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: 8-6 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1985	ALCS g2	Oct 9	TOR		KCR	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.1	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	8.10	6.28	18					8	1	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.180	24.14	-3.35%	-1.84	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d3
2	1985	ALCS g5	Oct 13	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	5.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.19	3.72	23	71	45	12	4	7	5	0	1	7	46			1	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.051	13.33	-0.49%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
1989 Postseason		Year	Series	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
3	1989	ALCS g3	Oct 6	TOR		OAK	W,7-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.50	5.26	26	102	63	13	9	5	17	6	2	0	46			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.005	24.35	-0.35%	-0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
1991 Postseason		Year	Series	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
4	1991	ALCS g3	Oct 11	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	GS-6		10	6.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.02	23	92	59	18	2	12	9	6	1	0	54			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.084	37.86	1.45%	1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
1992 Postseason		Year	Series	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	1992	ALCS g5	Oct 12	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-6	5-7		7	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.12	12	44	23	7	4	5	4	1	2	0		1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.14	0.019	2.41	0.19%	1.73	5b 1-- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d4
6	1992	WS g4	Oct 21	TOR		ATL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	8	7.2	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	0.84	2.03	27	91	57	14	9	9	12	6	3	0	71			1	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.382	77.73	13.57%	2.69	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
7	1992	WS g6	Oct 24	TOR	@	ATL	W,4-3	10-11	W(2-0)	2	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	2.12	6	14	11	1	1	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.09	0.002	277.26	-0.50%	-0.64	10b --- 1 out tie	11b --3 2 out a1
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	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
8	1996	ALDS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-5		7	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.60	5.17	21	101	63	19	5	8	9	6	0	0	51			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.065	22.48	0.98%	1.16	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
9	1996	ALCS g3	Oct 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	6	8.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.77	4.40	27	117	63	16	10	8	13	3	2	0	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.235	21.52	4.28%	2.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
10	1996	WS g2	Oct 21	NYY		ATL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	9	6.0	10	4	4	2	0	0	1	3.79	4.49	29	99	56	11	6	11	15	7	2	0	34			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	2	1	0	.98	-0.074	50.27	-2.43%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
11	1996	WS g6	Oct 26	NYY		ATL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.1	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.33	4.49	22	91	44	16	2	8	10	2	0	0	52			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.169	93.56	7.30%	1.63	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out a2
1997 Postseason		Year	Series	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
12	1997	ALDS g3	Oct 4	BAL		SEA	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.86	1.39	21	76	46	15	2	8	9	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.007	8.59	-0.06%	0.45	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
13	1997	ALCS g2	Oct 9	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	3	4.15	4.49	21					5	2	0	0	5	46			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.016	32.12	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
14	1997	ALCS g5	Oct 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	6-8	H(1)	3	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.09	3.88	10	43	24	12	3	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.271	27.45	4.15%	1.71	6b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
											68.2	71	25	24	17	35	5	4	3.15		286																			1

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