How Karl Best's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Karl Best totaled 411 career Batters Faced, well below the relief pitcher average of 1,243.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 1986, posting 163, well below the relief pitcher average of 235.7 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at 25, well below the relief pitcher average of 275.2 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 128 in 1985 to 163 in 1986 and 59 in 1988, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 25 to 163 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Karl Best Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Karl Best
| Karl Best
Batters Faced | Karl Best
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 411 | 40.5 |
| Season Avg. | 82.2 | 40.5 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1091.51 | 40.5 |
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Karl Best Batters Faced Per Season
Karl Best's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Karl Best Batters Faced by Team
Karl Best's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Karl Best Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Karl Best's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Karl Best Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Karl Best's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Karl Best Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Karl Best's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
