MLB / Players

Mark Buehrle

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 240 lb

BornMarch 23, 1979 · St. Charles, MO, USA

MLB debutJuly 16, 2000

Final gameOctober 4, 2015

Seasons16 (2000–2015)

Chicago White Sox 2000–2011; Miami Marlins 2012; Toronto Blue Jays 2013–2015

Percentile snapshot

2015 season — qualified pitchers

46.8

54.5

84.4

66.2

93.5

SHO

68.8

214

3.9

27.3

98.7

1.3

33.8

198.7

63.6

ERA

3.81

40.3

WHIP

1.243

50.6

K/9

4.12

FIP

4.23

20.8

FIP-

104.7

ERA+

106.3

49.4

sWAR

2.6

51.9

of 78 qualified 2015 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

115.3

83.3

sWAR

53.4

99.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2000	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
2001	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-3.7	-26.4	.182	5.4
2002	34	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-22.9	-11.3	.149	4.9
2003	35	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-19.0	-9.8	.149	2.9
2004	35	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.1	-100.0	.000	4.6
2005	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.5	-100.0	.000	6.0
2006	32	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.8	-100.0	.000	1.4
2007	30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-123.3	-100.0	.000	4.2
2008	34	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	-26.2	-12.1	.151	3.9
2009	33	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	204.9	201.7	.499	4.1
2010	33	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.2	-100.0	.000	1.9
2011	31	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	312.9	290.8	.636	3.7
2012	31	71	67	2	3	1	0	1	0	29	.045	.045	.060	.104	-98.9	-71.9	.046	2.0
2013	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-131.6	-100.0	.000	1.8
2014	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
2015	32	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	15.3	12.7	.200	2.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2000	28	3	4	1	0	0	55	24	19	37	5	51.3	4.21	1.442	6.49	4.33	86.6	119.0	0.9
2001	32	32	16	8	4	2	188	81	48	126	24	221.3	3.29	1.066	5.12	4.13	89.2	140.4	5.4
2002	34	34	19	12	5	2	236	95	61	134	25	239.0	3.58	1.243	5.05	4.10	90.3	127.0	4.9
2003	35	35	14	14	2	0	250	106	61	119	22	230.3	4.14	1.350	4.65	4.16	94.7	106.1	2.9
2004	35	35	16	10	4	1	257	106	51	165	33	245.3	3.89	1.255	6.05	4.28	90.6	121.6	4.6
2005	33	33	16	8	3	1	240	82	40	149	20	236.7	3.12	1.183	5.67	3.45	76.7	144.3	6.0
2006	32	32	12	13	1	0	247	113	48	98	36	204.0	4.99	1.446	4.32	5.32	113.7	93.8	1.4
2007	30	30	10	9	3	1	208	81	45	115	22	201.0	3.63	1.259	5.15	4.34	93.1	128.3	4.2
2008	34	34	15	12	1	0	240	92	52	140	22	218.7	3.79	1.335	5.76	3.97	88.5	118.5	3.9
2009	33	33	13	10	1	1	222	91	45	105	27	213.3	3.84	1.252	4.43	4.51	97.3	120.7	4.1
2010	33	33	13	13	3	0	246	100	49	99	17	210.3	4.28	1.403	4.24	3.87	91.6	98.7	1.9
2011	31	31	13	9	0	0	221	82	45	109	21	205.3	3.59	1.295	4.78	4.02	94.1	118.7	3.7
2012	31	31	13	13	1	0	197	84	40	125	26	202.3	3.74	1.171	5.56	4.22	106.8	105.9	2.0
2013	33	33	12	10	1	1	223	94	51	139	24	203.7	4.15	1.345	6.14	4.13	101.4	98.0	1.8
2014	32	32	13	10	0	0	228	76	46	119	15	202.0	3.39	1.356	5.30	3.69	96.2	113.3	3.1
2015	32	32	15	8	4	1	214	84	33	91	22	198.7	3.81	1.243	4.12	4.23	104.7	106.3	2.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

518

140

125

RBI

.0720

OBP

.0866

SLG

.1120

OPS

.1986

Pitching

G (P)

518

402nd-most career G (P)

493

54th-most career GS

214

94th-most career W

160

121st-most career L

SHO

3,283

99th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,870

114th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

734

334th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.813

WHIP

1.2810

474th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.13

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
2009-06-14	CWS @ MIL Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
2011-06-29	CWS @ COL Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	0	2
2012-05-21	COL @ MIA Gameday	4	1	1	1	0	0	2
2003-06-21	CWS @ CHC Gameday	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
2012-04-18	CHC @ MIA Gameday	4	0	1	0	0	1	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2005-04-16	SEA @ CWS Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	1	12
2014-04-02	TOR @ TB Gameday	8.2	4	0	0	1	11
2014-09-24	SEA @ TOR Gameday	8.0	3	0	0	1	10
2003-06-26	CWS @ MIN Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	9
2013-07-25	HOU @ TOR Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	2	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× Gold Glove5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.