2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
Chandler Best
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mobile, Ala.
- High School:
- McGill-Toolen HS
2025 (R-Sr.): Appeared in 21 games, all in relief, and threw 18 1/3 innings…Finished career with 71 appearances…Fanned 18 and walked 10, while posting a 4.91 ERA…Threw a third of an inning, three pitches, to get a win over Ole Miss (3/18)…Longest outing of the year came in his season debut versus Lafayette (2/15, G1) in which he fanned a season-best five and allowed a run on three hits over 3 1/3 innings…Allowed just five of 24 inherited runners to score during the year…First batters in an outing hit just .214 against him…Went seven outings (4/15-5/25) without allowed a run, which covered five innings of work…Fanned at least three batters in three outings…Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 semesters.
2024 (C-Jr.): Appeared in 20 games and made one start…Recorded a 3-1 record with a save and a 4.89 ERA…Fanned 40 in 35 innings with just 13 walks…Opened his season with his only start and went one inning at New Orleans (2/21)…Had season-high four strikeouts versus Tulane (3/26)…Notched first victory versus Troy (3/30) with 1 2/3 innings in which he allowed a run on a hit with three strikeouts and no walks…Threw 2 1/3 innings and gave up no runs while scattering two hits and a walk with two strikeouts to garner second win of year against Southeastern Louisiana (4/9)…Tossed season-high three scoreless frames to earn only save at Arkansas State (5/12)…Collected a win over Texas State (5/17) with 1 2/3 scoreless relief frames …Hurled two or more innings nine times during the year…Fanned at least one batter in 18 of 20 outings…Earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 and Fall 2023 semester.
2023 (C-Jr.): Missed the 2023 season due to injury…Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the Spring 2023 and Fall 2022 semesters.
2022 (C-So.): Appeared in 14 games and posted an 0-1 record with a 4.91 ERA…Fanned 26 and walked eight in 18 1/3 innings…Threw two scoreless innings versus Alabama (3/16) allowing two hits with two strikeouts, while posting three shutout frames in his longest outing of the year against Ole Miss in Pearl (4/5), allowing a walk with a season-high six strikeouts…Added a scoreless frame versus Ole Miss (5/11) in Hattiesburg with a strikeout and pitched 2 2/3 innings in NCAA Regional Championship game versus LSU (6/6), giving up a run on two hits with a walk and a punchout…Named to Dean’s List during Fall 2021 semester…Was a member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2021 (C-Fr.): Posted a 2-1 record with a 5.50 earned run average in 12 appearances, including one start…Whiffed 22 and walked only six over 18 innings…His only start came during the opening weekend versus Northwestern State (2/21) in which he allowed five runs (four earned) in 2 1/3 innings…Fanned season-high six in that outing…Longest outing of the year was 2 2/3 innings with victory in relief at Louisiana Tech (3/27)…Added a win against Ole Miss (6/6) in the NCAA Oxford Regional by allowing a run over 1 2/3 innings…Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2020 semester...Named to C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (Fr.): Was a member of the weekend rotation his initial season…Started four games and posted an 0-2 record with a 11.12 ERA…Fanned 10 and walked seven over 11 1/3 innings…Longest outing of the year came against Little Rock (3/8) in which he went four innings and allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts in a no decision…Bettered in each outing in terms of innings pitched…Picked Freshman of the Year in season preview by Perfect Game…Made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2019 semester and the Dean’s List during the Spring 2020 semester…Collected C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors.
High School: A four-year letterwinner for Tim Becker at McGill-Toolen High School…A three-time first-team all-state selection and the 7A Player of the Year, as well as the Coastal Player of the Year…Earned All-America honors from MaxPreps as well as Collegiate Baseball…Ranked the No. 1 pitcher in the state of Alabama by Perfect Game…Posted career prep statistics of a 35-2 record on the mound with 333 strikeouts and a 1.08 ERA…Posted a 0.913 WHIP…Tossed two no-hitters and one perfect game…Participated in the Alabama North-South game.
Personal: Son of David and April Best…Dad played baseball at Enterprise State…Born July 2…Working on his Masters in Business Administration.
