What years did Mark Buehrle play?

Mark Buehrle played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2015.

Was Mark Buehrle a pitcher?

Yes. Mark Buehrle pitched in the major leagues, recording 214 wins and 1870 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mark Buehrle hit?

Mark Buehrle hit 1 career home runs with 9 hits.

What was Mark Buehrle's career batting average?

Mark Buehrle batted .072 over his career, with 9 hits in 125 at bats.

How many RBI did Mark Buehrle have?

Mark Buehrle drove in 3 runs in his career.

What was Mark Buehrle's career ERA?

Mark Buehrle finished with a 3.81 career ERA, going 214-160 with 1,870 strikeouts.

Mark Buehrle

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2015)

Mark Buehrle was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2015 for the Chicago White Sox, the Miami Marlins, and the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 16 seasons. Across 518 career appearances, he went 214-160 with a 3.81 ERA and 1,870 strikeouts. Mark Buehrle was a 5-time All-Star and a 4-time Gold Glove. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9857.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 214–160

ERA 3.81

WHIP 1.28

SO 1,870

Pitcher PIV 9857.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 240 lb
Born: 3/23/1979 in St. Charles, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 2000-07-16
Last Game: 2015-10-04
Awards: 5× All-Star · 4× Gold Glove

Full name: Mark Alan Buehrle

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mark Buehrle — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
214	160	518	493	33	10	0	3283.1	3,472	1,391	361	734	1,870	3.81	9857.5

Career ERA 3.81 vs. league average 4.24 across their career seasons — 10.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mark Buehrle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2000	CHA	AL	4	1	28	3	0	0	51.1	55	24	19	37	4.21	4.77 (+12%)	680.9
2001	CHA	AL	16	8	32	32	4	2	221.1	188	81	48	126	3.29	4.42 (+25%)	1957.0
2002	CHA	AL	19	12	34	34	5	2	239.0	236	95	61	134	3.58	4.28 (+16%)	1718.7
2003	CHA	AL	14	14	35	35	2	0	230.1	250	106	61	119	4.14	4.40 (+6%)	1810.4
2004	CHA	AL	16	10	35	35	4	1	245.1	257	106	51	165	3.89	4.46 (+13%)	1871.0
2005	CHA	AL	16	8	33	33	3	1	236.2	240	82	40	149	3.12	4.29 (+27%)	5421.4
2006	CHA	AL	12	13	32	32	1	0	204.0	247	113	48	98	4.99	4.53 (-10%)	-3811.5
2007	CHA	AL	10	9	30	30	3	1	201.0	208	81	45	115	3.63	4.47 (+19%)	1091.6
2008	CHA	AL	15	12	34	34	1	0	218.2	240	92	52	140	3.79	4.32 (+12%)	2184.1
2009	CHA	AL	13	10	33	33	1	1	213.1	222	91	45	105	3.84	4.32 (+11%)	-743.4
2010	CHA	AL	13	13	33	33	3	0	210.1	246	100	49	99	4.28	4.08 (-5%)	977.9
2011	CHA	AL	13	9	31	31	0	0	205.1	221	82	45	109	3.59	3.94 (+9%)	-192.6
2012	MIA	NL	13	13	31	31	1	0	202.1	197	84	40	125	3.74	4.01 (+7%)	-846.8
2013	TOR	AL	12	10	33	33	1	1	203.2	223	94	51	139	4.15	3.87 (-7%)	-1186.9
2014	TOR	AL	13	10	32	32	0	0	202.0	228	76	46	119	3.39	3.74 (+9%)	413.9
2015	TOR	AL	15	8	32	32	4	1	198.2	214	84	33	91	3.81	3.96 (+4%)	-1488.1
Career · 16 seasons			214	160	518	493	33	10	3,283.1	3,472	1,391	734	1,870	3.81	—	9,858

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mark Buehrle — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
518	125	4	9	2	0	1	3	0	2	58	.072	.087	.112	.199	-909

Career AVG .072 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 72.4% below league average.

Career OBP .087 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 73.6% below league average.

Career SLG .112 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 73.0% below league average.

Career OPS .199 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — 73.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mark Buehrle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2000	CHA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CHA	AL	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CHA	AL	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	CHA	AL	35	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CHA	AL	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	CHA	AL	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CHA	AL	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	CHA	AL	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CHA	AL	34	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CHA	AL	33	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CHA	AL	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CHA	AL	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	MIA	NL	31	67	2	3	1	0	1	0	29	.045	.254 (-82%)	.318 (-86%)	.405 (-85%)	.724 (-86%)	-909.3
2013	TOR	AL	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TOR	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TOR	AL	32	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			518	125	4	9	2	1	3	2	58	.072	—	—	—	—	-909

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mark Buehrle — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Buehrle — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2008	ALDS2	CHA	1	.000
2005	ALCS	CHA	1	.000
2005	ALDS1	CHA	1	.000
2005	WS	CHA	2	.000
2000	ALDS2	CHA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mark Buehrle — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	6	4	1	30.2	32	14	1	16	4.11

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mark Buehrle — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	ALDS2	CHA	0	1	1	1	0	7.0	10	5	0	3	6.43
2005	ALCS	CHA	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	1	0	4	1.00
2005	ALDS1	CHA	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	8	4	1	2	5.14
2005	WS	CHA	0	0	2	1	1	7.1	7	4	0	6	4.91
2000	ALDS2	CHA	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Buehrle — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	268	35	2	2	0	1	.057
Away	250	90	2	7	1	2	.078

