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: 14-13 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 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	225	5	Apr 13	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.50	1.47	22	72	52	9	9	9	9	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.199	1.34	0.15%	1.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
2	226	10	Apr 18	TOR		BAL	L,5-8	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.27	2.90	21	72	45	9	4	11	8	1	0	0	45			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.077	1.71	-0.08%	-0.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
3	227	15	Apr 24	TOR		CLE	W,4-3	GS-5	W(2-0)	5	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.81	2.50	19	70	47	6	10	5	11	4	1	0	56			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.167	2.04	0.19%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
4	228	20	Apr 29	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-10	GS-3	L(2-1)	4	3.0	9	6	6	0	1	2	0	5.21	3.81	17	60	39	7	3	9	7	2	0	0	18			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.461	1.24	-0.41%	-4.58	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
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	229	26	May 6	TOR		DET	W,11-7	GS-5	W(3-1)	6	5.0	9	4	4	1	2	3	0	5.63	5.18	24	79	49	11	6	11	10	1	2	0	34			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.136	1.31	-0.14%	-1.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
6	230	31	May 11	TOR	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.80	5.11	22	84	45	12	8	10	9	3	2	0	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.258	1.49	0.27%	1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
7	231	36	May 17	TOR		SEA	L,6-14	GS-3	L(4-2)	5	2.2	7	9	9	2	1	1	0	6.89	5.44	18	79	47	12	4	4	10	4	2	1	7			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.01	-0.384	1.72	-0.39%	-7.57	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d9
8	232	41	May 22	TOR		OAK	L,4-5	GS-4		4	3.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.56	5.19	11	53	31	10	2	2	6	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.047	1.12	0.04%	0.54	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out tie
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
9	233	69	Jun 22	TOR		NYY	L,7-8	GS-6		30	6.0	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	6.48	5.14	27	107	61	13	6	5	19	11	3	0	37			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.77	-0.205	2.03	-0.32%	-1.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
10	234	74	Jun 27	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.1	10	6	5	1	3	0	0	6.85	4.85	24	87	53	18	5	11	9	5	2	0	23			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.287	4.73	-0.68%	-2.40	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
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
11	235	79	Jul 2	TOR		OAK	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	6.0	10	3	3	0	2	1	0	6.58	4.79	27	93	59	19	4	12	13	8	0	0	42			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.013	1.99	0.02%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
12	236	84	Jul 7	TOR		SEA	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	6.10	4.79	25	98	62	21	6	7	11	2	3	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.217	2.23	0.32%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
13	237	90	Jul 16	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	8	7.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.45	4.60	23	94	60	13	4	9	12	1	5	0	71			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.327	2.20	0.55%	3.38	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
14	238	95	Jul 22	TOR	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	5.30	4.56	28	103	65	17	9	4	20	11	2	0	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.123	1.36	-0.22%	0.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
15	239	100	Jul 28	TOR		TEX	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.84	4.38	28					13	9	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.447	4.10	0.85%	3.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
16	240	105	Aug 2	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	4.71	4.31	26					18	7	0	0	0	43			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	1	1	1.16	-0.238	3.68	-0.45%	-1.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	241	110	Aug 7	TOR		DET	W,11-5	GS-9	W(7-5)	4	8.1	9	5	5	0	4	3	0	4.77	4.50	33	124	75	14	14	8	21	3	5	0	49			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.177	1.03	0.32%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a6
18	242	115	Aug 12	TOR		MIN	L,4-5	GS-3	L(7-6)	4	3.0	9	5	5	0	3	0	0	5.09	4.39	17	50	35	10	5	4	10	6	2	0	24			3	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.299	2.36	-0.51%	-3.46	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
19	243	120	Aug 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-0	GS-8	W(8-6)	5	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	1	4.74	4.18	25	90	65	11	16	6	11	6	2	0	76			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.233	2.93	0.46%	2.59	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
20	244	126	Aug 24	TOR		BOS	L,0-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.45	4.02	26	89	60	18	7	12	10	1	3	0	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.447	6.93	1.81%	3.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	245	131	Aug 29	TOR		MIL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	4	6.0	6	3	2	0	6	1	0	4.37	3.97	24	96	63	11	14	5	13	5	2	0	56			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.121	1.09	0.09%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
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
22	246	135	Sep 3	TOR	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-6	L(9-7)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.38	3.96	26	100	68	14	13	8	12	6	2	0	46			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.074	.80	-0.04%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
23	247	140	Sep 9	TOR		CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-7)	5	7.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	4.14	3.86	26	93	60	12	13	13	8	1	1	0	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.275	1.29	0.22%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
24	248	145	Sep 14	TOR		BAL	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.06	3.80	17	71	43	15	4	6	7	0	0	0	63			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.217	1.84	0.32%	1.94	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a3
25	249	150	Sep 19	TOR		NYY	W,7-6	GS-6	W(11-7)	4	5.2	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.15	3.79	24	99	62	15	10	8	9	2	3	0	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.183	3.70	0.63%	0.46	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a5
26	250	154	Sep 24	TOR	@	MIL	W,9-5	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.14	3.80	28	99	66	13	15	7	14	3	3	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.180	5.14	0.71%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
27	251	159	Sep 30	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS-7	W(13-7)	5	6.2	9	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.25	3.80	28	100	62	23	8	7	14	5	2	1	40			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	2	1	0	1.02	-0.134	7.10	-0.56%	-1.72	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a5
							14-13		W-L:13-7	4.6	154.2	169	79	73	22	88	20	1	4.25	3.80	636	2162	64%	15%	9%	0.75		20%	9%	2	49		---%	6	4	1	602	31	2	2	17	6	3	.88	1.090	2.63	3.12%	0.91

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