Karl Best
| Karl Best | |
|---|---|
| File:1986 Mother's Cookies - Karl Best.webp Best with the Seattle Mariners c. 1986 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 6, 1959 Aberdeen, Washington, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 19, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 20, 1988, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 5–6 |
| Earned run average | 4.04 |
| Strikeouts | 73 |
| Stats at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
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| Teams | |
Karl Jon Best (born March 6, 1959) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played for the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
[edit | edit source]Karl Best was born in Aberdeen, Washington and graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in Kent, Washington.[1][2]
Best was drafted by the Mariners in the 12th round of the 1977 MLB draft.
Best made his MLB debut on August 19, 1983, with the Mariners. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Bryan Kelly in June 1987 while inactive, then was sent to the Twins in exchange for Don Schulze just before the 1988 season began. Two months after appearing in what would be his final major league game, he was traded to the San Francisco Giants in August 1988 for Alan Cockrell but never pitched an inning for them.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Alexandria Mariners players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players from Washington (state)
- Bellingham Mariners players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Lynn Sailors players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Minnesota Twins players
- People from Aberdeen, Washington
- Phoenix Firebirds players
- Portland Beavers players
- Salt Lake City Gulls players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Stockton Mariners players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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