On the day Kerry Wood retired, Jake Peavy was asked about Wood's 20-strikeout start against Houston in 1998. He responded by saying Wood's start was, from a pure dominance standpoint, better than the perfect games thrown by Mark Buehrle and Philip Humber.
Peavy wasn't in the wrong there -- Wood's start was, by game score, the most dominant nine-inning outing of the live ball era. Chris Sale's 15-strikeout start against Tampa Bay on Monday drew some comparisons to Wood's start, just from a rough standpoint. But it didn't beat Buehrle's perfect game on the list of best White Sox starts against the Devil Rays as ranked by game score:
PlayerDateVenueIPH
RERBBSOGSMark Buehrle
72309U.S. Cellular Field
900
00693Mark Buehrle
8301Comiskey Park
910
0
0
3
88
Esteban Loaiza
41804Tropicana Field
9
2
0
0
1587Edwin Jackson
4711U.S. Cellular Field
841111382Chris Sale
52812Tropicana Field
7.131121581John Danks
42010U.S. Cellular Field
82112981Bartolo Colon
72703U.S. Cellular Field
83110880Mike Sirotka
41098Comiskey Park
84002880Gavin Floyd
41011U.S. Cellular Field
84101879John Danks
42008Tropicana Field
73000879