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Karl Best
Karl Jon Best

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 19, 1983
  vs. CLE 1.3 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game June 20, 1988
Born March 6, 1959 in Aberdeen, WA

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 SEA AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   0  0    5.3   14    9    8   2    5    3   2   1    36   0   0 13.50  4.28   32 3.563
 1984 25 SEA AL   1   1   5   0   0   0   2  0    6.0    7    2    2   0    0    6   0   0    25   0   0  3.00  4.00  133 1.167
 1985 26 SEA AL   2   1  15   0   0   0   7  4   32.3   25    9    7   1    6   32   1   0   128   0   0  1.95  4.19  215 0.959
 1986 27 SEA AL   2   3  26   0   0   0  15  1   35.7   35   19   16   3   21   23   1   2   163   2   1  4.04  4.23  105 1.570
 1988 29 MIN AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   8  0   12.0   15    9    8   1    7    9   0   0    59   1   1  6.00  4.06   68 1.833
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .455   5   6  61   0   0   0  32  5   91.3   96   48   41   7   39   73   4   3   411   3   2  4.04  4.18  103 1.478
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   6  68   0   0   0  35  5  101.7  107   53   45   7   43   81   4   3   458   3   2  4.04  4.18  103 1.478
 Career High      2   3  26   0   0   0  15  4   35.7   35   19   16   3   21   32   2   2   163   2   1                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 24 SEA AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.87 0 5.3 1984 25 SEA AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 6.0 1985 26 SEA AL P 15 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.20 0.70 0.84 1.87 0 32.3 1986 27 SEA AL P 26 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.01 1.84 0 35.7 1988 29 MIN AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.67 0.75 1.80 0 12.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 SEA AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.87 0 5.3 1984 25 SEA AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 6.0 1985 26 SEA AL P 15 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.20 0.70 0.84 1.87 0 32.3 1986 27 SEA AL P 26 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.68 1.01 1.84 0 35.7 1988 29 MIN AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.67 0.75 1.80 0 12.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 61 1 7 1 0 .889 .964 0.13 0.69 0.79 1.84 0 91.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 61 1 7 1 0 .889 .964 0.13 0.69 0.79 1.85 0 91
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

June 22, 1987: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Bryan Kelly.

March 28, 1988: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Minnesota Twins for Don Schulze.

August 16, 1988: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants for Alan Cockrell.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Seattle Mariners$70,000
1989San Francisco Giants$105,000
Career (may be incomplete)$175,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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