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Steve Buechele
Steven Bernard Buechele

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

MLB Debut July 19, 1985
Final Game July 29, 1995
Born September 26, 1961 in Lancaster, CA (age 62)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 23 TEA AL   55  195   24   49   6   6   5   23   0   2   10   32  .251  .295  .421  .715    96    82   0   0   0   2  14  
 1986 24 TEA AL  139  470   71  114  15   2  30   82   1   0   42   94  .243  .308  .474  .783   106   223   5   3   0   4  10  
 1987 25 TEA AL   99  345   34   72  11   0  11   46   0   0   28   56  .209  .271  .336  .608    78   116   4   1   0   2   8  
 1988 26 TEA AL  134  498   56  129  24   4  10   64   3   2   59   72  .259  .338  .384  .722    97   191   4   5   0   3   7  
 1989 27 TEA AL  139  504   57  112  25   2  13   54   0   1   47  103  .222  .292  .357  .649    87   180   6   3   3   4  18  
 1990 28 TEA AL   88  258   37   54  15   0  12   35   2   0   40   57  .209  .317  .407  .724   100   105   7   3   0   2   6  
 1991 29 TEA AL  119  374   41  109  11   2  11   42   0   0   34   75  .291  .354  .420  .774   105   157  10   3   0   4  13  
 1992 30 MNA AL  155  522   60  135  14   3  10   54   4   1   53  121  .259  .333  .354  .687    92   185   3   2   2   6  12  
 1993 31 MNA AL  143  472   57  130  31   1  18   80   1   1   51   98  .275  .355  .460  .814   108   217   7   2   3   8  13  
 1994 32 MNA AL  149  480   71  123  17   1  28   81   0   1   49  111  .256  .331  .471  .802   100   226   2   1   1   5  12  
 1995 33 NYN NL   17   50    8   11   3   0   2    6   0   0    4    8  .220  .278  .400  .678    92    20   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1237 4168  516 1038 172  21 150  567  11   8  417  827  .249  .322  .408  .730        1702  48  23   9  40 114
 Per 600 PA           533   66  133  22   3  19   72   1   1   53  106                                 217   6   3   1   5  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA      773 2644  320  639 107  16  92  346   6   5  260  489  .242  .313  .399  .711        1054  36  18   3  21  76
   With MNA      447 1474  188  388  62   5  56  215   5   3  153  330  .263  .339  .426  .765         628  12   5   6  19  37
   With NYN       17   50    8   11   3   0   2    6   0   0    4    8  .220  .278  .400  .678          20   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1334 4266  501 1046 183  21 137  547  17  28  408  842  .245  .316  .394  .710        1682  50  23  31  43 107
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1985 23 TEA AL  51   18   3.1   4   0   0  .000   7   37   24  .649    0    0  .000  UT              88   
 1986 24 TEA AL  34   68   5.0   1   0   0  .000  17   82   64  .780    0    0  .000  3B   2e16       71   
 1987 25 TEA AL  25   31   3.0   0   0   0  .000   5   61   48  .787    0    0  .000  3B   2e15      -82   
 1988 26 TEA AL  23   68   4.8   1   1   0 1.000  23   78   50  .641    0    0  .000  3B   2e18      -24   
 1989 27 TEA AL  31   50   3.2   1   0   0  .000  15   77   56  .727    0    0  .000  3B   2e15      -31   
 1990 28 TEA AL  55   35   4.4   8   1   0  .125   3   79   56  .709    0    0  .000  2B   3e5        91   
 1991 29 TEA AL  25   54   5.1  11   1   0  .091   3   88   71  .807    0    0  .000  3B   2e5         3   
 1992 30 MNA AL  19   63   4.2   2   0   0  .000  22   71   44  .620    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -19   
 1993 31 MNA AL  22   76   5.7   4   2   0  .500  10   56   41  .732    0    0  .000  3B   2e11       32   
 1994 32 MNA AL  19   73   5.3   5   1   0  .200   8   77   48  .623    0    0  .000  3B   3e10       73   
 1995 33 NYN NL  63    5   3.7   3   1   0  .333   3    4    1  .250    0    0  .000  3B   3e27      200   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          546   4.4  40   7   0  .175 116  710  503  .708    0    0  .000                  16   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 20.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1985 23 TEA AL  3B    30    23    49    2    3   .973    28   247.0   2.62
                 2B    25    57    44    5   15   .953    20   176.2   5.15
 1986 24 TEA AL  3B   138    88   234   17   33   .950   124  1146.1   2.53
 1987 25 TEA AL  3B    93    55   163    5   22   .978    90   809.1   2.42
                 2B     6    12     5    0    0  1.000     5    45.0   3.40
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1988 26 TEA AL  3B   133    96   233   23   19   .935   132  1200.1   2.47
 1989 27 TEA AL  3B   101    79   164   11   22   .957    97   867.0   2.52
                 2B    41   116    90    4   19   .981    39   351.1   5.28
                 SS     5     1     3    0    0  1.000     0    12.0   3.00
 1990 28 TEA AL  2B    80   209   184    3   42   .992    74   649.0   5.45
                 C      1     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1991 29 TEA AL  3B    86    81   167    2   20   .992    79   714.0   3.13
                 2B    27    51    67    0   18  1.000    21   198.2   5.35
                 SS     5     1     3    1    0   .800     0    10.0   3.60
 1992 30 MNA AL  3B   153   134   207   22   19   .939   150  1313.2   2.34
                 2B     1     0     1    0    1  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1993 31 MNA AL  3B   141   102   175    9   14   .969   136  1200.0   2.08
                 1B     4     7     0    1    1   .875     0    11.0   5.73
 1994 32 MNA AL  3B   142    91   221    8   17   .975   126  1145.2   2.45
                 1B     7    43     2    0    7  1.000     5    46.0   8.80
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1995 33 NYN NL  3B    17     9    22    3    2   .912    12   110.1   2.53
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1035   758  1635  102  171   .959   974  8754.2   2.46
                 2B   181   445   391   12   95   .986   159  1422.2   5.29
                 1B    11    50     2    1    8   .981     5    57.0   8.21
                 SS    11     2     6    1    0   .889     0    23.0   3.13
                 C      1     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1986 ALCS  TEA BOA   L    3  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  5  .091  .167  .091  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1985  TEA   75-87   John Storer
 1986  TEA   98-64   John Storer
 1987  TEA   63-99   Mike Rescigno
 1988  TEA   75-87   Mike Rescigno
 1989  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1990  TEA   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1991  TEA   62-100  Mike Rescigno
 1992  MNA   87-75   Darren Dawson
 1993  MNA   71-91   Darren Dawson
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 1995  NYN   88-74   Jon Fellows

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