Jimmy Key

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 22, 1961 in Huntsville, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from S. R. Butler HS (Huntsville, AL) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High School: S. R. Butler HS (Huntsville, AL)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: April 6, 1984 (Age 22-350d, 14,869th in major league history)
vs. CAL 3.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 20, 1998 (Age 37-151d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: James Edward Key

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.9

186

117

ERA

3.51

470

389

2591.2

1538

WHIP

1.229

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-12 / in Starts: 24-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	135	1	Apr 6	TOR		CLE	W,7-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.00	5.54	23	9	5	0	1	3	58			0	1	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.174	1.40	0.15%	1.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
2	136	5	Apr 11	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.93	4.16	30	10	11	2	0	5	68			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.227	.89	0.18%	3.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
3	137	9	Apr 16	TOR		BOS	W,4-2	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	6.0	2	2	2	3	3	2	0	2.25	5.22	23	8	7	3	1	2	60			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.127	1.37	0.09%	1.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
4	138	14	Apr 21	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	8	5	5	3	4	2	0	3.21	5.51	34	8	11	1	1	8	47			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.161	.50	-0.10%	-0.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
5	139	18	Apr 26	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.2	7	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.03	5.56	35	9	11	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.255	1.24	0.15%	2.02	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	140	21	May 1	TOR		TEX	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	3	8	1	0	2.95	5.26	30	6	7	1	1	6	62			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.182	1.49	0.13%	1.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
7	141	25	May 6	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.1	8	6	4	0	2	0	0	3.31	4.87	27	12	12	4	0	1	39			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.160	.86	-0.14%	-1.04	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
8	142	29	May 11	TOR		KCR	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.79	4.32	29	12	6	1	0	4	86			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.441	1.22	0.42%	5.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	143	34	May 16	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-10	GS-4	L(5-3)	4	3.1	11	6	6	0	2	1	0	3.52	4.39	19	8	8	5	0	1	16			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.410	1.68	-0.49%	-4.37	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d2
10	144	38	May 20	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.69	4.20	29	9	7	1	0	7	49			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.114	1.38	-0.13%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	145	42	May 25	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	7.0	7	3	2	0	6	1	0	3.58	4.09	28	9	6	0	0	7	59			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.035	1.92	-0.04%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	146	46	May 30	TOR		CAL	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	3	3	3	2	6	2	1	3.56	4.25	30	11	7	4	0	3	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.121	1.81	0.12%	1.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	147	51	Jun 5	TOR		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.41	4.08	34	14	6	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.61	0.220	1.37	0.30%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	148	56	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	7.2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.15	3.94	28	13	5	0	0	5	70			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.51	0.387	5.51	0.85%	3.02	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
15	149	61	Jun 15	TOR		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(8-4)	4	9.0	4	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.06	3.74	30	12	8	1	0	4	77			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	.72	0.193	2.18	0.35%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	150	66	Jun 20	TOR		MIL	L,2-3	CG	L(8-5)	4	9.0	3	3	1	2	4	0	0	2.90	3.66	34	19	6	0	0	3	75			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.17	0.079	3.29	0.13%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	151	71	Jun 26	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-10	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.90	3.60	25	8	2	0	0	6	55			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.160	4.15	0.28%	1.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	152	76	Jul 1	TOR		NYY	L,1-6	GS-8		4	7.1	8	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.81	3.52	31	9	5	0	0	7	62			0	0	1	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.141	5.19	0.33%	1.85	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d1
19	153	81	Jul 6	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.93	3.51	27	9	5	0	1	6	54			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	.60	-0.054	1.05	-0.06%	-0.42	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
20	154	86	Jul 11	TOR		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(9-6)	4	9.0	3	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.87	3.48	32	11	7	0	0	3	80			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.169	2.23	0.24%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	155	88	Jul 16	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.88	3.46	25	10	10	7	0	0	53			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.180	2.79	0.26%	1.40	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
22	156	93	Jul 21	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	7	4	3	3	4	2	0	2.91	3.60	32	14	9	4	2	2	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.235	2.46	-0.34%	0.11	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out tie
23	157	98	Jul 26	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-6)	4	8.2	4	2	2	0	5	1	1	2.87	3.60	30	15	5	2	0	4	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.391	2.49	0.58%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
24	158	102	Jul 31	TOR		CLE	W,8-3	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.89	3.62	30	10	7	0	0	4	65			0	1	1	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.041	1.62	0.06%	1.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	159	107	Aug 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-6)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.87	3.61	32	11	6	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	30	0	2	1	1	0	0	.94	0.174	2.91	0.32%	2.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	160	113	Aug 11	TOR	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(14-6)	5	9.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.87	3.56	37	16	17	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.125	3.48	0.25%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
27	161	118	Aug 16	TOR		CHW	W,6-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	3	3	2	3	0	2.93	3.76	23	5	8	0	0	5	42			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.172	3.39	-0.36%	-1.19	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
28	162	127	Aug 27	TOR		OAK	W,9-4	GS-6	W(15-6)	10	6.0	2	4	2	0	6	1	0	2.94	3.74	22	9	5	0	0	2	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.074	2.47	-0.16%	-0.63	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	163	132	Sep 1	TOR		CAL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.0	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.95	3.74	26	11	4	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.159	5.21	-0.36%	-1.04	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out tie
30	164	136	Sep 6	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.91	3.71	33	14	5	1	0	4	73			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.430	5.43	1.05%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	165	141	Sep 12	TOR		NYY	W,13-1	GS-8	W(16-6)	5	8.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.85	3.68	29	13	8	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.58	0.268	2.71	0.75%	3.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
32	166	145	Sep 16	TOR		BAL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(17-6)	3	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.77	3.62	25	12	3	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	1	.85	0.284	3.95	0.79%	3.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
33	167	149	Sep 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS-6		3	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.78	3.61	22	10	5	1	0	0	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.090	6.14	-0.24%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a1
34	168	154	Sep 25	TOR		DET	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.1	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.73	3.57	36	12	13	0	3	7	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.153	9.69	0.98%	2.08	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d2
35	169	158	Sep 29	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(17-7)	3	5.1	12	5	4	1	1	1	0	2.81	3.61	26	11	3	1	0	10	26			1	1	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.07	-0.200	5.23	-0.58%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d1
36	170	162	Oct 4	TOR	@	DET	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(17-8)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	0	2.76	3.61	27	11	4	2	0	1	77			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	3	0	0	.80	0.264	16.64	3.30%	3.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							24-12		W-L:17-8	4.0	261.0	210	93	80	66	161	24	2	2.76	3.61	1033	1.54		7%	2%	160	59		---%	4	11	7	951	29	8	6	24	3	18	.97	3.322	3.26	9.08%	50.34

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