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Mark Buehrle

White Sox Career team 2000–2011
Number #56
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 47
Height 6' 2"
Weight 240 lbs
Birth Place St. Charles, MO
Born Mar 23, 1979

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Buehrle's 4-seam fastball averages 83.9 mph, and has touched 88.2.

743 thrown, 26.3% of his pitches.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Buehrle averages 80.4 mph across his arsenal, 2nd percentile in the league.

2829 pitches in 2015. 2nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 672nd in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Buehrle goes to the sinker: 36.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 20.5% the rest of the time.

676 two-strike pitches in 2015.
His ball is straighter than it should be

Buehrle's stuff spins at 1,319 rpm, 6th percentile in the league.

2829 pitches in 2015. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 641st in MLB.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Buehrle's changeup moves 12.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

595 thrown, averaging 78.2 mph.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Buehrle works with 5 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker, Changeup and Cutter, and a little else. The 4-seam fastball is 26.3% of everything he throws.

2829 classified pitches in 2015.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 23, 1979
Birth Place St. Charles, MO
Height 6' 2"
Weight 240 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Jefferson