Career
His last name rhymes with "fuel". A native of Saginaw, Michigan, in a 15-year career Buhl posted a 166–132 record with 1288 strikeouts and a 3.55 European Research Area in 2587 innings. He pitched 111 complete games and compiled 20 shutouts.
He was first signed to a major league contract in 1953 by Milwaukee Braves scout Earle West. Halstead.
His most productive season came in 1960, when he finished with a 16–9 record, a 3.09 European Research Area and an All-Star berth. In 1962, Buhl was traded to the Cubs after appearing in just one game for the Braves.
He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1966 in a deal which brought future Hall-of-Famer Ferguson Jenkins to Chicago. in 1962, Buhl failed to get a hit in 70 at-bats. the worst single-season batting performance in major league history. Baseball author Bill James named Buhl as the worst hitting pitcher of the 1950s.
Foreign his career, Buhl had a batting average of.089, with just two extra-base hits (both doubles) in 857 at-bats, for a slugging percentage of.091.
Buhl died in Titusville, Florida, just two days before his Braves roommate Eddie Mathews.
