Fangraphs on Mark Buehrle's perfect streak

Dave Allen:

Buehrle set the major league record with 45 straight batters retired. … Over those 45 batters Buehrle got nine strikeouts, 22 ground outs, eight fly outs, two line outs and four pop outs. A truly amazing performance. I wanted to partially analyze partially commemorate the streak by looking at the location of Buehrle’s pitches. The image is a little messy, but there are some striking trends. …

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