Whoever mentioned last night that the MLB Network was questioning whether Buehrle had a stretch of dominance like this, yes he has. Just not to begin a season.
2001-
Starts 8-17: team 8-2, 6-1, 1.94 ERA
2002-
Starts 7-16: team 6-4, 6-3, 2.33 ERA
2005-
Starts 7-16: team 8-2, 6-0, 1.51 ERA
2007-
Starts 12-21: team 6-4, 6-3, 2.18 ERA
2011-
Starts 17-26: team 7-3, 5-1, 2.15 ERA
He also had a 21 game stretch with 19 quality starts and a 2.54 ERA
And with all of these stretches, he pitched a minimum of 71 innings. This year, Buehrle has thrown 66.2 innings.