Karl Best

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: March 6, 1959 in Aberdeen, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kent-Meridian HS (Kent, WA).

High School: Kent-Meridian HS (Kent, WA)

Debut: August 19, 1983 (Age 24-166d, 14,789th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 20, 1988 (Age 29-106d)
vs. CAL 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Karl Jon Best

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.04

91.1

WHIP

1.478

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 7-8

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 11

1985 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	10	9	Apr 17	SEA	@	OAK	L,4-8	4-6		99	2.1	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.86	1.40	10	0	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.098	1.91	-0.12%	-0.58	4b 1-3 2 out d1	6b 3 out d3
2	11	12	Apr 21	SEA	@	CAL	L,2-9	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.08	1.76	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.002	.06	0.00%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
3	12	13	Apr 22	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-9	6-6		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	1.48	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.015	.45	0.02%	0.71	6b -2- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
4	13	17	Apr 26	SEA		CAL	L,3-11	3-6		3	4.0	8	5	4	2	2	0	1	5.00	2.57	24	7	4	0	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.19	-0.045	.27	-0.04%	-2.96	3t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d10
5	14	19	Apr 28	SEA		CAL	L,1-2	7-GF		1	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.86	1.91	10	1	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.223	1.31	0.15%	2.22	7t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	15	23	May 2	SEA		BOS	L,1-2	4-8		3	4.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.87	1.66	13	1	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.195	.67	0.11%	2.70	4t 12- 1 out d2	8t --- 1 out d2
7	16	29	May 10	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-8	4-4		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	1.56	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.056	1.94	0.04%	0.62	4b -23 2 out d1	4b 3 out d1
8	17	39	May 23	SEA		NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	12	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.55	1.44	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.159	1.45	0.08%	1.05	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
9	18	41	May 25	SEA		DET	L,2-3	5-7	L(0-1)	1	2.1	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.15	2.13	11	4	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.174	1.15	-0.09%	-0.74	5t 1-- 2 out tie	7t 3 out d2
10	19	43	May 27	SEA		DET	W,5-2	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.82	2.15	8	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.121	.42	0.05%	1.47	7t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
11	20	44	May 29	SEA	@	BAL	W,5-4	9-GF(11)	W(1-1)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.55	1.95	7	1	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.493	2.18	0.23%	1.76	9b 123 2 out tie	11b end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	21	48	Jun 2	SEA	@	NYY	W,7-6	7-GF	S(3)	3	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	1.95	9	1	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.401	1.63	0.16%	1.27	7b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
13	22	60	Jun 14	SEA		KCR	W,13-5	7-7		11	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	1.90	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.016	.38	0.01%	0.20	7t 1-3 1 out a6	7t 3 out a5
14	23	62	Jun 16	SEA		KCR	W,2-1	8-GF	W(2-1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	1.87	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.230	1.90	0.10%	0.95	8t 12- 2 out tie	9t end tie
15	24	65	Jun 20	SEA	@	TEX	W,11-3	7-GF	S(4)	3	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.95	1.76	12	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.26	0.052	.13	0.02%	1.55	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 8
							7-8		W-L:2-1,Sv:4	2.3	32.1	25	9	7	6	32	1	1	1.95	1.76	128	0.73		2%	0%	25		20	5%	0	0	0	121	5	0	0	1	0	2	.99	1.646	.91	0.70%	11.23

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Best Pages

Karl Best Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Karl Best Pages at Baseball Reference