This past Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of Mark Buehrle's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The win put the Sox into a first place tie with the Detroit Tigers at 50-45; Buehrle would go on to throw an additional 5 2/3 perfect innings his next start out to (at the time) set the MLB record for consecutive batters retired, with 45. (That record was broken by Yusmeiro Petit during the 2014 season, with 46)
Anyway, today's Sporcle will celebrate Mark Buehrle's perfect game: all told, there were 23 players involved between the two teams: how many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For the hint, I've provided the position of the player in question.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- This was the first perfect game in history that included a grand slam.
- Buehrle reached a three-ball count five times in this game.
- With a game time of just 2:03, this was the quickest perfect game since Tom Browning's 1:51 effort on September 16, 1988.
All data from baseballreference.com
