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: 13-8 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	171	1	Apr 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.00	4.10	27	103	69	10	8	7	15	5	3	0	51			1	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.133	1.39	0.10%	0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
2	172	5	Apr 9	TOR	@	MIN	W,10-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.50	2.77	20	68	45	14	9	10	6	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.277	.77	0.20%	2.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
3	173	10	Apr 14	TOR		NYY	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.1	9	6	4	1	4	2	0	3.31	4.05	23	92	59	17	6	5	11	7	1	2	28			0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.434	1.32	-0.33%	-3.81	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
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
4	174	79	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	75	6.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.74	3.51	26	90	56	6	17	10	9	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.213	.33	0.05%	2.10	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a3
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
5	175	84	Jul 5	TOR		CAL	W,4-1	GS-9	W(4-1)	5	8.1	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.30	3.53	32	111	78	25	5	9	19	5	2	1	70			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.77	0.350	.10	0.03%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
6	176	88	Jul 10	TOR		SEA	W,5-0	GS-8	W(5-1)	4	8.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	3.28	29	99	64	11	4	8	19	8	3	0	74			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.192	.05	0.01%	3.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
7	177	90	Jul 15	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.49	3.18	29	105	64	21	4	13	11	3	0	0	84			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.813	.32	0.12%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	178	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	4	2	3	0	1	2.05	3.21	24	74	51	16	7	8	10	7	1	0	32			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.398	.49	-0.09%	-3.29	1b start a 1	5b -2- 1 out d1
9	179	100	Jul 25	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	1	2.15	3.13	26	89	61	14	6	4	16	7	1	0	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.013	.25	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	180	105	Jul 31	TOR		NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	L(6-2)	5	4.2	9	5	3	1	1	0	0	2.42	3.12	23	87	52	15	3	9	12	6	0	0	30			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	1	.96	-0.249	.13	-0.02%	-2.99	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d5
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
11	181	110	Aug 5	TOR		KCR	W,7-6	GS-4		4	3.1	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.11	3.16	21	77	46	6	5	6	12	6	0	0	19			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.480	.05	-0.01%	-4.60	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out a1
12	182	115	Aug 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	7.2	6	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.78	3.20	32	115	66	15	9	20	5	2	0	0	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.366	.07	0.01%	3.39	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
13	183	120	Aug 16	TOR	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-3	L(7-3)	5	3.0	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.14	3.44	15	66	40	10	3	7	3	0	0	1	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.277	.16	-0.03%	-2.53	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d3
14	184	124	Aug 21	TOR		MIL	W,8-4	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	1	3.06	3.53	31	97	66	15	11	7	18	7	0	1	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.085	.02	0.00%	1.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
15	185	129	Aug 27	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-4)	5	5.0	8	4	3	2	2	2	0	3.19	3.80	28	103	62	19	3	14	8	3	0	2	37			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.16	-0.241	.04	-0.01%	-1.89	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out d2
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
16	186	134	Sep 1	TOR		TEX	W,5-1	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.02	3.70	33	122	74	22	8	13	12	0	0	0	69			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.253	.04	0.01%	2.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
17	187	139	Sep 6	TOR	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.08	3.82	29	104	68	21	6	15	6	0	0	2	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.008	.32	0.00%	-0.70	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
18	188	144	Sep 12	TOR		DET	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	6	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.23	3.86	25	105	65	22	7	6	14	3	0	1	46			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.176	.24	-0.03%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	189	149	Sep 17	TOR		CLE	L,3-12	GS-5	L(10-5)	4	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.59	3.92	20	62	38	5	7	9	7	4	0	1	25			0	0	1	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.323	.15	-0.03%	-4.03	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
20	190	154	Sep 23	TOR	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	W(11-5)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.53	3.95	29	105	61	10	11	12	11	6	0	0	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.148	.02	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
21	191	159	Sep 28	TOR	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.29	3.87	29	99	62	16	6	7	17	1	0	0	85			1	0	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.792	.00	0.00%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							13-8		W-L:12-5	4.3	131.1	127	54	48	30	65	13	5	3.29	3.87	551	1973	63%	16%	7%	0.83		20%	3%	11	53		---%	4	1	2	509	26	2	2	7	3	8	.94	1.049	.28	-0.01%	7.48

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