Karl Best

Karl Jon Best

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 6, 1959 in Aberdeen, WA
High School: Meridian HS (Kent, WA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1983
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Twins 1983-1988

Final Game: June 20, 1988
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1978	19	SEA-min	A-,A	4	8	.333	4.88	22	15		1	1	0	94.0	100	69	51	11	65	7	32	1	0	5			1.755	9.6	1.1	6.2	3.1	0.49	BLH,STK · NORW,CALL
1979	20	SEA-min	A	8	11	.421	3.23	24	24					167.0	150	74	60	6	85								1.407	8.1	0.3	4.6			AXN · CARL
1980	21	SEA-min	AA	9	14	.391	5.55	26	26		5	0	0	154.0	144	116	95	10	106	0	92	4	0	8			1.623	8.4	0.6	6.2	5.4	0.87	LYN · EL
1981	22	SEA-min	AA	4	4	.500	3.80	13	13	0	1	1	0	71.0	73	37	30	7	31	1	50	1	0	2			1.465	9.3	0.9	3.9	6.3	1.61	LYN · EL
1982	23	SEA-min	AA	9	4	.692	3.45	21	21	0	9	2	0	138.1	104	63	53	8	90	2	125	4	0	6			1.402	6.8	0.5	5.9	8.1	1.39	LYN · EL
1983	24	SEA-min	AAA	7	4	.636	4.82	51	1	12	0	0	2	84.0	86	51	45	10	64	7	108	3	1	8			1.786	9.2	1.1	6.9	11.6	1.69	SLC · PCL
1983	24	SEA	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	14	9	8	2	5	0	3	2	0	1	36	34	3.563	23.6	3.4	8.4	5.1	0.60
1984	25	SEA-min	AAA	6	5	.545	5.21	46	0	26	0	0	8	76.0	69	52	44	7	55	5	77	2	1	5			1.632	8.2	0.8	6.5	9.1	1.40	SLC · PCL
1984	25	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	3.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	25	140	1.167	10.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
1985	26	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	2	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0			1.125	3.4	0.0	6.8	13.5	2.00	CGY · PCL
1985	26	SEA	AL	2	1	.667	1.95	15	0	7	0	0	4	32.1	25	9	7	1	6	0	32	1	0	0	128	217	0.959	7.0	0.3	1.7	8.9	5.33
1986	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.59	16	0	12	0	0	1	17.0	16	6	3	1	12	2	20	0	0	1			1.647	8.5	0.5	6.4	10.6	1.67	CGY · PCL
1986	27	SEA	AL	2	3	.400	4.04	26	0	15	0	0	1	35.2	35	19	16	3	21	2	23	1	1	2	163	106	1.570	8.8	0.8	5.3	5.8	1.10

1987	28	DET-SEA-min	AAA	5	11	.313	3.48	55	0	40	0	0	15	77.2	68	35	30	6	46	4	78	0	1	6			1.468	7.9	0.7	5.3	9.0	1.70	TOL,CGY · IL,PCL
1988	29	MIN-SFG-min	AAA	0	3	.000	4.32	39	0	34	0	0	21	41.2	36	22	20	6	17	0	34	0	0	1			1.272	7.8	1.3	3.7	7.3	2.00	POR,PHX · PCL
1988	29	MIN	AL	0	0		6.00	11	0	8	0	0	0	12.0	15	9	8	1	7	1	9	0	1	0	59	70	1.833	11.3	0.8	5.3	6.8	1.29
5 Yrs				5	6	.455	4.04	61	0	32	0	0	5	91.1	96	48	41	7	39	3	73	4	2	3	411	105	1.478	9.5	0.7	3.8	7.2	1.87
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.455	4.04	68	0	36	0	0	6	102	107	54	46	8	43	3	81	4	2	3	458	105	1.478	9.5	0.7	3.8	7.2	1.87

