Jimmy Key

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1982	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	TOR	7	3	.700	3.22	4.53	14	14	0	1	0	0	89.1	86	45	32	10	28	0	74	4	1	3		1.276	8.7	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.64
1982	21	-0.4	Florence	SALL	A	TOR	5	2	.714	3.72	5.12	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.0	59	33	24	10	18	0	49	4	1	2		1.328	9.2	1.6	2.8	7.6	2.72
1982	21	0.5	Medicine Hat	PION	Rk	TOR	2	1	.667	2.30	3.45	5	5	0	1	0	0	31.1	27	12	8	0	10	0	25	0	0	1		1.181	7.8	0.0	2.9	7.2	2.50
1983	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TOR	10	13	.435	3.45	4.40	30	29	1	4	0	0	190.1	173	93	73	18	73	3	128	8	1	12		1.292	8.2	0.9	3.5	6.1	1.75
1983	22	-3.5	Syracuse	IL	AAA	TOR	4	8	.333	4.13	5.84	16	15	1	2	0	0	89.1	87	58	41	14	33	2	71	3	0	6		1.343	8.8	1.4	3.3	7.2	2.15
1983	22	-1.6	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	6	5	.545	2.85	3.12	14	14	0	2	0	0	101.0	86	35	32	4	40	1	57	5	1	6		1.248	7.7	0.4	3.6	5.1	1.43
1984	23	-5.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	5	.444	4.65	5.37	63	0	24	0	0	10	62.0	70	37	32	8	32	8	44	1	1	3	285	1.645	10.2	1.2	4.6	6.4	1.38
1985	24	-4.4	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	14	6	.700	3.00	3.26	35	32	0	3	0	0	212.2	188	77	71	22	50	1	85	2	1	6	856	1.119	8.0	0.9	2.1	3.6	1.70
1986	25	-3.2	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	14	11	.560	3.57	3.80	36	35	0	4	2	0	232.0	222	98	92	24	74	1	141	3	0	3	959	1.276	8.6	0.9	2.9	5.5	1.91
1987	26	-2.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	17	8	.680	2.76	3.21	36	36	0	8	1	0	261.0	210	93	80	24	66	6	161	2	5	8	1033	1.057	7.2	0.8	2.3	5.6	2.44
1988	27	4.4	Dunedin	FLOR	A	TOR	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.84	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	15	2	0	0	1	0	11	0	1	0		0.750	6.3	0.0	0.4	4.6	11.00
1988	27	-1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	12	5	.706	3.29	3.77	21	21	0	2	2	0	131.1	127	55	48	13	30	2	65	5	0	1	551	1.195	8.7	0.9	2.1	4.5	2.17
1989	28	-0.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	13	14	.481	3.88	4.13	33	33	0	5	1	0	216.0	226	99	93	18	27	2	118	3	1	4	886	1.171	9.4	0.8	1.1	4.9	4.37
1990	29	6.6	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	2	0	1.000	2.50	3.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	21	7	5	0	3	0	14	0	0	1		1.333	10.5	0.0	1.5	7.0	4.67
1990	29	0.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	13	7	.650	4.25	4.60	27	27	0	0	0	0	154.2	169	79	73	20	22	2	88	1	1	0	636	1.235	9.8	1.2	1.3	5.1	4.00
1991	30	1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	16	12	.571	3.05	3.61	33	33	0	2	2	0	209.1	207	84	71	12	44	3	125	3	0	1	877	1.199	8.9	0.5	1.9	5.4	2.84
1992	31	2.1	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	13	13	.500	3.53	3.66	33	33	0	4	2	0	216.2	205	88	85	24	59	0	117	4	0	5	900	1.218	8.5	1.0	2.5	4.9	1.98
1993	32	3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	18	6	.750	3.00	3.19	34	34	0	4	2	0	236.2	219	84	79	26	43	1	173	1	0	3	948	1.107	8.3	1.0	1.6	6.6	4.02
1994	33	3.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	17	4	.810	3.27	3.64	25	25	0	1	0	0	168.0	177	68	61	10	52	0	97	3	1	8	710	1.363	9.5	0.5	2.8	5.2	1.87
1995	34	5.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	5.64	5.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.1	40	20	19	3	6	1	14	0	0	1	134	1.516	11.9	0.9	1.8	4.2	2.33
1996	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.00	3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	13	6	4	1	1	0	21	1	0	0	74	0.778	6.5	0.5	0.5	10.5	21.00
1996	35	12.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	0	0		2.77	2.77	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	53	0.846	6.9	0.7	0.7	7.6	11.00
1996	35	15.8	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	1	0	1.000	0.00	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	21	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	18.0
1996	35	6.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	11	.522	4.68	4.94	30	30	0	0	0	0	169.1	171	93	88	21	58	1	116	2	0	2	715	1.352	9.1	1.1	3.1	6.2	2.00
1997	36	7.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	10	.615	3.43	3.81	34	34	0	1	1	0	212.1	210	90	81	24	82	1	141	5	1	4	902	1.375	8.9	1.0	3.5	6.0	1.72
1998	37	14.6	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	22	1.000	6.0	3.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1998	37	7.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	6	3	.667	4.20	4.42	25	11	4	0	0	0	79.1	77	39	37	5	23	0	53	3	1	1	327	1.261	8.7	0.6	2.6	6.0	2.30
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		186	117	.614	3.51	3.83	470	389	28	34	13	10	2591.2	2518	1104	1010	254	668	29	1538	38	12	50	10719	1.229	8.7	0.9	2.3	5.3	2.30
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		23	16	.590	3.04	4.07	55	54	1	5	0	0	343.0	312	155	116	31	108	3	254	13	3	16	96	1.224	8.2	0.8	2.8	6.7	2.35
All Levels (17 Seasons)							209	133	.611	3.45	3.86	525	443	29	39	13	10	2934.2	2830	1259	1126	285	776	32	1792	51	15	66	10815	1.229	8.7	0.9	2.4	5.5	2.31

AAA (1 season)					Minors		4	8	.333	4.13	5.84	16	15	1	2	0	0	89.1	87	58	41	14	33	2	71	3	0	6		1.343	8.8	1.4	3.3	7.2	2.15
AA (1 season)					Minors		6	5	.545	2.85	3.12	14	14	0	2	0	0	101.0	86	35	32	4	40	1	57	5	1	6		1.248	7.7	0.4	3.6	5.1	1.43
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		3	0	1.000	2.68	3.16	6	6	0	0	0	0	37.0	35	13	11	3	6	0	31	0	0	1	75	1.108	8.5	0.7	1.5	7.5	5.17
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	2	.778	2.72	3.97	13	13	0	0	0	0	79.1	74	35	24	10	19	0	60	4	2	2		1.172	8.4	1.1	2.2	6.8	3.16
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		3	1	.750	1.98	3.47	6	6	0	1	0	0	36.1	30	14	8	0	10	0	35	1	0	1	21	1.101	7.4	0.0	2.5	8.7	3.50