Karl Best
Karl Jon Best
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 6, 1959 in Aberdeen, WA
High School: Kent-Meridian (Kent, WA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1983
Final Game: June 20, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 32 3.563 23.6 3.4 8.4 5.1 0.60
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 25 133 1.167 10.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
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 0 128 215 0.959 7.0 0.3 1.7 8.9 5.33
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 2 163 105 1.570 8.8 0.8 5.3 5.8 1.10
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 68 1.833 11.3 0.8 5.3 6.8 1.29
5 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.04 61 0 32 0 0 5 91.1 96 48 41 7 39 3 73 4 2 3 411 103 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 3 458 103 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 3 352 112 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 68 1.833 11.3 0.8 5.3 6.8 1.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 61 411 360 48 96 15 4 7 8 1 39 73 .267 .341 .389 .730 .312 140 3 4 3 5 3
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
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.702 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 0.860 1 2 2 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 1.025 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 0.960 8 5 12 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 0.470 1 1 8 2 0 9 4 7 2 1 3 2 3.3 17
5 Seasons 61 61 32 5 6 7 5 2 71% 10 3 61 18 30% 0.881 19 12 28 12 8 41 33 28 29 17 32 9 4.5 17

Ratio Pitching*

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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 56% 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 4.0% 14% 1.00 76% 4 0 0%
1985 26 SEA AL 128 42% 0.8% 25.0% 4.7% 4.7% 24% 0.67 69% 23 1 4%
1986 27 SEA AL 163 46% 1.8% 14.1% 12.9% 6.8% 31% 0.68 69% 28 1 4%
1988 29 MIN AL 59 54% 1.7% 15.3% 11.9% 6.8% 27% 0.37 0.29 69% 16% 6.3% 47% 11 0 0%
5 Seasons 411 47% 1.7% 17.8% 9.5% 6.3% 27% 0.37 0.63 69% 16% 6.3% 47% 79 3 4%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 Season 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1983 24 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 14 9 8 2 5 0 3 2 0 1 36 32 3.563 23.6 3.4 8.4 5.1 0.60 32
1984 25 1 2 .333 7.94 9 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 21 11 10 2 5 0 9 2 0 1 61 52 2.294 16.7 1.6 4.0 7.1 1.80 52
1985 26 3 3 .500 3.50 24 0 9 0 0 4 43.2 46 20 17 3 11 0 41 3 0 1 189 119 1.305 9.5 0.6 2.3 8.5 3.73 119
1986 27 5 6 .455 3.74 50 0 24 0 0 5 79.1 81 39 33 6 32 2 64 4 1 3 352 112 1.424 9.2 0.7 3.6 7.3 2.00 112
1987 28 5 6 .455 3.74 50 0 24 0 0 5 79.1 81 39 33 6 32 2 64 4 1 3 352 112 1.424 9.2 0.7 3.6 7.3 2.00 112
1988 29 5 6 .455 4.04 61 0 32 0 0 5 91.1 96 48 41 7 39 3 73 4 2 3 411 103 1.478 9.5 0.7 3.8 7.2 1.87 103

Neutralized Pitching

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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 32 1 1.000 7.3 1.7 9.0 5.33 0.3 15
1986 27 1 2 .333 4.11 35.0 36 18 16 3 22 23 1 1.657 9.3 5.7 5.9 1.05 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 Seasons 3 4 .429 4.11 92.0 92 47 42 7 40 75 4 1.435 9.0 7.3 1.88 0.7 61

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