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: 19-14 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	285	4	Apr 10	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	1	3.86	5.35	30	117	76	21	8	8	17	5	5	0	51			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.018	1.35	-0.02%	0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
2	286	9	Apr 15	TOR		NYY	W,2-0	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.80	4.12	28	114	68	11	6	10	14	6	1	0	76			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.450	3.05	0.61%	3.39	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a2
3	287	14	Apr 20	TOR	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	2.82	4.08	30	103	59	16	6	14	14	8	1	0	48			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.022	2.97	-0.03%	0.14	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out a1
4	288	19	Apr 25	TOR		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.1	10	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.58	4.34	27	105	60	15	11	10	10	4	1	0	33			1	2	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.267	2.27	-0.32%	-2.18	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
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	289	24	May 1	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(1-1)	5	7.2	8	4	4	0	2	2	0	3.82	4.62	30	111	67	23	2	12	16	7	2	0	49			2	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.211	2.23	-0.29%	-0.57	1b start a 1	8b --3 2 out d1
6	290	29	May 6	TOR	@	SEA	W,12-4	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	6	3	2	2	1	1	0	3.70	4.77	25	91	54	17	5	8	14	6	2	0	49			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.023	1.41	-0.03%	-0.11	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a6
7	291	34	May 12	TOR		OAK	W,3-0	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	6.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.23	4.64	24	101	59	14	10	6	11	5	2	0	61			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.27	0.355	2.79	0.47%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
8	292	39	May 17	TOR		SEA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-2)	4	8.0	7	3	3	0	4	3	0	3.25	4.93	30	105	71	19	5	10	16	2	5	0	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.060	1.94	0.08%	1.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
9	293	44	May 23	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.38	4.84	29	108	66	16	4	8	17	8	4	0	44			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	2	1.07	-0.106	2.36	-0.14%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	294	49	May 30	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7		6	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.16	4.58	25	110	67	18	7	8	13	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.253	1.97	0.34%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 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
11	295	54	Jun 5	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(3-4)	5	7.2	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.96	4.32	29	116	70	24	3	11	10	3	1	0	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.436	3.66	0.95%	3.40	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out tie
12	296	59	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,10-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.2	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.94	4.16	27	107	70	16	7	12	11	5	0	0	54			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.048	1.11	0.08%	-0.41	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a5
13	297	64	Jun 16	TOR		DET	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	6.2	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.12	4.22	32	117	67	21	7	14	11	4	3	0	41			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.225	2.93	-0.35%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
14	298	69	Jun 21	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	3.05	4.00	31	107	72	21	9	11	15	5	4	0	63			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.048	2.20	0.08%	1.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	299	73	Jun 27	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7		5	7.0	10	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.19	4.06	31	111	72	15	7	13	14	2	5	0	41			2	1	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.209	2.42	-0.33%	-0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
16	300	78	Jul 3	TOR		CAL	W,10-1	GS-7	W(5-6)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.07	3.91	27	104	68	27	8	7	11	2	3	0	70			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.061	1.29	0.10%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
17	301	83	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.84	3.81	33	122	73	20	8	11	19	5	2	0	76			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.322	1.73	0.51%	4.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	302	89	Jul 17	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-8	GS-6	L(6-7)	8	6.0	10	6	6	0	4	3	0	3.13	4.01	26	91	52	15	5	10	12	2	3	0	32			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.428	2.18	-0.63%	-3.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	303	94	Jul 22	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(6-8)	4	8.0	10	5	5	3	3	3	0	3.28	4.25	36	116	70	22	6	19	11	2	0	0	42			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.430	2.50	-0.69%	-1.14	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
20	304	99	Jul 28	TOR		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6	W(7-8)	5	6.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.33	4.24	27	90	51	11	5	10	13	6	4	0	44			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.034	3.04	0.06%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
21	305	104	Aug 2	TOR		NYY	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	1	3.51	4.20	28	106	55	13	5	4	18	7	6	0	37			1	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.14	-0.281	3.15	-0.47%	-1.83	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out tie
22	306	109	Aug 7	TOR	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-6	L(7-9)	4	5.2	8	7	6	3	4	1	0	3.73	4.24	28	122	71	20	9	11	10	1	5	0	28			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	.65	-0.314	1.96	-0.57%	-4.70	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d5
23	307	114	Aug 12	TOR		BAL	L,4-11	GS-4	L(7-10)	4	3.1	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.94	4.29	20	79	47	12	4	6	9	6	2	0	25			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.431	5.88	-1.52%	-3.91	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d2
24	308	119	Aug 18	TOR	@	MIL	W,12-1	GS-8	W(8-10)	5	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	1	3.80	4.17	28	113	74	23	6	11	11	3	6	0	77			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.147	1.80	0.37%	2.78	1b start a 5	8b 3 out a5
25	309	124	Aug 23	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.75	4.18	27	96	57	12	10	10	11	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.059	2.96	0.13%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
26	310	129	Aug 28	TOR		MIL	L,2-22	GS-2	L(8-12)	4	1.2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.87	4.27	11	43	21	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	36			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.233	3.94	-0.60%	-2.50	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
27	311	134	Sep 2	TOR		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-13)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	8	2	0	3.85	4.28	30	117	71	27	10	10	11	4	0	0	67			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.010	3.15	0.02%	1.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	312	139	Sep 8	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-13)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.67	4.17	33	104	70	14	11	17	10	2	2	0	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.361	3.66	1.00%	4.43	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
29	313	144	Sep 13	TOR	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS-7	W(10-13)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.65	4.14	26	87	54	15	6	6	14	7	2	0	53			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.081	3.31	0.13%	-0.02	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out a3
30	314	149	Sep 18	TOR		TEX	W,13-0	GS-7	W(11-13)	4	7.0	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.52	4.03	26	101	64	11	18	11	8	2	2	0	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.183	1.65	0.37%	3.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
31	315	154	Sep 24	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-2	GS-6	W(12-13)	5	6.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.50	4.01	26	109	64	14	11	7	11	3	3	0	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.60	0.088	1.55	0.14%	0.92	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a6
32	316	158	Sep 29	TOR		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(13-13)	4	6.2	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.48	4.00	28	96	61	19	11	9	13	6	1	0	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.141	1.70	0.19%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
33	317	162	Oct 4	TOR		DET	W,7-4	GS-2		4	2.0	2	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.53	4.02	12	64	35	9	7	3	2	1	0	0	43			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1t start tie	2t 3 out a1
							19-14		W-L:13-13	4.5	216.2	205	88	85	59	117	24	4	3.53	4.02	900	3383	61%	16%	7%	0.80		19%	11%	0	54		---%	14	9	0	828	45	1	0	11	7	8	.89	-0.159	2.42	-0.35%	14.84

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