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: 20-13 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 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	252	2	Apr 9	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.00	5.52	27	99	56	18	9	10	11	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.151	1.74	0.12%	1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	253	7	Apr 14	TOR		MIL	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.20	3.66	30	117	73	19	8	11	12	4	1	0	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.153	.48	0.15%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
3	254	12	Apr 20	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	1.64	3.08	28	97	60	15	11	10	12	3	2	0	61			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.58	0.233	2.84	0.25%	1.42	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
4	255	17	Apr 25	TOR		DET	W,3-2	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.86	3.03	27	108	65	17	8	10	12	4	3	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.250	2.19	0.28%	1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
5	256	22	May 1	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-1)	5	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.31	3.17	26	99	64	22	6	12	9	3	1	0	54			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	.88	-0.110	1.44	-0.11%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
6	257	27	May 7	TOR		TEX	L,2-3	GS-5	L(4-2)	5	5.0	8	3	2	3	4	0	0	2.48	3.16	26	113	66	22	7	9	10	6	1	0	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.074	1.82	-0.07%	-0.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
7	258	32	May 12	TOR		CHW	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.49	2.88	29	108	73	24	9	10	11	5	3	0	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.248	1.96	0.26%	1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	259	37	May 18	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS-7	W(6-2)	5	7.0	4	2	1	1	7	0	1	2.33	2.73	27	115	70	23	11	8	10	2	2	0	69			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.051	1.48	0.06%	1.42	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a7
9	260	42	May 24	TOR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	2.23	2.69	28	117	72	13	11	11	8	1	4	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.067	2.08	0.09%	0.86	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d2
10	261	46	May 29	TOR		OAK	W,8-3	GS-6	W(7-2)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.43	2.71	28	103	65	18	9	8	15	4	2	0	45			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.052	1.99	-0.06%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
11	262	51	Jun 3	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-5	W(8-2)	4	5.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.64	2.62	24	82	57	15	10	5	13	9	1	0	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.068	3.11	-0.10%	-0.51	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
12	263	56	Jun 8	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	7.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.63	2.72	31	118	67	20	2	20	9	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.28	0.203	3.07	0.29%	1.35	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
13	264	60	Jun 13	TOR	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.36	2.62	29	100	73	15	8	10	14	5	2	0	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.839	3.51	1.33%	4.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	265	65	Jun 19	TOR		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(10-3)	5	8.0	10	3	3	0	6	1	0	2.45	2.65	33	119	83	26	10	11	16	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.038	3.59	0.06%	1.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
15	266	70	Jun 24	TOR		CLE	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	1	0	3	0	0	2.39	2.60	27	97	64	14	3	7	17	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.012	2.86	-0.02%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
16	267	75	Jun 29	TOR		SEA	W,4-0	GS-5		4	4.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	2.59	17	66	43	9	4	6	10	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.169	2.94	0.28%	1.69	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a1
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
17	268	80	Jul 4	TOR		MIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(10-4)	4	7.1	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.23	2.58	29	107	68	17	9	13	12	3	3	0	62			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.260	2.83	0.44%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
18	269	87	Jul 14	TOR		TEX	L,6-8	GS-5	L(10-5)	9	4.1	8	6	5	0	3	0	0	2.53	2.54	21	82	52	19	4	7	11	7	0	0	28			0	0	0	21	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.314	2.36	-0.43%	-3.10	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
19	270	92	Jul 20	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-11	GS-6	L(10-6)	5	5.2	10	6	5	0	6	2	0	2.78	2.67	27	102	63	24	6	9	12	4	3	0	33			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.473	2.34	-0.63%	-3.29	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d2
20	271	97	Jul 26	TOR		KCR	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	5	5	2	1	1	1	3.00	2.83	27	102	63	16	7	7	16	4	4	0	39			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.145	2.62	-0.20%	-1.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
21	272	102	Jul 31	TOR		CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.89	2.80	29	88	63	16	7	15	9	6	1	0	69			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.18	0.410	2.87	0.60%	3.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
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
22	273	107	Aug 6	TOR		DET	W,2-1	GS-6	W(12-6)	5	5.2	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.84	2.87	24	87	50	13	8	6	9	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.209	5.83	0.55%	1.67	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
23	274	112	Aug 11	TOR		BOS	L,6-9	GS-6	L(12-7)	4	5.1	11	8	4	3	3	0	0	2.98	2.89	30	122	73	15	11	8	16	8	1	0	22			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.45	-0.363	1.44	-0.70%	-4.48	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d5
24	275	117	Aug 16	TOR	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-8	L(12-8)	4	7.1	5	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.01	2.93	28	99	61	16	10	6	19	9	2	0	59			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.142	5.97	0.53%	1.39	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out tie
25	276	121	Aug 21	TOR		MIL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-9)	4	6.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.06	2.98	28	99	65	18	10	9	14	4	4	0	48			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.002	4.31	0.00%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
26	277	126	Aug 26	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(13-9)	4	6.0	7	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.05	27	103	58	15	8	9	15	7	0	0	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.03	0.102	4.25	0.25%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
27	278	131	Aug 31	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS-5	W(14-9)	4	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.92	3.04	18	67	34	10	5	6	9	0	1	0	64			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.280	3.77	0.66%	2.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
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	279	136	Sep 5	TOR	@	CLE	W,13-1	GS-8	W(15-9)	4	7.2	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.84	3.00	30	120	78	14	13	20	5	3	1	0	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	1	.63	0.153	2.57	0.38%	2.59	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a12
29	280	141	Sep 11	TOR		SEA	L,3-7	GS-3	L(15-10)	5	2.0	5	5	5	2	3	1	1	3.06	3.09	14	44	26	6	5	2	6	3	1	0	27			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.309	3.39	-0.58%	-3.96	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d5
30	281	145	Sep 16	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.07	3.17	20	75	44	14	2	7	12	7	2	0	48			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.056	3.90	0.13%	0.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
31	282	149	Sep 21	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-4	GS-8	L(15-11)	4	7.2	4	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.14	3.13	30	102	65	14	13	9	11	4	4	0	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.14	0.091	6.34	0.31%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
32	283	153	Sep 25	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(16-11)	3	7.0	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.07	3.11	29	108	66	16	6	10	16	4	3	0	60			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	1	.90	0.039	4.33	0.11%	1.46	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
33	284	157	Sep 30	TOR		CAL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(16-12)	4	7.1	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.05	3.08	29	102	66	11	8	9	15	5	2	0	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.367	.77	0.12%	3.22	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
							20-13		W-L:16-12	4.4	209.1	207	84	71	44	125	12	3	3.05	3.08	877	3267	63%	17%	8%	0.78		21%	8%	0	54		---%	6	2	0	815	36	2	3	14	5	14	1.06	2.589	2.92	4.33%	25.38

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