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Karl Best was born on Friday, March 6, 1959, in Aberdeen, Washington. Best was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 19, 1983, with the Seattle Mariners. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Karl Best baseball stats page.

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Karl Best

Karl Best Autograph on a 1987 Donruss (#198)

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Birth Name:	Karl Jon Best
Nickname:	None
Born On:	03-06-1959
Born In:	Aberdeen, Washington
Zodiac:	Pisces
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04
Weight:	210
First Game:	08-19-1983 (Age 24)
Last Game:	06-20-1988
Draft:	1977 : 12th Round (312th)

Karl Best Karl Best Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1983	Mariners	4	0	0	0	1	.000	13.50	0	0	0	5.1	36	14	8	9	2	5	0	3	1	2	0	-
1984	Mariners	5	0	2	1	1	.500	3.00	0	0	0	6.0	25	7	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	-
1985	Mariners	15	0	7	2	1	.667	1.95	0	0	4	32.1	128	25	7	9	1	6	0	32	0	1	0	-
1986	Mariners	26	0	15	2	3	.400	4.04	0	0	1	35.2	163	35	16	19	3	21	2	23	2	1	1	-
1988	Twins	11	0	8	0	0	.000	6.00	0	0	0	12.0	59	15	8	9	1	7	1	9	0	0	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
5 Years		61	0	32	5	6	.455	4.04	0	0	5	91.1	411	96	41	48	7	39	3	73	3	4	2	-

Karl Best Karl Best Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1983	Mariners	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	Mariners	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	Mariners	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1986	Mariners	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1988	Twins	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years		61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Karl Best Karl Best Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1983 Mariners	P	4	0	16	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1984 Mariners	P	5	0	18	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1985 Mariners	P	15	0	97	4	0.3	3	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	0.84	-
1986 Mariners	P	26	0	107	4	0.2	4	1	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.01	-
1988 Twins	P	11	0	36	1	0.1	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.75	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		61	0	274	9	0.1	8	1	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	0.79	--
5 Years		61	0	274	9	0.1	8	1	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	0.79	--

Karl Best Karl Best Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1983 Mariners	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.60	5.06	8.44
1984 Mariners	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	9.00	0.00
1985 Mariners	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.33	8.91	1.67
1986 Mariners	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.10	5.80	5.30
1988 Twins	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.29	6.75	5.25
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.87	7.19	3.84

Karl Best Karl Best Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1983 Seattle Mariners	39	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Seattle Mariners	39	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Seattle Mariners	39	Undetermined	-	-
1986 Seattle Mariners	39	$70,000.00	-	-
1988 Minnesota Twins	38	Undetermined	-	-
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