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Steve Buechele
Steven Bernard Buechele

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
School Stanford University

Debut July 19, 1985
  vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 29, 1995
Born September 26, 1961 in Lancaster, CA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 23 TEX AL  69  219   22   48   6  3   6   21   3  2  14  38  .219  .271  .356   70   78   0   1   2   2  11
 1986 24 TEX AL 153  461   54  112  19  2  18   54   5  8  35  98  .243  .302  .410   90  189   9   3   1   5  10
 1987 25 TEX AL 136  363   45   86  20  0  13   50   2  2  28  66  .237  .290  .399   81  145   4   4   3   1   7
 1988 26 TEX AL 155  503   68  126  21  4  16   58   2  4  65  79  .250  .342  .404  107  203   6   0   6   5   8
 1989 27 TEX AL 155  486   60  114  22  2  16   59   1  3  36 107  .235  .294  .387   89  188   2   1   0   5  21
 1990 28 TEX AL  91  251   30   54  10  0   7   30   1  0  27  63  .215  .294  .339   77   85   7   2   1   2   5
 1991 29 TOT    152  530   74  139  22  3  22   85   0  5  49  97  .262  .331  .440  114  233  11   3   4   7  14
         TEX AL 121  416   58  111  17  2  18   66   0  4  39  69  .267  .335  .447  117  186  10   2   4   5  11
         PIT NL  31  114   16   28   5  1   4   19   0  1  10  28  .246  .315  .412  104   47   1   1   0   2   3
 1992 30 TOT NL 145  524   52  137  23  4   9   64   1  3  52 105  .261  .334  .372  100  195   4   3   6   7  10
         PIT NL  80  285   27   71  14  1   8   43   0  2  34  61  .249  .331  .389  105  111   2   2   4   2   5
         CHC NL  65  239   25   66   9  3   1   21   1  1  18  44  .276  .338  .351   95   84   2   1   2   5   5
 1993 31 CHC NL 133  460   53  125  27  2  15   65   1  1  48  87  .272  .345  .437  110  201   4   3   5   5  12
 1994 32 CHC NL 104  339   33   82  11  1  14   52   1  0  39  80  .242  .325  .404   90  137   2   3   2   4   8
 1995 33 TOT     41  130   10   23   2  0   1    9   0  0  15  22  .177  .262  .215   28   28   1   0   1   0   1
         CHC NL  32  106   10   20   2  0   1    9   0  0  11  19  .189  .265  .236   35   25   1   0   0   0   1
         TEX AL   9   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   3  .125  .250  .125    1    3   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1334 4266  501 1046 183 21 137  547  17 28 408 842  .245  .316  .394   94 1682  50  23  31  43 107
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   61  127  22  3  17   66   2  3  50 102  .245  .316  .394   94  204   6   3   4   5  13
 Career High    155  530   74  139  27  4  22   85   5  8  65 107  .272  .345  .440  114  233  11   4   6   7  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 23 TEX AL  236  185   18   2.6   100| .219  .262| .271  .328| .356  .407| .627  .736|  70  .261 -10.2  -1.0  60%
 1986 24 TEX AL  513  379   54   3.8   102| .243  .264| .302  .332| .410  .411| .712  .744|  90  .408  -7.6  -0.7  38%
 1987 25 TEX AL  400  294   42   3.8   106| .237  .265| .290  .333| .399  .425| .689  .759|  81  .381 -10.4  -1.0  50%
 1988 26 TEX AL  579  395   71   4.8    96| .250  .262| .342  .327| .404  .394| .746  .721| 107  .540   5.0   0.5  33%
 1989 27 TEX AL  530  399   50   3.4    95| .235  .263| .294  .328| .387  .387| .681  .715|  89  .385  -8.7  -0.9  25%
 1990 28 TEX AL  289  211   26   3.3    95| .215  .259| .294  .327| .339  .388| .633  .715|  77  .372  -7.8  -0.8 100%
 1991 29 TOT     600  424   74   4.7    95| .262  .258| .331  .326| .440  .390| .771  .716| 114  .523   9.3   1.0   0%
         TEX AL  472  332   60   4.9    95| .267  .258| .335  .326| .447  .391| .782  .717| 117  .531   8.8   0.9   0%
         PIT NL  128   92   14   4.1    93| .246  .256| .315  .324| .412  .384| .727  .708| 104  .489   0.5   0.1   0%
