He officially announced his retirement and played in his final game on June 27, 1989, but continued to make appearances in the minor leagues into the 2000s, exclusively for teams in which he had an ownership stake.

The others are Mark Clear (105, 1980), Bryan Harvey (101, 1991), Troy Percival (100, 1996), Scot Shields (109, 2004) and Francisco Rodríguez (123, 2004).

Buice was one of the original managing partners of the Upper Deck trading cards company, and held that position from 1988 to 2000.

Tom Geideman, one of Upper Deck's first employees, who was responsible for picking the players who would be featured in the set, called the phenomenon cardboard gold.

After the strike in 1994/95 was resolved, Upper Deck gave Buice six more years of ownership in the form of a contract extension.