 0 6
2007 CHI A 30 30 10 9 3.63 115 86 81 3 1 0 201 208 22 45 5 1 5
Total 259 234 107 75 3.80 943 770 688 22 7 0 1629 1681 187 373 28 11 42

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
2000 CHI A P 28 3 51.1 1 9 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 .909
2001 CHI A P 32 32 221.1 11 49 3 5 0 2 6 6 5 .952
2002 CHI A P 34 34 239 6 46 2 2 0 2 4 10 8 .963
2003 CHI A P 35 35 230.1 15 38 0 3 0 2 1 4 5 1.000
2004 CHI A P 35 35 245.1 16 51 4 3 0 1 5 8 9 .944
2005 CHI A P 33 33 236.2 13 45 2 2 0 1 8 3 5 .967
2006 CHI A P 32 32 204 9 35 1 3 0 4 4 7 10 .978
2007 CHI A P 30 30 201 13 34 1 3 0 0 2 3 4 .979
Total P 259 234 1629 84 307 14 23 0 12 31 44 50 .965

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
2000 CHI A 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHI A 32 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHI A 34 6 1 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHI A 35 6 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHI A 35 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2005 CHI A 33 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CHI A 32 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2007 CHI A 30 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
Total 259 30 1 2 0 1 .067 .097 .067 0 0 1 17 0 4 0 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 38th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed May 21, 1999).

Trivia[]

  • Buehrle threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers on April 18, 2007.
  • Attended Jefferson College


See also[]

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