SEA (4 yrs)				5	6	.455	3.74	50	0	24	0	0	5	79.1	81	39	33	6	32	2	64	4	1	3	352	114	1.424	9.2	0.7	3.6	7.3	2.00
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	11	0	8	0	0	0	12.0	15	9	8	1	7	1	9	0	1	0	59	70	1.833	11.3	0.8	5.3	6.8	1.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1983	24	SEA	AL	5.1	4	0	9	15.19	4.78	-0.31	-0.38	101.8	4.80	-6	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.5	-6	.360	.497	$70,000
1984	25	SEA	AL	6.0	5	0	2	3.00	4.03	-0.28	-0.32	98.0	3.91	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	1	.513	.500	$
1985	26	SEA	AL	32.1	15	0	9	2.51	4.69	-0.14	-0.37	99.8	4.46	7	0.8	1.7	0.2	1.2	10	.550	.505	$
1986	27	SEA	AL	35.2	26	0	19	4.79	4.71	-0.56	-0.37	100.7	4.93	0	0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.3	4	.502	.500	$70,000

1988	29	MIN	AL	12.0	11	0	9	6.75	4.38	0.08	-0.35	102.3	4.04	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.466	.498	$
5 Seasons				91.1	61	0	48	4.73	4.62	-0.29	-0.36	100.5	4.57	-2	-0.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	8	.499	.500	$140,000

SEA (4 yrs)				79.1	50	0	39	4.42	4.66	-0.35	-0.36	100.2	4.65	2	0.3	1.3	0.1	1.1	11	.506	.500	$140,000
MIN (1 yr)				12.0	11	0	9	6.75	4.38	0.08	-0.35	102.3	4.04	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.466	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1983	24	SEA	AL	4	36	29	9	14	2	0	2	1	1	5	3	.483	.583	.759	1.342	.500	22	1	2	0	0	0	1
1984	25	SEA	AL	5	25	24	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	.292	.280	.333	.613	.368	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
1985	26	SEA	AL	15	128	121	9	25	5	0	1	0	0	6	32	.207	.250	.273	.523	.273	33	1	1	0	0	0	2
1986	27	SEA	AL	26	163	137	19	35	6	2	3	5	0	21	23	.255	.354	.394	.748	.283	54	1	1	2	2	2	1

1988	29	MIN	AL	11	59	49	9	15	1	2	1	1	0	7	9	.306	.379	.469	.849	.341	23	0	0	1	2	1	1
5 Yrs				61	411	360	48	96	15	4	7	8	1	39	73	.267	.341	.389	.730	.312	140	3	4	3	5	3	5
162 Game Avg.				68	458	401	54	107	17	4	8	9	1	43	81	.267	.341	.389	.730	.312	156	3	4	3	6	3	6
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.392	.717	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	24	SEA	AL	-5.1	-0.5	38	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.68	-0.5	0.2	-8.5	-0.7	0.68	-6.9	1	1	2
1984	25	SEA	AL	0.9	0.1	26	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.86	0.1	-0.2	2.3	0.2	0.86	1.6	1	1	3
1985	26	SEA	AL	7.6	0.8	128	1.6	2.9	-1.2	.99	0.9	0.8	11.2	1.2	0.99	9.4	8	3	4
1986	27	SEA	AL	0.4	0.0	170	-1.5	1.9	-3.4	.94	-0.4	-1.2	-4.6	-0.4	0.94	0.3	7	6	10

1988	29	MIN	AL	-2.4	-0.2	62	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.47	-0.3	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.47	-4.5	1	1	8
5 Yrs				1.4	0.2	424	-0.3	5.7	-6.0	.86	-0.2	-0.2	-5.5	-0.4	0.86	-0.1	18	12	27

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1983	24	SEA	AL	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	3	.681	1	1	2	0	1	3	3	1	2	1	2	0	4.0
1984	25	SEA	AL	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	1	6	0	0%	6	.860	1	1	3	1	0	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	3.6
1985	26	SEA	AL	15	15	7	2	1	4	4	0	100%	4	0	20	1	5%	7	.990	8	3	4	5	3	7	11	4	12	3	12	1	6.5
1986	27	SEA	AL	26	26	15	2	3	3	1	2	33%	4	1	23	9	39%	8	.937	7	6	10	4	4	18	12	14	11	9	13	4	4.1