 1992 30 TOT NL  590  407   66   4.4    93| .261  .260| .334  .325| .372  .382| .706  .707| 100  .527   0.7   0.0  25%
         PIT NL  325  225   37   4.4    91| .249  .258| .331  .323| .389  .380| .720  .703| 105  .533   2.4   0.2   0%
         CHC NL  265  182   29   4.3    94| .276  .261| .338  .327| .351  .385| .689  .712|  95  .518  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 1993 31 CHC NL  520  355   69   5.2   102| .272  .269| .345  .334| .437  .409| .782  .743| 110  .553   7.2   0.7  50%
 1994 32 CHC NL  387  270   46   4.6   108| .242  .273| .325  .340| .404  .427| .729  .768|  90  .466  -5.3  -0.5 100%
 1995 33 TOT     146  109    8   2.0   106| .177  .269| .262  .339| .215  .420| .477  .760|  28  .158 -13.7  -1.3   0%
         CHC NL  118   88    7   2.1   105| .189  .268| .265  .337| .236  .418| .501  .755|  35  .183 -10.1  -1.0   0%
         TEX AL   28   21    1   1.3   112| .125  .274| .250  .348| .125  .433| .375  .781|   1  .070  -3.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4790 3428  524   4.1    99| .245  .263| .316  .330| .394  .401| .710  .731|  94  .453 -41.5  -4.0  37%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1985 23 TEX AL 3B 69 52 137 6 17 .969 .953 2.74 2.38 2.93 2.85 68 581.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1986 24 TEX AL 3B 137 111 226 11 17 .968 .948 2.46 2.37 3.07 2.74 109 988.0 2B 33 59 66 1 25 .992 .981 3.79 4.34 4.98 5.10 30 225.7 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 1 8.0 1987 25 TEX AL 3B 123 68 175 9 13 .964 .952 1.98 2.31 2.57 2.77 94 850.3 2B 18 20 36 0 7 1.000 .981 3.11 4.48 3.95 5.12 16 127.7 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1988 26 TEX AL 3B 153 110 297 16 25 .962 .954 2.66 2.36 2.81 2.71 149 1305.3 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.40 3.94 5.12 2 16.0 1989 27 TEX AL 3B 145 106 264 12 22 .969 .943 2.55 2.34 2.88 2.73 131 1154.3 2B 18 21 23 0 6 1.000 .980 2.44 4.51 4.89 5.24 7 81.0 SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 DH 1 1990 28 TEX AL 3B 88 70 157 8 7 .966 .944 2.58 2.32 2.97 2.75 79 687.7 2B 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 4.53 3.54 5.24 1 12.7 1991 29 TOT 3B 142 109 303 7 25 .983 .954 2.90 2.33 3.10 2.78 132 1195.0 TEX AL 3B 111 87 239 3 20 .991 .955 2.94 2.33 3.17 2.79 101 926.0 2B 13 12 35 0 3 1.000 .981 3.62 4.44 4.55 5.19 12 93.0 SS 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 3.95 2.25 4.73 0 4.0 PIT NL 3B 31 22 64 4 5 .956 .950 2.77 2.31 2.88 2.74 31 269.0 1992 30 TOT NL 3B 143 102 288 17 16 .958 .952 2.73 2.29 2.83 2.67 140 1240.3 PIT NL 3B 80 52 169 10 10 .957 .952 2.76 2.29 2.87 2.67 79 693.0 CHC NL 3B 63 50 119 7 6 .960 .952 2.68 2.29 2.78 2.67 61 547.3 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.25 4.19 5.23 0 4.3 1993 31 CHC NL 3B 129 79 232 8 24 .975 .945 2.41 2.31 2.58 2.70 126 1083.0 1B 6 18 0 0 3 1.000 .994 3.00 8.02 7.26 9.69 2 22.3 1994 32 CHC NL 3B 99 55 136 5 13 .974 .951 1.93 2.24 2.18 2.65 95 787.3 1B 6 44 7 0 1 1.000 .992 8.50 8.12 10.50 9.72 5 43.7 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1995 33 TOT 3B 41 33 66 5 5 .952 .947 2.41 2.30 2.69 2.74 36 330.7 CHC NL 3B 32 26 55 5 3 .942 .946 2.53 2.33 2.71 2.77 30 268.7 TEX AL 3B 9 7 11 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 2.19 2.61 2.61 6 62.