A look at Mark Buehrle’s perfect game, which happened 16 years ago today;
DATE—July 23, 2009
SITE—U.S. Cellular Field
SCORE—White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 0
PITCHES—116
STRIKEOUTS—-6
STRIKES—76
GROUND BALLS—11
FLY BALLS—10
ATTENDANCE—28,036
TIME—2:03
WEATHER—69 degrees, wind 7 mph from left to right, sunny.
UMPIRES—-HP: Eric Cooper, 1B: Mike Reilly, 2B: Chuck Meriwether, 3B: Laz Diaz.
OFFICIAL SCORER—Don Friske
*Sources: baseball reference, retrosheet, my files