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Name Team Age
Bill Best Retired (1975, Age 34) Died (2015, Age 74)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21
(1966)
RF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 5 years (76 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 3/6/1941
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.5 %) D- (11.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1967 LHP 35 54 12 4 0 0 3 7 12 .608 .311 .296 .222
1967 RHP 67 200 50 3 3 3 22 16 42 .644 .304 .340 .250
1968 LHP 17 39 10 4 0 0 2 5 3 .700 .341 .359 .256
1968 RHP 19 40 8 4 0 0 1 8 10 .633 .333 .300 .200
1969 LHP 37 52 9 1 0 1 5 6 13 .509 .259 .250 .173
1969 RHP 46 128 31 4 3 0 13 14 22 .637 .317 .320 .242
1970 LHP 28 60 17 4 1 1 9 5 9 .782 .348 .433 .283
1970 RHP 44 97 24 8 1 2 11 8 14 .717 .305 .412 .247
1971 LHP 9 14 6 0 1 0 4 1 2 1.009 .438 .571 .429
1971 RHP 19 35 4 3 0 0 1 4 9 .405 .205 .200 .114
1972 RHP 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 RHP 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1975 LHP 34 38 4 1 0 1 5 2 7 .361 .150 .211 .105
1975 RHP 30 92 22 3 0 0 7 6 17 .552 .280 .272 .239
Total LHP 160 257 58 14 2 3 28 26 46 .629 .298 .331 .226
Total RHP 228 599 139 25 7 5 55 56 117 .619 .296 .322 .232
Total 308 856 197 39 9 8 83 82 163 .622 .297 .325 .230
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Bill Best has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-10-04The Detroit Tigers have acquired George Kelb from the waiver wire. The Detroit Tigers have waived Bill Best.
1975-09-14The Detroit Tigers have designated Bill Best for assignment.
1975-05-07The Detroit Tigers have promoted Bill Best to the major league team.
1975-05-07The Detroit Tigers have acquired Bill Best from the waiver wire.
1975-04-19The Milwaukee Bears have waived Bill Best.
1975-04-01The Milwaukee Bears have acquired Bill Best from the waiver wire.
1974-08-29The New York Islanders have waived Bill Best.
1974-08-23The New York Islanders have designated Bill Best for assignment.
1974-07-23The New York Islanders have re-claimed Bill Best from the waiver wire.
1974-07-20The New York Islanders have designated Bill Best for assignment.
1974-06-28The New York Islanders have promoted Bill Best to the major league team.
1974-06-06The New York Islanders have promoted Jim Drago to the major league team. The New York Islanders have designated Bill Best for assignment.
1972-07-09The New York Islanders have promoted Bill Best to the major league team. The New York Islanders have designated Keith Moon for assignment.
1972-04-05The New York Islanders have acquired Bill Best from the waiver wire.
1972-04-01The Chicago Ski have waived Bill Best.
1972-04-01The Chicago Ski have renamed Charlie Comiskey to Bill Best.
1971-10-03The Chicago Ski have sent Charlie Comiskey to the minors.
1971-09-01The Chicago Ski have promoted Charlie Comiskey to the major league team.
1970-09-23The Chicago Ski have promoted Johnson Jankowski to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Charlie Comiskey to the minors.
1970-07-05The Chicago Ski have promoted Charlie Comiskey to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Jim Irwin to the minors.
1969-09-30The Chicago Ski have promoted Wisdom Mutombo to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Charlie Comiskey to the minors.
1969-06-17The Chicago Ski have promoted Charlie Comiskey to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Jim Irwin to the minors.
1968-08-21The Chicago Ski have promoted Punch Knoll to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Charlie Comiskey to the minors.
1968-08-05The Chicago Ski have promoted Charlie Comiskey to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Buzz Alvarez to the minors.
1968-06-10The Chicago Ski have promoted Blaze Adams to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have sent Charlie Comiskey to the minors.
1967-04-01The Chicago Ski have renamed Bill Best to Charlie Comiskey.
1967-03-01The Chicago Ski have promoted Bill Best to the major league team. The Chicago Ski have designated John Burke for assignment.