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 31 CHC NL 1B 6 18 0 0 3 1.000 .994 3.00 8.02 7.26 9.69 2 22.3 1994 32 CHC NL 1B 6 44 7 0 1 1.000 .992 8.50 8.12 10.50 9.72 5 43.7 1985 23 TEX AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1986 24 TEX AL 2B 33 59 66 1 25 .992 .981 3.79 4.34 4.98 5.10 30 225.7 1987 25 TEX AL 2B 18 20 36 0 7 1.000 .981 3.11 4.48 3.95 5.12 16 127.7 1988 26 TEX AL 2B 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.40 3.94 5.12 2 16.0 1989 27 TEX AL 2B 18 21 23 0 6 1.000 .980 2.44 4.51 4.89 5.24 7 81.0 1990 28 TEX AL 2B 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 4.53 3.54 5.24 1 12.7 1991 29 TEX AL 2B 13 12 35 0 3 1.000 .981 3.62 4.44 4.55 5.19 12 93.0 1992 30 CHC NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.25 4.19 5.23 0 4.3 1994 32 CHC NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.60 9.00 5.40 0 2.0 1985 23 TEX AL 3B 69 52 137 6 17 .969 .953 2.74 2.38 2.93 2.85 68 581.0 1986 24 TEX AL 3B 137 111 226 11 17 .968 .948 2.46 2.37 3.07 2.74 109 988.0 1987 25 TEX AL 3B 123 68 175 9 13 .964 .952 1.98 2.31 2.57 2.77 94 850.3 1988 26 TEX AL 3B 153 110 297 16 25 .962 .954 2.66 2.36 2.81 2.71 149 1305.3 1989 27 TEX AL 3B 145 106 264 12 22 .969 .943 2.55 2.34 2.88 2.73 131 1154.3 1990 28 TEX AL 3B 88 70 157 8 7 .966 .944 2.58 2.32 2.97 2.75 79 687.7 1991 29 TOT 3B 142 109 303 7 25 .983 .954 2.90 2.33 3.10 2.78 132 1195.0 TEX AL 3B 111 87 239 3 20 .991 .955 2.94 2.33 3.17 2.79 101 926.0 PIT NL 3B 31 22 64 4 5 .956 .950 2.77 2.31 2.88 2.74 31 269.0 1992 30 TOT NL 3B 143 102 288 17 16 .958 .952 2.73 2.29 2.83 2.67 140 1240.3 PIT NL 3B 80 52 169 10 10 .957 .952 2.76 2.29 2.87 2.67 79 693.0 CHC NL 3B 63 50 119 7 6 .960 .952 2.68 2.29 2.78 2.67 61 547.3 1993 31 CHC NL 3B 129 79 232 8 24 .975 .945 2.41 2.31 2.58 2.70 126 1083.0 1994 32 CHC NL 3B 99 55 136 5 13 .974 .951 1.93 2.24 2.18 2.65 95 787.3 1995 33 TOT 3B 41 33 66 5 5 .952 .947 2.41 2.30 2.69 2.74 36 330.7 CHC NL 3B 32 26 55 5 3 .942 .946 2.53 2.33 2.71 2.77 30 268.7 TEX AL 3B 9 7 11 0 2 1.000 .952 2.00 2.19 2.61 2.61 6 62.0 1989 27 TEX AL DH 1 1986 24 TEX AL LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 1 8.0 1987 25 TEX AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.75 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1986 24 TEX AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 2.05 4.50 2.36 1 8.0 1987 25 TEX AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1989 27 TEX AL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 1991 29 TEX AL SS 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 3.95 2.25 4.73 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1269 895 2281 104 184 .968 .950 2.50 2.32 2.80 2.73 1159 10203.0 2B* 92 120 169 1 41 .997 .981 3.14 4.43 4.62 5.15 68 563.3 1B* 12 62 7 0 4 1.000 .993 5.75 8.07 9.41 9.71 7 66.0 SS* 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 3.98 4.50 4.80 0 6.0 LF* 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.77 3.75 2.17 1 12.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1382 1083 2459 105 230 .971 .953 2.56 2.52 2.94 2.90 1235 10850
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  PIT ATL     L   7  23   2   7  2  0  0   0   4   6  .304  .407  .391   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1992 NL-105-8

Hit By Pitch
1992 NL-7-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1989 AL-21-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.2 (1324) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

August 30, 1991: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Kurt Miller. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hector Fajardo (September 6, 1991) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 11, 1992: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Danny Jackson.

July 6, 1995: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

July 31, 1995: Released by the Texas Rangers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Texas Rangers$85,000
1987Texas Rangers$135,000
1988Texas Rangers$180,000
1989Texas Rangers$430,000
1990Texas Rangers$550,000
1991Texas Rangers$775,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$2,600,000
1993Chicago Cubs$2,900,000
1994Chicago Cubs$2,550,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,205,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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