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On July 5th, 2009, Buehrle was selected to represent Chicago at the [[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2009 All-Star Game]], where he pitched a perfect third inning.<ref>http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090714&content_id=5875238&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws</ref>
On July 23, 2009, Buehrle threw a [[perfect game]] against the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] at U.S. Cellular Field. It was the eighteenth perfect game in Major League Baseball history and Buehrle's second career no-hitter.<ref>{{cite web| last =Just| first =David| title =Buehrle joins MLB elite with perfect game| publisher =MLB.com| date =2009-07-23| url =http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090723&content_id=6018498&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws| accessdate =2009-07-23 }}</ref> With this perfect game, Buehrle became the 24th pitcher to throw multiple no-hitters in a career, and the sixth perfect game pitcher who had also thrown another no-hitter, joining [[Cy Young]], [[Addie Joss]], [[Jim Bunning]], [[Sandy Koufax]] and [[Randy Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web| author =Associated Press| title =Buehrle completes perfect game to throttle Rays| publisher =ESPN.com| date =2009-07-23| url =http://espn.go.com/chicago/teams/recap?gameId=290723104&sport=mlb&sport=mlb| accessdate =2009-07-23 }}</ref> Coincidentally, the home plate umpire for both of Buehrle's feats was Eric Cooper, who wears the number 56. What's more, the White Sox amassed 5 runs, 6 hits, and 0 errors during the game, giving them a line of 5 6 0. <ref>
==Records and statistics==
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