Steve Buechele
| Steve Buechele | |||
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Buechele as manager for the Round Rock Express, triple-A affiliates of the Rangers, in 2014
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| Texas Rangers – No. 24 | |||
| Third baseman / Bench coach | |||
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Born: September 26, 1961 Lancaster, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 19, 1985, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 29, 1995, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .245 | ||
| Home runs | 137 | ||
| Runs batted in | 547 | ||
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Steven Bernard Buechele (born September 26, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. Buechele played from 1985 to 1995 for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. He joined the Rangers in 1985 after he was named the Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year. He was traded from the Rangers to the Pirates in 1991 following the emergence of Dean Palmer. He returned to the Rangers for an eighth season in 1995. He is currently the bench coach of the Texas Rangers.
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1979 but did not sign. He was drafted again in 1982 by the Texas Rangers and spent several years in the minor leagues before breaking into the majors in 1985 with the Rangers. He had a career year in 1991 when he had a batting average of .267 along with 18 home runs and 66 RBI while only committing three errors for an MLB-record .991 fielding percentage at third base. Although he did not fare as well in 31 games with the Pirates, hitting just .246, he still finished the year with career highs in hits, home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, and runs scored. He also made his only postseason appearances, hitting .304 for Pittsburgh in the 1991 National League Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves.
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