1988	29	MIN	AL	11	11	8	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	5	71%	9	.465	1	1	8	2	0	9	4	7	2	1	3	2	3.3	17
5 Yrs				61	61	32	5	6	7	5	2	71%	10	3	61	18	30%		.859	18	12	27	12	8	41	33	28	29	17	32	9	4.5	17

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	24	SEA	AL	36	50%	5.6%	8.3%	13.9%	11.1%	29%		0.71	67%				13	1	8%
1984	25	SEA	AL	25	44%	0.0%	24.0%	0.0%	4.0%	14%		1.00	76%				4	0	0%
1985	26	SEA	AL	128	58%	0.8%	25.0%	4.7%	4.7%	24%		0.67	69%				23	1	4%
1986	27	SEA	AL	163	54%	1.8%	14.1%	12.9%	6.8%	31%		0.68	69%				28	1	4%

1988	29	MIN	AL	59	46%	1.7%	15.3%	11.9%	6.8%	27%	0.37	0.29	69%	16%	6.3%	47%	11	0	0%
5 Yrs				411	53%	1.7%	17.8%	9.5%	6.3%	27%	0.37	0.63	69%	16%	6.3%	47%	79	3	4%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	29	MIN	AL	59	193	3.27	105	55%	29%	14%	16%	41%	71%	5%	39%	80%	50%	12%	7	2	8%	5	2	0	22%	1	4	0	3	0
1 Yr				59	193	3.27	105	55%	29%	14%	16%	41%	71%	5%	39%	80%	50%	12%	7	2	8%	5	2	0	22%	1	4	0	3	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1983	24	SEA	AL	36	14			2	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	4	0	67%	1	1	0	19	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1984	25	SEA	AL	25	7			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	8	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985	26	SEA	AL	128	25			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	50%	2	0	0	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	27	SEA	AL	163	35			3	0	5	1	2	3	0	12	7	1	58%	1	2	1	59	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0

1988	29	MIN	AL	59	15	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	80%	1	0	0	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				411	96	2	1	7	1	14	3	4	6	1	30	18	3	60%	5	3	1	172	8	1	89%	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	24	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	0	5.1	14	9	8	2	5	0	3	2	0	1	36	34	3.563	23.6	3.4	8.4	5.1	0.60	34
1984	25	1	2	.333	7.94	9	2	0	11.1	21	11	10	2	5	0	9	2	0	1	61	55	2.294	16.7	1.6	4.0	7.1	1.80	55
1985	26	3	3	.500	3.50	24	9	4	43.2	46	20	17	3	11	0	41	3	0	1	189	122	1.305	9.5	0.6	2.3	8.5	3.73	122
1986	27	5	6	.455	3.74	50	24	5	79.1	81	39	33	6	32	2	64	4	1	3	352	114	1.424	9.2	0.7	3.6	7.3	2.00	114
1987	28	5	6	.455	3.74	50	24	5	79.1	81	39	33	6	32	2	64	4	1	3	352	114	1.424	9.2	0.7	3.6	7.3	2.00	114
1988	29	5	6	.455	4.04	61	32	5	91.1	96	48	41	7	39	3	73	4	2	3	411	105	1.478	9.5	0.7	3.8	7.2	1.87	105

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1983	24	0	0		14.40	5.0	14	9	8	2	5	3	2	3.800	25.2	9.0	5.4	0.60	3.6	4
1984	25	0	0		2.25	8.0	0	2	2	0	0	8	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	5
1985	26	2	1	.667	1.97	32.0	26	8	7	1	6	31	1	1.000	7.3	1.7	8.7	5.17	0.3	15
1986	27	1	2	.333	4.11	35.0	35	18	16	3	21	23	1	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.9	1.10	0.8	26

1988	29	0	1	.000	6.75	12.0	16	10	9	1	7	9	0	1.917	12.0	5.3	6.8	1.29	0.8	11
5 Yrs		3	4	.429	4.11	92.0	91	47	42	7	39	74	4	1.413	8.9		7.2	1.90	0.7	61

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