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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.04

91.1

WHIP

1.478

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-9

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 3, Entered with runners on base: 4

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	51	29	May 9	MIN		MIL	L,6-9	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.77	4	13	6	2	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.008	.07	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	52	32	May 13	MIN	@	DET	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.77	4	12	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-1.55	8b 12- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
3	53	36	May 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-8	9-GF		4	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	9.00	0.77	7	21	17	3	3	2	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.030	.11	-0.01%	-2.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
4	54	37	May 19	MIN		KCR	L,1-14	8-8		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	9.00	3.02	5	22	12	4	4	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8t --- 0 out d11	8t 3 out d12
5	55	42	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	7-8	H(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.20	4.17	6	15	6	0	2	2	2	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	-0.045	2.87	-0.02%	-0.57	7b 12- 2 out a2	8b 1-3 2 out a1
6	56	47	May 30	MIN		TEX	L,1-6	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	4.10	4	16	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	57	50	Jun 3	MIN		OAK	L,5-8	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	3.63	3	5	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.08	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	58	51	Jun 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	9-GF		0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.63	3.52	6	20	11	3	0	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.015	.19	-0.01%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
9	59	54	Jun 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,8-10	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	7.20	3.67	10	32	16	3	0	3	6	0	2	0		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	.26	-0.097	.24	-0.05%	-2.68	7b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 5
10	60	64	Jun 18	MIN		SEA	W,6-2	9-9		10	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.75	3.99	4	18	9	6	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.003	.68	0.00%	0.06	9t --- 0 out a4	9t 12- 2 out a4
11	61	66	Jun 20	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	8-GF		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.10	6	16	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.13	0.01%	0.73	8t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end d 4
							2-9		W-L:0-0,Hld:1	2.4	12.0	15	9	8	7	9	1	0	6.00	4.10	59	190	55%	16%	8%	0.43		16%	16%	0		7	71%	1	0	0	49	1	2	1	0	2	1	.47	-0.171	.43	-0.09%	-6.02

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