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: 16-14 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	382	3	Apr 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	0	7.20	3.37	24	88	53	16	7	6	11	3	3	0	36			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	.92	-0.116	1.00	-0.08%	-0.84	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	383	7	Apr 11	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS-5	W(1-1)	4	5.0	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	4.50	1.87	19	70	49	14	11	6	6	3	2	0	64			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	.74	0.135	.74	0.08%	2.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
3	384	11	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.2	10	6	6	1	3	1	0	7.24	2.95	21	89	59	15	6	7	10	6	0	0	19			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.213	1.07	-0.14%	-3.65	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d6
4	385	17	Apr 23	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	6	6.2	4	5	5	2	4	1	0	7.08	3.57	27	103	66	15	9	11	10	1	1	0	48			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.112	.98	-0.08%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
5	386	22	Apr 28	NYY		MIN	W,6-3	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	6.75	3.92	22	91	50	16	6	8	8	4	0	0	43			0	1	1	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.038	1.27	-0.03%	0.04	1t start tie	5t 3 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
6	387	27	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,5-11	GS-6		5	5.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	6.53	3.90	20	107	62	18	6	7	7	5	0	0	47			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.075	1.34	0.06%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d1
7	388	32	May 9	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	6	4	4	0	5	3	0	6.27	4.54	26	108	63	18	7	8	13	5	0	0	54			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.066	.79	-0.05%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
8	389	37	May 15	NYY		SEA	L,5-10	GS-4	L(1-5)	5	3.0	9	6	6	3	0	1	0	7.14	4.98	19	68	40	11	2	7	9	5	1	0	14			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	-0.383	1.76	-0.30%	-4.03	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out tie
9	390	50	May 31	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-6	W(2-5)	15	6.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	6.41	4.57	22					4	9	5	1	0	67			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.249	1.21	0.20%	2.65	1b start tie	6b 3 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
10	391	54	Jun 5	NYY		TOR	L,7-12	GS-5	L(2-6)	4	4.2	9	8	7	2	2	1	0	7.06	4.74	26	91	58	14	4	7	15	8	3	0	16			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.411	1.14	-0.35%	-4.37	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d4
11	392	59	Jun 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-6)	4	5.2	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	6.67	4.69	20					7	6	2	0	1	57			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.144	1.07	0.12%	1.31	1b start a 4	6b 1-- 2 out a2
12	393	75	Jun 26	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-7		15	7.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	6.08	4.48	28	105	67	16	11	16	8	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.278	1.09	0.20%	3.25	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
13	394	80	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	GS-7	W(4-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	5.48	4.33	27	114	65	25	4	4	15	9	2	0	71			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.482	1.35	0.33%	4.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
14	395	84	Jul 6	NYY		MIL	W,2-0	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	6.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.05	4.18	23	90	53	20	4	9	9	8	0	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.390	1.03	0.20%	3.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
15	396	86	Jul 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.84	4.15	28	108	66	21	8	10	13	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.27	0.288	1.53	0.21%	2.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	397	91	Jul 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS-5	W(7-6)	4	5.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4.97	4.32	24	110	62	17	8	7	8	1	1	0	43			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.042	.53	-0.01%	-0.96	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
17	398	96	Jul 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.89	4.32	28	119	70	28	2	10	13	6	2	0	54			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.079	.38	0.02%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	399	101	Jul 26	NYY		KCR	W,15-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.56	4.16	25	103	64	14	7	7	11	2	0	0	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.117	.10	0.02%	4.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a15
19	400	105	Jul 31	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-9	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	5.1	6	6	6	4	7	3	0	4.83	4.45	26	96	57	19	7	6	9	4	1	0	35			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.245	.17	-0.03%	-2.84	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
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
20	401	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(9-8)	4	6.0	3	2	1	2	3	1	0	4.66	4.50	22	79	49	16	9	10	7	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	.95	0.113	.22	0.02%	1.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
21	402	115	Aug 10	NYY		DET	L,7-13	GS-5	L(9-9)	4	4.1	9	9	9	2	2	2	0	5.17	4.68	23	72	40	10	5	9	10	4	1	0	9			0	1	1	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.559	.31	-0.09%	-5.48	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d1
22	403	120	Aug 16	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	6	3	1	6	5	0	0	5.04	4.69	27	120	63	19	8	4	12	7	1	0	46			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.004	.64	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
23	404	125	Aug 21	NYY		CAL	L,1-7	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.90	4.63	26					10	11	4	3	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	.86	0.229	.52	0.08%	2.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	405	130	Aug 26	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-2	GS-1		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.89	4.61	2	14	8	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	50			0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.039	.44	-0.01%	-0.42	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out tie
25	406	135	Aug 31	NYY	@	CAL	W,14-3	GS-8	W(10-10)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	3	2	0	4.80	4.72	32	99	57	14	5	13	14	3	3	0	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	1	.21	0.114	.23	0.08%	1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out a11
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
26	407	140	Sep 6	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	1	1	2	1	1	0	4.67	4.77	23	90	55	12	3	10	10	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.275	1.05	0.17%	2.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
27	408	144	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-6	W(11-10)	4	6.0	8	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.66	4.75	29	110	64	14	10	9	11	6	1	0	43			0	0	1	22	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.60	0.037	1.85	0.03%	0.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
28	409	149	Sep 16	NYY	@	TOR	W,10-0	GS-8	W(12-10)	4	8.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.42	4.62	25	104	66	12	10	9	12	7	2	0	82			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.235	.15	0.06%	4.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out a10
29	410	154	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,12-11	GS-5		4	4.2	8	6	6	2	2	0	1	4.63	4.61	24	90	56	20	5	7	12	8	0	0	24			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.290	.14	-0.02%	-3.23	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d5
30	411	159	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-6	L(12-11)	4	6.0	8	5	4	0	7	0	0	4.68	4.48	27	112	71	19	15	10	10	6	0	0	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							16-14		W-L:12-11	4.2	169.1	171	93	88	58	116	21	2	4.68	4.48	715	2550	60%	17%	7%	0.79		26%	6%	1	49		---%	2	6	3	643	28	7	1	19	5	9	.94	0.514	.81	0.67%	12.53

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