Autographs from Steve Buechele and Bruce Ruffin Arrive

Former Major League Baseball players Steve Buechele and Bruce Ruffin respond to through the mail autograph requests and are now a part of my collection.

During his big league career, Buechele played for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs.

In 1991 he played in the National League Championship Series with the Pirates against the Atlanta Braves in which he batted .304.

Buechele finished his career with 137 home runs hit off 113 pitchers including four off pitchers John Cerutti, Kirk McCaskill and Buddy Black.

On July 19, 1987, he two homers in a game against the New York Yankees off of pitchers Steve Trout and Rich Bordi.

His next and last multi-homer game came on April 15, 1988 when he homered off of Jeff Sellers and Wes Gardner of the Boston Redsox.

In 2010, Buechele was named manager of the Frisco RoughRiders, a class AA affiliate of the Rangers located in Frisco, Texas.

It took 32 days to get a response from Buechele

Ruffin, a former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Colorado Rockies, responded in a short 24 days.

He made it to the big leagues in 1986 as Steve Carlton's replacement in the Phillies rotation.

In 1995, Ruffin pitched in the National League Championship series for the Rockies against the Atlanta Braves, striking out two in three innings.

He finished his 12 year career with 843 strikeouts and allowed 92 home runs to 77 different batters with former San Francisco Giant Matt Williams taking him deep three times.

St. Louis Cardinal Mike Heath was the first player to take him deep on June 28, 1986.

Ruffin currently resides in Texas and his son Chance is a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.

Other players that I have sent requests to are Livan Hernandez, Latroy Hawkins, Tony Pena, Omar Vizquel, Tim Wakefield, Tommy John, Steve Garvey, Ron Gant, Bryan Harvey, Tommy Lasorda, Ray Fontenot, Jason Thompson, Leon Durham, Dave Winfield, Jay Tibbs, Mike Scioscia, Ken Howell, Eric Davis, Randy Milligan, Tim Burke, Jay Bell, Danny Tartabull, Joe Magrane, Roger McDowell, Rick Aguilera, Nick Esasky, Kevin Seitzer, Dave Burba, Chris Sabo, Charlie Hayes, Tommy Gregg, Junior Ortiz, Mariano Duncan, Mo Vaughn, Andy Hawkins, Howard Johnson, Matt Nokes, Julio Franco, Allan Trammell, Jim Eisenreich, William Van Landingham, Rick Rhoden, Rafael Palmiero, Mike Stanley, Curt Wilkerson, Tim Laudner, Mike Mason, Craig Reynolds, Kevin Bass, Wade Boggs, Matt Stairs, Nolan Ryan, and Danny Patterson.