THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2020: Started four games in a shortened 2020 season...Posted a 1-3 record with a 3.86 ERA, allowing 11 earned runs in 25.2 innings pitched...Struckout 24 and walked seven...Opponents hit .236 against him...Pitched five complete innings to get his first win at UNA in a 6-3 victory over Ohio University on February 15...Threw 100 or more pitches in each of his next three starts, all on the road, against Northwestern State, Little Rock and Georgia State...Pitched six complete innings at Northwestern State, allowing three runs on seven hits in an eventual 5-0 UNA loss...Threw an eight-inning, complete-game against Little Rock in a 2-1 loss, allowing just five hits and struckout eight...Threw 6.2 innings at Georgia State, allowing three runs on five hits in a 3-1 loss...Allowed two doubles, a triple and three home runs  over the 25.2 innings...UNA 2019: Started seven games for the Lions as a junior before suffering a season-ending injury...Started the first game of the Division I era for the Lions at Jacksonville State on February 15, 2019...Finished with an 0-7 record and a 6.44 ERA in seven starts...UNA scored just eight combined runs in the seven games that he started...Pitched 29.1 innings, allowing 37 hits, 24 runs and 21 earned runs with 14 walks and 25 strikeouts...Hit two batters and threw five wild pitches...Losses were to Jacksonville State, Tennessee-Martin, The Citadel, Troy, Davidson, Kennesaw State and Stetson...Fielded .625 with one putout, four assists and three errors in eight chances...COLLEGE: Played at Lawson State under head coach Blake Lewis…Named to the All-Valley League team…HIGH SCHOOL: Played first base, outfield and pitched for Corner under head coach Josh Hoyle… Helped lead the Yellow Jackets to an area championship,  county championship and broke the all-time wins record at the school.. Named all-area in 2014-15 and all-county in 2015… Also lettered in basketball and football…PERSONAL: Full name is Landon Chase Best… Born on June 5, 1997… Son of Chris and Kim Best and has two siblings… A graduate student pursuing his Masters of Business Administration....Graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Professional Management...BATS RIGHT, THROWS LEFT.


STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year    APP    GS    CG    W-L    SV     ERA    IP        H     R    ER    BB    SO
2019     7           7       0      0-7      0     6.44    29.1    37    24    21    14     25    
2020     4           4       1      1-3      0     3.86    25.2    21    11    11      7     24
Career 11         11       1      1-10    0    5.40    55.0    58    35    33     21    49