Steve Buechele
Steven Bernard Buechele
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 26, 1961 in Lancaster, CA
High School: Servite (Anaheim, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1985
Final Game: July 29, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1985 TEX AL 23 3B 69 68 581.0 195 52 137 6 17 .969 1.9 3.9 0.9 -0.8 1.8 1 2.93 2.74 .952 2.85 2.38
1985 TEX AL 23 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1986 TEX AL 24 3B 137 109 988.0 348 111 226 11 17 .968 6.6 8.0 6.6 3.3 3.2 0 3.07 2.46 .947 2.74 2.37
1986 TEX AL 24 2B 33 30 225.2 126 59 66 1 25 .992 -1.0 -5.3 -2.0 -1.5 -0.4 1 4.99 3.79 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 TEX AL 24 OF 2 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 4.50 2.00 .975 2.36 2.05
1986 TEX AL 24 LF 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 150.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 4.50 4.00 .975 2.25 1.80
1987 TEX AL 25 3B 123 94 850.1 252 68 175 9 13 .964 0.2 0.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 -1 2.57 1.98 .951 2.77 2.31
1987 TEX AL 25 2B 18 16 127.2 56 20 36 0 7 1.000 -1.0 -9.4 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 3.95 3.11 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 TEX AL 25 LF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.75
1987 TEX AL 25 OF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.25 2.00
1988 TEX AL 26 3B 153 149 1305.1 423 110 297 16 25 .962 10.7 9.8 9.7 -3.3 12.9 1 2.81 2.66 .954 2.71 2.36
1988 TEX AL 26 2B 2 2 16.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.94 3.50 .986 5.12 4.40
1989 TEX AL 27 3B 145 131 1154.1 382 106 264 12 22 .969 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 2.4 -2.4 -1 2.88 2.55 .941 2.73 2.34
1989 TEX AL 27 2B 18 7 81.0 44 21 23 0 6 1.000 1.0 14.8 1.0 0.4 0.6 0 4.89 2.44 .980 5.24 4.51
1989 TEX AL 27 DH 1
1989 TEX AL 27 SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .950 4.95 4.10
1990 TEX AL 28 3B 88 79 687.2 235 70 157 8 7 .966 0.9 1.6 1.9 1.5 0.4 -1 2.97 2.58 .943 2.75 2.32
1990 TEX AL 28 2B 4 1 12.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -47.4 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 3.55 1.25 .980 5.26 4.53
1991 TOT MLB 29 3B 142 132 1195.0 419 109 303 7 25 .983 6.8 6.8 6.8 3.7 3.1 0 3.10 2.90 .953 2.78 2.33
1991 TEX AL 29 3B 111 101 926.0 329 87 239 3 20 .991 6.8 8.8 6.8 2.6 4.2 0 3.17 2.94 .953 2.79 2.33
1991 TEX AL 29 2B 13 12 93.0 47 12 35 0 3 1.000 0.2 2.6 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 4.55 3.62 .981 5.19 4.44
1991 TEX AL 29 SS 4 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.25 1.000 4.73 3.95
1991 PIT NL 29 3B 31 31 269.0 90 22 64 4 5 .956 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 -1.1 0 2.88 2.77 .950 2.74 2.31
1992 TOT NL 30 3B 143 140 1240.1 407 102 288 17 16 .958 -1.5 -1.5 0.5 -2.9 3.4 -2 2.83 2.73 .952 2.67 2.29
1992 PIT NL 30 3B 80 79 693.0 231 52 169 10 10 .957 2.4 4.2 3.4 0.7 2.7 -1 2.87 2.76 .952 2.67 2.29
1992 CHC NL 30 3B 63 61 547.1 176 50 119 7 6 .960 -3.9 -8.6 -2.9 -3.6 0.7 -1 2.78 2.68 .952 2.67 2.29
1992 CHC NL 30 2B 2 0 4.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 166.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 4.15 1.00 1.000 5.19 4.25
1993 CHC NL 31 3B 129 126 1083.0 319 79 232 8 24 .975 12.1 13.4 11.1 5.8 5.3 1 2.58 2.41 .943 2.70 2.31
1993 CHC NL 31 1B 6 2 22.1 18 18 0 0 3 1.000 -0.8 -43.0 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 0 7.25 3.00 .994 9.67 8.02
1994 CHC NL 32 3B 99 95 787.1 196 55 136 5 13 .974 -11.9 -18.1 -11.9 -4.3 -7.6 0 2.18 1.93 .950 2.65 2.24
1994 CHC NL 32 1B 6 5 43.2 51 44 7 0 1 1.000 0.7 19.2 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 10.51 8.50 .992 9.73 8.12
1994 CHC NL 32 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 240.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1995 TOT MLB 33 3B 41 36 330.2 104 33 66 5 5 .952 2.5 9.1 2.5 2.9 -0.4 0 2.69 2.41 .947 2.74 2.30
1995 CHC NL 33 3B 32 30 268.2 86 26 55 5 3 .942 3.1 13.8 3.1 2.3 0.8 0 2.71 2.53 .947 2.77 2.33
1995 TEX AL 33 3B 9 6 62.0 18 7 11 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -11.6 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 0 2.61 2.00 .950 2.61 2.19
11 Seasons 3B 1269 1159 10203.0 3280 895 2281 104 184 .968 27.3 3.2 29.3 9.3 19.9 -2 2.80 2.50 .949 2.73 2.32
9 Seasons 2B 92 68 563.1 290 120 169 1 41 .997 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.1 1 4.62 3.14 .981 5.15 4.43
2 Seasons 1B 12 7 66.0 69 62 7 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -1.8 -0.1 -1.1 1.0 0 9.41 5.75 .993 9.71 8.07
2 Seasons SS 5 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.60 .967 4.80 3.98
2 Seasons OF 4 1 12.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 110.0 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 3.75 1.25 .980 2.33 2.02
2 Seasons LF 3 1 12.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 110.0 1.1 0.1 1.0 0 3.75 1.67 .980 2.17 1.77
