Happy 30th Buehrle

Today is Mark Buehrle's 30th birthday (and my mom's birthday too) and I'm just going to empty my Mark Buehrle file onto this post.

- 38th round, 1139th player overall taken in June 1998 Draft.
- Out of Jefferson College in St. Charles, MO
- Attended Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, MO
- 2000 Southern League Pitcher of the Year at AA Birmingham
- Wife Jamie, son Braden David, born 7/26/07
- ML debut 7/16/2000 vs. Brewers. ND, relieving James Baldwin in 11-5 win. First batter faced, first strikeout: Jose Hernandez. First hit given up: Chris Jones; First Walk issued: Ronnie Belliard
- First ML Win: 7/19/2000 at Minnesota. Opposing pitcher: Eric Milton
- First HR given up:Troy Glaus 7/29/2000 at Anaheim
- Three career major league hits; Single off Jon Lieber 6/15/2002, RBI single off Matt Clement scoring Joe Crede 6/21/2003, and single off Keiichi Yabu 5/17/2008
- Starting and Winning pitcher of 2005 All Star Game in 2005; 4 IP, 5 H, 5 K, 2.25 ERA career AS
- No Hitter vs Texas 4/18/2007 1 BB, 8 K. It was in the middle of a streak of 39 straight batters faced without allowing a hit.
- Earned 100th career win 6/10/2007 vs. Houston
- Fifth pitcher to record each of his first 100 wins with the Sox (Faber, Horlen, Lyyons, Walsh)
- 1 hitter vs. Tampa Bay (W, 4-0) 8/3/2001; 0 BB, 1 HBP, 3 K (only hit by Damian Rolls)
- 2 hitter vs. Cleveland 7/21/2004 (W, 14-0); 0 BB, 4 K (hits by Omar Vizquel and Tim Laker)
- 2 hitter vs. Chicago 5/19/2006 (W, 6-1) ; 2 BB, 2 K (hits by Juan Pierre and Ronny Cedeno)
- 2 hitter vs. Toronto 5/31/2007 (L, 0-2); 0 BB, 6 K (solo HR by Aaron Hill and Frank Thomas)
- Career high 12 K in 3 hit CG vs. Seattle 4/16/2005; Ichiro had all three hits. this game only took 1:39 to play, or 63.5 minutes to play subtracting time between innings.
- Gave up career high 14 hits on three occasions; 7/3/2005, 7/23/2007, 8/2/2008
- Was White Sox Opening day starter in 2002,03,04,05,06,and 08.
- The only pitcher in the Majors with 10+ wins, 30+ starts, and 200+ innings pitched the last 8 seasons. The only White Sox pitcher in history with such a streak.
- Lasted 6+ innings in 49 straight starts 5/11/04 to 7/26/05; most since Steve Carlton's 69 in 1979-82. Buehrle's streak ended 8/1/05 when he was ejected for hitting Baltimore's BJ Surhoff with no prior warning.
- 5/14/2006 at Minnesota: Buehrle became first pitcher since Jack Powell (9/29/1900) to give up 7 runs in the first inning and still win the game.
- Earned no decision in Game 2 of 2005 World Series, came back to get the Save in game 3 (pitching a third of an inning in the 14th inning, retiring Adam Everett on a pop fly to short 10/25/2005)

- Most hits given up to:
23 Mike Sweeney
21 Mike Cuddyer
20 Joe Randa
18 Cristian Guzman
18 Torii Hunter
18 Mark Teahen

- Most HR given up to:
5 Mike Sweeney
4 Brandon Berger
4 Jermaine Dye
4 Vladimir Guerrero
4 Matt LeCroy

- Biggest Strikeout victims
15 John Buck
15 Mike Cuddyer
15 Corey Koskie
14 Torii Hunter

- Ranks 8th all time on White Sox Wins List
260 Ted Lyons
254 Red Faber
195 Ed Walsh
186 Billy Pierce
163 Wilbur Wood
159 Doc White
156 Eddie Cicotte
122 Mark Buehrle

- Ranks 6th all time on White Sox Strikeout list
1796 Mark Buehrle
1732 Ed Walsh
1471 Red Faber
1332 Wilbur Wood
1098 Gary Peters
1083 Mark Buehrle (will probably pass Peters early in 2009)

- Following taken from 2008 White Sox Magazine volume 2 "Up Close"
- His first car was a Mercury Cougar
- His favorite video game is Wii Bowling
- His favorite TV show is The Biggest Loser
- His favorite park other than US Cellular Field is Angel Stadium of Anaheim
- What position would he like to play other than his own? Catcher
- If he couldn't be a baseball player, he'd want to be a cop or a firefighter
- His pets names are Diesel and Drake (dogs)
- His favorite movie is The Green Mile
- Who would play him in a movie? Will Ferrell
- What would his talent be in a talent show? Dancing.
- His biggest pet peeve is going slow in the fast lane.
- Who would he like to be for a day? Tiger Woods.
- What person dead or alive would he like to meet? Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods.
- What's the best advice you've ever received? Throw strikes.
- Who on the team would you approve to date your sister? Nobody. (when asked the same question, Jim Thome replied "Mark Buehrle")

- Early in 2006 Buehrle was ordered by General Manager Kenny Williams to stop sliding around on the tarp during rain delays. Buehrle previously had entertained fans by running around and sliding into large puddles of water