Steve Buechele
Texas Rangers 1985–1990; Pittsburgh Pirates 1991; Texas Rangers 1991; Chicago Cubs 1992; Pittsburgh Pirates 1992; Chicago Cubs 1993–1995; Texas Rangers 1995
Percentile snapshot
1994 season — qualified batters
of 157 qualified 1994 batters (min 350 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 69 | 236 | 219 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 38 | 3 | 2 | .219 | .271 | .356 | .627 | 66.1 | 69.9 | .278 | 0.0 |
| 1986 | 153 | 513 | 461 | 54 | 112 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 35 | 98 | 5 | 8 | .243 | .302 | .410 | .712 | 89.1 | 90.1 | .316 | 1.3 |
| 1987 | 136 | 400 | 363 | 45 | 86 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 28 | 66 | 2 | 2 | .237 | .290 | .399 | .690 | 77.7 | 80.7 | .300 | 0.5 |
| 1988 | 155 | 579 | 503 | 68 | 126 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 65 | 79 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .342 | .404 | .746 | 108.4 | 106.4 | .340 | 2.8 |
| 1989 | 155 | 530 | 486 | 60 | 114 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 36 | 107 | 1 | 3 | .235 | .294 | .387 | .680 | 89.7 | 89.6 | .313 | 1.5 |
| 1990 | 91 | 289 | 251 | 30 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 63 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .294 | .339 | .633 | 77.1 | 77.0 | .295 | 0.4 |
| 1991 | 152 | 600 | 530 | 74 | 139 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 85 | 49 | 97 | 0 | 5 | .262 | .331 | .440 | .771 | 114.2 | 114.3 | .347 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 145 | 590 | 524 | 52 | 137 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 52 | 105 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .334 | .372 | .707 | 101.1 | 99.7 | .328 | 2.3 |
| 1993 | 133 | 520 | 460 | 53 | 125 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 48 | 87 | 1 | 1 | .272 | .345 | .437 | .782 | 110.1 | 109.6 | .350 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 104 | 387 | 339 | 33 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 39 | 80 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .325 | .404 | .729 | 91.0 | 90.0 | .327 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | 41 | 146 | 130 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .262 | .215 | .477 | 28.3 | 28.3 | .230 | -0.7 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-07-28 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1987-06-05 | TEX @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987-07-19 | NYY @ TEX Gameday | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 1988-04-15 | TEX @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1993-08-11 | CHC @ MIA Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.