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: 15-18 / in Starts: 15-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	192	1	Apr 3	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.00	1.43	23	84	56	13	5	6	13	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.192	1.09	0.14%	1.27	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a3
2	193	5	Apr 8	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	5.56	2.23	22	71	46	16	5	6	12	3	0	0	36			0	1	0	18	2	1	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.378	1.22	-0.30%	-2.56	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
3	194	10	Apr 14	TOR		KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.10	1.68	29	111	72	20	8	10	11	2	3	0	91			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.525	1.28	0.41%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	195	15	Apr 19	TOR		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.1	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.71	2.09	31	103	63	14	5	8	20	8	7	0	36			2	0	0	29	2	1	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.145	1.38	-0.13%	-1.32	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
5	196	19	Apr 24	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	9	3	3	0	10	1	0	3.63	2.04	33	111	76	15	14	7	16	9	1	0	62			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.192	1.41	0.15%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
6	197	24	Apr 29	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.24	2.02	24	80	53	19	3	10	11	2	6	0	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.316	1.01	0.20%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	198	28	May 4	TOR		CAL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	10	2	2	1	6	0	1	3.12	2.01	33	106	70	14	14	7	18	10	1	0	55			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.057	1.27	0.03%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
8	199	33	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.95	2.28	35	119	82	27	7	13	20	6	4	0	63			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.087	.50	0.03%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
9	200	37	May 15	TOR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.96	2.55	34	114	71	18	7	21	11	7	1	0	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.319	.60	0.12%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	201	41	May 20	TOR	@	CHW	W,11-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.76	2.70	29	101	67	13	10	13	14	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.228	.38	0.09%	2.74	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a10
11	202	46	May 26	TOR		CHW	W,11-3	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	8.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.82	2.58	29	106	74	16	9	14	10	6	2	0	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.57	0.148	.40	0.06%	0.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
12	203	51	May 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-7	L(6-3)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.10	2.59	29	98	62	14	3	14	12	0	1	0	42			1	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.324	.80	-0.14%	-1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	204	55	Jun 5	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	CG	L(6-4)	4	9.0	9	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.27	2.69	37	141	86	21	14	14	16	8	2	0	52			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	1	0	.80	-0.292	.64	-0.14%	-0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	205	59	Jun 10	TOR		DET	L,8-11	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	3.0	6	5	5	1	2	0	1	3.62	2.71	17	72	45	13	3	6	7	4	0	0	28			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.308	.62	-0.12%	-3.63	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
15	206	64	Jun 15	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	6.2	8	5	4	0	1	3	0	3.73	3.06	30	103	70	21	3	8	21	7	4	0	41			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.29	-0.375	1.56	-0.27%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d1
16	207	69	Jun 20	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.58	3.08	26	91	62	17	9	11	11	4	2	0	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.182	.49	0.11%	2.30	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
17	208	74	Jun 25	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-7)	4	5.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.65	3.22	23	92	57	16	4	5	13	4	1	0	42			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.183	1.87	-0.15%	-0.66	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
18	209	78	Jun 30	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.52	3.17	28	98	65	18	5	7	17	3	2	0	63			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	0.233	1.68	0.17%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	210	83	Jul 5	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	8.0	12	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.65	3.23	35	122	76	24	7	18	14	5	2	0	39			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.156	.73	-0.09%	-1.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	211	88	Jul 13	TOR		OAK	L,7-11	GS-5	L(7-9)	7	4.2	8	9	5	3	1	2	0	3.85	3.45	25	97	57	10	9	8	13	6	1	0	18			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	2	1	1.06	-0.636	1.08	-0.39%	-6.81	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d5
21	212	94	Jul 18	TOR		CAL	L,0-1	CG	L(7-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.68	3.47	31	107	68	16	4	14	15	5	1	0	75			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.279	.93	0.17%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	213	98	Jul 23	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-11)	4	6.0	10	5	5	1	5	1	0	3.82	3.48	29					12	10	8	1	1	36			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.266	1.07	-0.23%	-3.01	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d3
23	214	103	Jul 29	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(7-12)	5	3.1	10	5	5	0	3	0	0	4.03	3.43	21	83	55	15	7	6	12	8	2	0	23			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	-0.414	3.22	-0.52%	-3.75	1b start a 2	4b -2- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
24	215	108	Aug 3	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	GS-5	L(7-13)	4	4.1	3	3	2	4	0	0	1	4.03	3.51	21	87	49	12	8	5	11	5	0	0	43			2	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.16	-0.082	2.48	-0.11%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
25	216	123	Aug 19	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-13)	15	7.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.92	3.49	25	90	55	18	4	10	11	5	5	0	65			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.327	5.14	0.90%	2.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
26	217	128	Aug 25	TOR		MIL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-13)	5	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.81	3.39	23	87	58	13	10	10	7	1	0	0	73			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.290	3.83	0.78%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
27	218	133	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7	W(10-13)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.72	3.31	23	95	68	19	11	10	8	4	1	0	70			0	1	1	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.306	4.15	0.76%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
28	219	138	Sep 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-13)	4	6.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.69	3.28	25	80	54	14	4	11	10	3	2	0	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.287	5.08	0.77%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
29	220	143	Sep 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.76	3.37	25	85	58	12	4	10	11	5	0	2	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.192	4.28	-0.53%	-1.08	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
30	221	148	Sep 15	TOR		CLE	W,5-2	GS-6	W(12-13)	5	5.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.74	3.32	25	92	56	13	9	10	9	5	2	0	53			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.039	4.74	0.12%	0.33	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
31	222	153	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	GS-4	L(12-14)	4	3.0	10	6	6	0	4	1	0	3.95	3.34	19	60	44	15	3	3	11	5	1	1	19			0	0	0	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.411	4.07	-1.21%	-4.24	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d3
32	223	157	Sep 25	TOR	@	DET	W,2-0	GS-7	W(13-14)	4	7.0	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.82	3.23	27	107	66	21	9	9	9	2	0	0	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.425	7.04	1.63%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
33	224	161	Sep 30	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	GS-4		4	4.0	8	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.88	3.17	20	84	49	17	7	5	9	4	2	0	40			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.176	10.57	-1.02%	-1.17	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
							15-18		W-L:13-14	4.3	216.0	226	99	93	27	118	18	3	3.88	3.17	886	3077	65%	17%	7%	0.78		22%	8%	4	52		---%	9	4	3	838	54	7	2	16	9	10	.98	0.094	2.14	1.30%	1.91

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