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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
Both sides hit him about the same

33.8% of the contact right-handers make against Buehrle is hit hard, against 43.8% of what left-handers make.

2090 pitches to right-handed hitters, 739 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak

Contact against Buehrle is weak: 87.1 mph off the bat on average, 83rd percentile.

2829 pitches in 2015. 83rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 116th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

47.8% of the contact against Buehrle is on the ground and 27.1% of it is in the air.

617 tracked batted balls allowed.
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.
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.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

48% of the balls put in play against Buehrle have gone to centre field.

334 of 696 located batted balls allowed.

Contextual Splits

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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