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White Sox Unveil Mark Buehrle Statue During 2005 Champions Reunion

The team debuted ’45’ uniform patches for the rest of the season to memorialize Bobby Jenks after his passing

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Mark Buehrle stands beside a new bronze statue of the former Chicago White Sox pitcher that was unveiled along the right-field concourse at Rate Field on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Chicago. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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Overview

  • The White Sox revealed a bronze statue of Mark Buehrle in the right-field concourse at Guaranteed Rate Field, capturing his signature pitching motion.
  • Buehrle’s wife and children joined former teammates, including Jermaine Dye and A.J. Pierzynski, to help unveil the statue during the 20th anniversary weekend.
  • The new sculpture stands alongside Harold Baines’s statue as a tribute to franchise icons.
  • Chicago introduced black-and-white ’45’ patches to honor Bobby Jenks, who died at 44 of stomach cancer in Sintra, Portugal.
  • Jenks, the closer who recorded the final out in the 2005 World Series, will be remembered on the field for the remainder of the season.