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Buehrle — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	268	1714.2	1768	691	399	1028	3.63
Away	250	1568.2	1704	700	335	842	4.02

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mark Buehrle — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	BB
2015-10-04	TOR	TBR	L	0	0
2015-10-02	TOR	TBR	W	0	0
2015-09-27	TOR	TBR	W	0	0
2015-09-20	TOR	BOS	L	0	0
2015-09-15	TOR	ATL	L	1	1
2015-09-07	TOR	BOS	L	0	0
2015-08-30	TOR	DET	W	0	0
2015-08-25	TOR	TEX	W	0	0
2015-08-19	TOR	PHI	L	1	0
2015-08-13	TOR	OAK	W	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mark Buehrle — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-10-04	TOR	TBR	L	0.2	5	8	0	1	0	1
2015-10-02	TOR	TBR	W	6.2	6	4	4	1	3	1
2015-09-27	TOR	TBR	—	6.0	5	4	4	1	5	1
2015-09-20	TOR	BOS	—	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	0
2015-09-15	TOR	ATL	—	5.0	6	2	1	1	2	0
2015-09-07	TOR	BOS	L	3.1	9	5	5	0	0	0
2015-08-30	TOR	DET	W	6.0	5	2	1	2	2	0
2015-08-25	TOR	TEX	—	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	2
2015-08-19	TOR	PHI	L	4.0	7	4	4	0	2	1
2015-08-13	TOR	OAK	W	7.0	7	2	2	2	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Buehrle — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	518	493	182	608	22	53

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Buehrle — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2000	CHA	P	28	3	1	9	1	2
2001	CHA	P	32	32	11	49	3	5
2002	CHA	P	34	34	6	46	2	2
2003	CHA	P	35	35	15	38	0	3
2004	CHA	P	35	35	16	51	4	3
2005	CHA	P	33	33	13	45	2	2
2006	CHA	P	32	32	9	35	1	3
2007	CHA	P	30	30	13	34	1	3
2008	CHA	P	34	34	18	34	0	5
2009	CHA	P	33	33	13	41	1	5
2010	CHA	P	33	33	4	46	0	4
2011	CHA	P	31	31	15	40	1	4
2012	MIA	P	31	31	13	47	0	5
2013	TOR	P	33	33	12	35	2	1
2014	TOR	P	32	32	12	29	1	2
2015	TOR	P	32	32	11	29	3	4

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mark Buehrle Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	518

Awards & Honors

Mark Buehrle — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Gold Glove	P
2011	Gold Glove	P
2010	Gold Glove	P
2010	This Year in Baseball Play of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2009	Gold Glove	P
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-07-25
2009	This Year in Baseball Performance of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-04-21
2005	Pitcher of the Month	June
2004	Pitcher of the Month	May

Salary History

Mark Buehrle — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	TOR	AL	$20,000,000
2013	TOR	AL	$12,000,000
2012	MIA	NL	$7,000,000
2011	CHA	AL	$14,000,000
2010	CHA	AL	$14,000,000
2009	CHA	AL	$14,000,000
2008	CHA	AL	$14,000,000
2007	CHA	AL	$9,500,000
2006	CHA	AL	$8,000,000
2005	CHA	AL	$6,000,000
2004	CHA	AL	$3,500,000
2003	CHA	AL	$445,000
2002	CHA	AL	$310,000
2001	CHA	AL	$225,000
Total Career Earnings			$122,980,000

College History

Mark Buehrle — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Jefferson College	Hillsboro	MO	1998, 1999

Award Voting History

Mark Buehrle — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2005	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	5.0	140	0

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Mark Buehrle: the record in brief

Mark Buehrle played a first major league game on July 16, 2000 and a last one on October 4, 2015. Buehrle played for the Chicago White Sox (2000 through 2011), the Miami Marlins (2012), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2013 to 2015). Buehrle played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw left-handed. Born on March 23, 1979, in St. Charles, MO, USA, Buehrle was listed at 240 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. Buehrle's full given name, per the bio, is Mark Alan Buehrle.

Buehrle's career pitching line is 214 wins, 160 losses and a 3.81 ERA over 518 appearances. The same table counts 1,870 strikeouts, 33 complete games, and 10 shutouts. Against a 4.24 league ERA for the same years, Buehrle was 10.1% better. Buehrle won 19 games in 2002, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 165 in 2004. In 2005, one of the busiest seasons, Buehrle posted a 3.12 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.29.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Buehrle

What years did Mark Buehrle play?: Mark Buehrle played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2015.
Was Mark Buehrle a pitcher?: Yes. Mark Buehrle pitched in the major leagues, recording 214 wins and 1870 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mark Buehrle hit?: Mark Buehrle hit 1 career home runs with 9 hits.
What was Mark Buehrle's career batting average?: Mark Buehrle batted .072 over his career, with 9 hits in 125 at bats.
How many RBI did Mark Buehrle have?: Mark Buehrle drove in 3 runs in his career.
What was Mark Buehrle's career ERA?: Mark Buehrle finished with a 3.81 career ERA, going 214-160 with 1,870 strikeouts.