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02/01/1993
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Karl Best

P - #1 - Atlanta Braves (DBL)

Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R

Overall:

Potential:

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP	WAR
39	0	2-3	0	3.54	68.2	49	7	31	58	1.17	0.5

PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
	Overall	Pot.	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Pot.
Stuff			12	11	12	12
Movement			15	14	15	15
Control			13	13	13	13

INFORMATION
Links:	Develop - StatsLab
Birthdate:	03/06/1959
Born in:	Aberdeen, SD
Nationality:	American
Height/Weight:	6' 4"/215 lbs
Local Pop.:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch	Cur.	Pot.
Slider	14	14
Splitter	12	13

OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity	90-92 Mph
Stamina	3
Groundball Percentage	Flyball Pitcher
Hold Runners	14
Defense	7

GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES

Date	Vs.	Result	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
09/24/1992	@ NYY	Loss, 6-9	0.1	1	0	0	0	1
09/10/1992	@ BOS	Win, 3-2	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	Win
09/03/1992	CIN	Win, 5-4	2.2	2	1	1	2	3
08/28/1992	BOS	Loss, 3-8	2.0	1	2	2	1	2
08/23/1992	@ KC	Loss, 2-17	3.1	3	3	2	1	1
08/18/1992	ORL	Loss, 4-11	2.1	1	1	1	2	2
08/16/1992	NYY	Loss, 5-7	2.1	1	0	0	0	3
08/12/1992	@ TEX	Loss, 4-6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1
08/05/1992	PIT	Loss, 4-5	0.2	0	0	0	0	2
07/28/1992	@ MIN	Win, 10-7	1.1	0	0	0	1	3

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1992 PITCHING STATS

Pitching	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	39	0	2	3	0	3.54	68.2	49	29	27	7	31	58	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Pitching	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	FIP	WHIP	FIP-	WAR	BABIP
Overall	1	1	0.0	39	20	10.88	6.42	7.60	4.06	3.95	1.17	92	0.5	.222
Pitching	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	125	27	7	0	4	16	21	27	1	2	3	.216	.340	.368	.708
vs. RHB	126	22	9	0	3	13	10	31	2	0	0	.175	.232	.317	.549

DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1992 PITCHING SPLITS

Split	G	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K
April	8	0	0	0	2.13	12.2	8	3	3	2	3	12
May	8	1	0	0	3.63	17.1	14	7	7	2	8	12
June	7	0	1	0	2.31	11.2	8	4	3	0	6	3
July	7	0	2	0	8.31	8.2	7	8	8	1	6	14
August	6	0	0	0	3.55	12.2	7	6	5	1	5	11
September	3	1	0	0	1.59	5.2	5	1	1	1	3	6
Last Year	39	2	3	0	3.54	68.2	49	29	27	7	31	58
2 Years Ago	36	2	4	0	3.68	58.2	49	27	24	5	25	54
Career	229	11	15	32	4.41	330.2	298	172	162	45	141	288
Home	20	0	2	0	3.60	40.0	28	16	16	6	18	36
Road	19	2	1	0	3.45	28.2	21	13	11	1	13	22
Grass	29	2	3	0	3.07	55.2	38	19	19	6	25	49
Turf	10	0	0	0	5.54	13.0	11	10	8	1	6	9
Day	16	1	2	0	2.68	37.0	27	12	11	4	13	31
Night	23	1	1	0	4.55	31.2	22	17	16	3	18	27
As Reliever / Substitution	39	2	3	0	3.54	68.2	49	29	27	7	31	58

CAREER PITCHING STATS

Year/Team/League	Age	G	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BABIP	FIP	WAR	ERA+
1984 San Francisco - DBL	25	5	0	0	0	8.31	8.2	16	8	8	2	3	10	2.19	.500	4.51	-0.0	48
1986 Seattle - DBL	27	32	2	0	0	4.53	47.2	40	25	24	9	22	36	1.30	.233	5.52	-0.5	96
1987 Seattle - DBL	28	33	1	2	1	4.92	53.0	55	30	29	4	24	39	1.49	.311	3.67	0.6	88
1988 Montreal - DBL	29	24	3	3	4	5.45	33.0	30	21	20	6	12	32	1.27	.273	4.31	0.2	79
1989 Montreal - DBL	30	20	1	0	5	1.40	19.1	12	3	3	0	7	19	0.98	.273	1.90	0.6	291
1990 Montreal - DBL	31	8	0	0	0	9.64	9.1	15	10	10	4	3	6	1.93	.333	8.15	-0.4	43
1990 Texas - DBL	31	32	0	3	22	4.73	32.1	32	19	17	8	14	34	1.42	.276	5.50	-0.7	90
1990 Total - DBL	31	40	0	3	22	5.83	41.2	47	29	27	12	17	40	1.54	.292	6.09	-1.3	71
1991 Texas - DBL	32	36	2	4	0	3.68	58.2	49	27	24	5	25	54	1.26	.273	3.11	1.0	116
1992 Atlanta - DBL	33	39	2	3	0	3.54	68.2	49	29	27	7	31	58	1.17	.222	3.95	0.5	121
Total DBL		229	11	15	32	4.41	330.2	298	172	162	45	141	288	1.33	.273	4.18	1.3	110

CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS

Year/Team/League	Age	G	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	BABIP	FIP	WAR	ERA+
1983 Phoenix - CBL	24	58	9	7	11	2.63	78.2	65	25	23	4	26	51	1.16	.257	3.24	1.1	139
1984 Phoenix - CBL	25	25	0	0	6	3.14	28.2	18	10	10	5	9	21	0.94	.173	4.91	-0.1	138
1985 Palolo - WL	26	6	0	0	0	2.84	6.1	10	2	2	0	2	3	1.89	.400	3.30	0.2	162
1985 Beaumont - CBL	26	56	5	6	19	3.79	76.0	66	33	32	5	45	70	1.46	.289	3.97	0.8	113
1986 Palolo - WL	27	9	0	0	6	4.70	7.2	8	4	4	0	3	3	1.43	.296	4.43	0.1	110
1988 Vancouver - CBL	29	25	3	2	10	3.18	39.2	34	15	14	3	15	45	1.24	.310	3.19	1.1	136
Total CBL		164	17	15	46	3.19	223.0	183	83	79	17	95	187	1.25	.266	3.70		129.6

CAREER FIELDING STATS

Year/Team/League	POS	G	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF
1983 Phoenix - CBL	P	55	3	14	0	17	0	1.000	78.2	1.94	+0.2	1.051
1984 San Francisco - DBL	P	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.2	0.00	-0.0	.000
1984 Phoenix - CBL	P	25	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	28.2	2.20	+0.2	1.024
1985 Beaumont - CBL	P	56	1	10	0	11	0	1.000	76.0	1.30	+0.5	1.020
1985 Palolo - WL	P	6	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	6.1	1.42	-0.0	1.035
1986 Seattle - DBL	P	31	5	5	0	10	0	1.000	47.2	1.89	+0.3	1.300
1986 Palolo - WL	P	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.2	0.00	-0.0	.000
1987 Seattle - DBL	P	32	3	8	0	11	0	1.000	53.0	1.87	-0.1	1.035
1988 Montreal - DBL	P	23	1	5	0	10	4	.600	33.0	1.64	-1.2	.522
1988 Vancouver - CBL	P	24	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	39.2	1.59	+0.3	1.022
1989 Montreal - DBL	P	20	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	19.1	0.47	-0.1	1.042
1990 Montreal - DBL	P	8	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	9.1	2.89	-0.0	1.037
1990 Texas - DBL	P	32	0	5	0	5	0	1.000	32.1	1.39	-1.0	.740
1991 Texas - DBL	P	36	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	58.2	0.92	-0.1	1.299
1992 Atlanta - DBL	P	39	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	68.2	1.05	-0.7	1.044
TOTAL	P	401	19	74	1	97	4	.959	567.2	1.47	-1.7	.996

PLAYER HISTORY

12/15/1982	Drafted in the 1982 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 15, 55th overall pick) by the San Francisco Giants.
01/01/1983	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (12); Movement: 10 (15); Control: 10 (11).
06/12/1983	Was selected to the 1983 Clemente Baseball League All-Star Game.
09/04/1983	Wins the 1983 CBL PCL Reliever of the Year.
01/01/1984	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (12); Movement: 12 (15); Control: 11 (11).
04/02/1984	Named the #93 prospect in the DBL
06/29/1984	Injured (Finger blister), day-to-day for 1 day.
11/02/1984	Drafted in the 1984 expansion draft (Round 17, Pick 4, 68th overall pick) by the Seattle Mariners.
01/01/1985	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (12); Movement: 12 (15); Control: 11 (11).
01/15/1985	Named to the 1985 Hawaii Winter League for the Palolo Turtles.
04/01/1985	Named the #90 prospect in the DBL
01/01/1986	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 12 (15); Control: 11 (11).
01/15/1986	Named to the 1986 Hawaii Winter League for the Palolo Turtles.
02/24/1986	Wins the 1986 HWL Championship with the Palolo Turtles.
01/01/1987	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 14 (15); Control: 12 (12).
12/15/1987	Was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Montreal Expos, along with RF Kevin Romine, RP Roger McDowell, SP David Wells, in exchange for draft picks.
01/01/1988	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 14 (15); Control: 12 (12).
10/18/1988	Injured (Mild hamstring strain), day-to-day for 6 days.
01/01/1989	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 14 (15); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1990	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 14 (15); Control: 12 (12).
06/11/1990	Was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Texas Rangers in exchange for RP Dave Leiper.
01/01/1991	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 13 (13); Control: 13 (13).
05/15/1991	Injured (Sprained ankle), day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
05/21/1991	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
12/25/1991	Was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics, along with SP Derek Lilliquist, in exchange for DH Andres Galarraga, CF Ken R. Williams.
12/25/1991	Was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for LF Turner Ward, C Steve Stanicek, RP Daryl Irvine.
01/01/1992	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 13 (14); Control: 13 (13).
01/01/1993	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 12 (12); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 13 (13).

LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES

Year	G	Rank
1986	9	10

Year	SV	Rank
1986	6	4
1990	22	9

Year	HLD	Rank
1985	3	2

Year	RA	Rank
1986	9	10

Year	GF	Rank
1986	7	5