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: 12-13 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 8

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	446	3	Apr 2	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-5		99	5.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.80	2.34	21	85	57	11	12	7	7	4	0	0	56			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.159	1.18	0.09%	1.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
2	447	8	Apr 9	BAL	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	1	1.50	3.22	26	89	58	12	8	9	12	5	3	0	61			1	2	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.297	1.42	0.21%	3.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	448	12	Apr 14	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	3	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.42	3.14	23					6	10	2	4	0	74			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.325	1.21	0.24%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	449	17	Apr 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,7-11	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.2	10	8	8	3	3	0	0	4.37	3.27	23	91	52	16	6	6	11	8	1	0	9			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.305	1.08	-0.22%	-4.31	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d5
5	450	22	Apr 25	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.34	3.00	26	105	69	24	6	8	12	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.447	1.22	0.28%	3.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	451	27	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.95	2.84	26	98	59	20	5	7	13	5	3	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.309	.85	0.17%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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
7	452	31	May 5	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.14	2.91	24	99	57	19	3	10	12	8	1	0	51			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.103	1.19	0.06%	0.76	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out a1
8	453	35	May 10	BAL	@	TBD	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	1	1	6	2	0	2.94	3.28	23	93	61	25	6	7	9	1	0	0	61			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.005	.67	0.00%	0.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	454	40	May 15	BAL		TBD	L,1-4	GS-8	L(4-2)	4	7.1	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.04	3.19	29	97	67	18	5	12	15	5	2	0	52			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	1	1	0	.70	-0.010	.68	-0.01%	0.71	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d2
10	455	45	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.2	12	9	9	2	6	1	1	4.06	3.35	30	100	61	26	4	6	15	6	0	0	13			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.350	.39	-0.13%	-4.17	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d5
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	456	108	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-3		70	3.0	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.29	3.49	19	80	45	14	1	5	9	6	0	0	34			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.46	-0.109	.48	-0.02%	-1.30	1b start a 1	3b 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
12	457	114	Aug 7	BAL	@	MIN	W,16-9	5-6	W(5-3)	7	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.25	3.50	4	22	12	3	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.99	-0.060	.69	-0.01%	-0.33	5b -2- 2 out d1	6b 1-3 1 out a2
13	458	120	Aug 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	10-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.19	3.47	3	11	7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.154	.77	0.04%	0.58	10b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
14	459	122	Aug 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-8	6-7	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	3.46	3	16	9	4	1	1	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.116	.60	0.03%	0.72	6b 1-- 2 out a1	7b --- 2 out a2
15	460	124	Aug 17	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	8-8	H(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.06	3.43	3	14	10	6	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.127	.93	0.04%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
16	461	127	Aug 20	BAL		TBD	L,2-4	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.43	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.033	.29	0.01%	0.97	9t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
17	462	130	Aug 23	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	6-7		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.42	5	15	10	4	0	1	4	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.033	.13	0.01%	1.13	6t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
18	463	134	Aug 28	BAL		KCR	L,5-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.88	3.39	3	16	11	5	1	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
19	464	136	Aug 30	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.77	3.37	7	22	13	7	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.103	.03	0.00%	1.11	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
20	465	138	Sep 1	BAL		CHW	L,5-9	6-6		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.74	3.38	4	15	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.134	.02	0.00%	-1.03	6t 12- 1 out d1	6t 3 out d3
21	466	141	Sep 5	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-6	6-6	H(3)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.35	2	8	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.083	.02	0.00%	0.58	6b 1-- 1 out a2	6b 3 out a2
22	467	143	Sep 7	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-11	6-6		1	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.18	3.60	4	20	9	2	1	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-4.57	6b -2- 1 out d5	6b --- 1 out d10
23	468	145	Sep 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-2	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.07	3.60	8	37	19	10	0	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.080	.01	0.00%	1.09	6b --- 0 out a4	7b 3 out a4
24	469	148	Sep 13	BAL		ANA	W,12-7	7-7	BW(6-3)	3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.14	3.64	5	20	10	4	0	0	4	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.154	.11	-0.01%	-1.05	7t 1-- 0 out a2	7t 3 out tie
25	470	155	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.61	5	13	10	3	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
							12-13		W-L:6-3,BSv:1,Hld:3	3.3	79.1	77	39	37	23	53	5	3	4.20	3.61	327	1169	62%	21%	6%	0.63		25%	8%	0	50	10	40%	3	6	0	299	15	6	0	8	1	3	.99	1.155	.81	0.79%	6.37

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