1 Season DH 1
11 Seasons TOT 1382 1235 10850.1 3647 1083 2459 105 230 .971 28.4 3.1 29.4 7.4 22.0 0 -1 2.94 2.56 .923 2.90 2.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1985 TEX AL 23 69 68 69 69 0 0 0 1 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 24 153 140 153 152 0 0 0 33 137 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
1987 TEX AL 25 136 110 136 136 0 0 0 18 123 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 4
1988 TEX AL 26 155 151 155 155 0 0 0 2 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1989 TEX AL 27 155 139 155 153 0 0 0 18 145 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
1990 TEX AL 28 91 80 91 89 0 0 0 4 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1991 TEX AL 29 121 113 121 121 0 0 0 13 111 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1991 PIT NL 29 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 PIT NL 30 80 79 80 80 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CHC NL 30 65 61 65 64 0 0 0 2 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 CHC NL 31 133 128 133 130 0 0 6 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 CHC NL 32 104 100 104 102 0 0 6 1 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1995 CHC NL 33 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 33 9 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Seasons 1334 1236 1334 1323 0 0 12 92 1269 5 3 0 0 3 1 24 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1985 TEX AL 23 2684 50% 77% 24% 184 97% 0 54 44 5 5 134 106 25 0 5 6 0 4 2 3 17 15 0 15 2 1 1 5 80%
1986 TEX AL 24 4537 54% 73% 26% 332 91% 8 108 85 6 17 215 165 36 5 8 11 0 9 2 9 15 11 1 13 2 2 0 8 75%
1987 TEX AL 25 3976 53% 73% 27% 249 92% 2 69 54 7 8 174 141 29 0 5 9 0 8 1 8 13 10 2 13 0 0 0 6 83%
1988 TEX AL 26 5909 55% 75% 31% 427 89% 2 111 83 9 19 300 256 32 5 10 16 0 12 4 15 25 15 1 19 5 4 1 16 63%
1989 TEX AL 27 5200 56% 72% 30% 379 89% 4 108 80 10 18 263 219 35 1 10 12 1 6 5 11 20 12 2 15 4 3 1 15 80%
1990 TEX AL 28 3062 56% 73% 30% 234 89% 1 69 54 6 9 156 134 15 0 6 8 0 5 3 7 6 3 0 4 2 1 0 7 71%
1991 TEX AL 29 4236 57% 74% 30% 332 89% 3 87 56 12 19 239 205 31 3 6 3 0 0 3 2 20 10 4 17 2 0 1 14 93%
1991 PIT NL 29 1156 61% 78% 35% 92 84% 1 22 14 3 5 64 51 10 0 2 4 0 2 2 4 5 1 1 3 2 2 0 3 67%
1992 PIT NL 30 3037 56% 78% 34% 234 86% 6 52 34 2 16 168 131 27 2 4 10 0 4 6 9 9 7 0 9 0 0 0 10 80%
1992 CHC NL 30 2451 42% 77% 33% 167 89% 3 50 34 5 11 119 101 10 2 2 7 0 1 6 5 6 0 0 0 5 3 2 3 100%
1993 CHC NL 31 4788 54% 78% 34% 328 87% 2 79 54 10 15 231 186 38 0 10 8 0 7 1 8 24 18 3 21 3 0 3 19 58%
1994 CHC NL 32 3530 54% 75% 33% 210 79% 2 55 35 8 12 136 106 23 2 5 5 0 4 1 5 13 9 0 9 3 2 1 12 50%
1995 CHC NL 33 1157 55% 75% 34% 92 84% 1 26 22 0 4 55 47 6 1 0 5 0 3 2 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 50%
1995 TEX AL 33 288 44% 72% 28% 17 94% 2 6 5 0 1 11 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 46011 54% 75% 30% 3277 89% 37 896 654 83 159 2265 1855 319 21 74 104 1 65 38 91 178 115 14 142 30 18 10 122 71%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1985 TEX AL 23 3 33% 67% 67% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 24 1037 51% 71% 23% 66 97% 0 60 18 32 10 66 56 7 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25 12 4 5 1 22 6 16 3 1 2
1987 TEX AL 25 623 50% 73% 24% 40 98% 1 22 8 14 0 35 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 3 0 7 3 4 0 0 0
1988 TEX AL 26 73 63% 70% 23% 6 83% 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TEX AL 27 367 63% 73% 28% 26 92% 0 21 6 14 1 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1990 TEX AL 28 62 55% 82% 32% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 29 428 56% 75% 32% 38 95% 0 12 4 5 3 35 30 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0
1992 CHC NL 30 21 43% 52% 24% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CHC NL 32 7 71% 57% 43% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2621 54% 72% 26% 183 96% 1 122 39 69 14 167 143 19 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 41 18 7 10 2 37 12 25 4 1 2
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1993 CHC NL 31 97 60% 76% 31% 2 100% 0 18 1 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CHC NL 32 191 46% 72% 29% 14 86% 0 44 2 41 1 3 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 288 50% 73% 30% 16 88% 0 62 3 58 1 4 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 TEX AL 27 8 63% 63% 13% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1991 TEX AL 29 19 68% 79% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 27 67% 74% 22% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 32 44% 50% 31% 5 80%
1987 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 68% 68% 41% 1 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 54 54% 57% 35% 6 83%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.5% 56% 77% 36% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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