How Karl Best's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Karl Best posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 9.46, near the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1985, posting 6.96, below the relief pitcher average of 8.62 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 23.63, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.56 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.96 in 1985 to 8.83 in 1986 and 11.25 in 1988. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 6.96 to 23.63 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Karl Best Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Karl Best
| Karl Best
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 9.46 |
| Season Avg. | 9.46 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 9.46 |
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Karl Best Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Karl Best's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Karl Best's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Karl Best Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Karl Best's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Karl Best Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Karl Best's seasonal Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Karl Best's MLB career with Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
