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Mordecai Brown League
10-4-2263
Jim Best Second Base
Retired (1989, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .244 Total Rating 49   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .695 Status Deceased (2042) Option Years 0  
H 635 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 03-06-1954
HR 77 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1979)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(135 games)
RBI 293
SB 14
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 53 Contact vs. L 46 Endurance 55   Ldrship 6
Power vs. R 66 Power vs. L 69 Velocity 10   Mentor vR 18
Speed 41 Bunt 57 Control 3   Mentor vL 18
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 37 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 22 WS Appearances 0
2B 100 (100%) CF ---   Health 70 LCS Appearances 0
3B 68 (68.6%) RF 13 (13.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1980 2B MIL 6 5 43.0 18 7 9 2 2 -6 3.35 .889
1981 2B MIL 46 33 308.2 162 66 90 6 10 -9 4.55 .963
SS MIL 7 7 62.1 27 11 16 0 1 -3 3.90 1.000
1B MIL 6 6 54.0 57 53 4 0 2 0 9.50 1.000
3B MIL 1 1 9.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4.00 .800
1982 3B MIL 98 98 860.1 261 52 194 15 2 -20 2.57 .943
2B MIL 10 8 70.0 33 13 19 1 5 -4 4.11 .970
SS MIL 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1983 2B MIL 21 11 107.0 60 22 36 2 4 -1 4.88 .967
SS MIL 2 2 17.0 12 5 6 1 0 +1 5.82 .917
1984 3B MIL 50 50 423.1 164 31 124 9 6 -13 3.30 .945
2B MIL 35 20 199.0 103 52 48 3 10 -8 4.52 .971
SS MIL 3 3 25.0 20 8 11 1 2 -6 6.84 .950
1985 2B MIL 115 111 978.1 578 243 319 16 53 -30 5.17 .972
3B MIL 21 21 187.1 63 20 42 1 0 -2 2.98 .984
SS MIL 1 1 8.0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4.50 .800
1986 LF MIL 54 54 466.0 119 117 0 2 0 -3 2.26 .983
2B MIL 49 44 399.2 266 115 144 7 37 -9 5.83 .974
SS MIL 2 2 18.0 10 2 8 0 0 -1 5.00 1.000
3B MIL 2 2 16.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 2.81 1.000
1987 LF MIL 80 80 686.0 172 166 0 6 0 -7 2.18 .965
2B MIL 8 8 70.2 35 17 18 0 3 -2 4.46 1.000
SS MIL 4 4 35.2 23 9 13 1 4 -2 5.55 .957
3B MIL 2 2 16.0 6 1 5 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
1988 LF MIL 53 53 453.0 88 87 0 1 0 -1 1.73 .989
SS MIL 4 4 35.0 23 10 12 1 3 -1 5.66 .957
2B MIL 3 3 26.0 16 7 9 0 2 -1 5.54 1.000
1989 LF MIL 9 8 73.0 20 20 0 0 0 -1 2.47 1.000
RF MIL 4 4 35.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.03 1.000
Pos Total 2B 293 243 2202.1 1271 542 692 37 126 -70 5.04 .971
LF 196 195 1678.0 399 390 0 9 0 -12 2.09 .977
3B 174 174 1512.0 504 107 371 26 9 -35 2.85 .948
SS 24 24 210.0 122 46 71 5 10 -12 5.01 .959
1B 6 6 54.0 57 53 4 0 2 0 9.50 1.000
RF 4 4 35.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.03 1.000
Total 697 646 5691.1 2357 1142 1138 77 147 -130 3.61 .967
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Jim Best has retired from the Milwaukee Night Owls
1983-06-11The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Jim Best to the major league team.
1983-03-25The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Phil Harriger to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Heath Keller to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have designated Fred Tamargo for assignment. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Jim Best to the minors. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Steve Lehr to the minors.
1982-09-17Jim Best of the Milwaukee Night Owls is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1981-03-31The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Jim Best to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Duke Wayne to the major league team.
1980-06-09The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Rick Williams to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Jim Best to the minors.
1980-06-09The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Jim Best to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Steve Lehr to the minors.
1980-06-09The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Jim Best to the minors.
1980-05-14Jim Best of the Milwaukee Night Owls is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1980-05-05The Milwaukee Night Owls have promoted Jim Best to the major league team. The Milwaukee Night Owls have sent Duke Wayne to the minors.