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Jimmy Key Jimmy Key
Full name: James Edward Key
Born: April 22, 1961, Huntsville, Alabama
First Game: April 6, 1984; Final Game: September 20, 1998
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1987 and 1994)
LHP on TSN AL All-Star Team (1987 and 1993 to 1994)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1984 TOR A                63     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1984 TOR A
1985 TOR A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 TOR A
1986 TOR A                36     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1986 TOR A
1987 TOR A                36     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1987 TOR A
1988 TOR A                21     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 TOR A
1989 TOR A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 TOR A
1990 TOR A                27     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 TOR A
1991 TOR A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1992 TOR A
1993 NY  A                34     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1993 NY  A
1994 NY  A                25     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1994 NY  A
1995 NY  A                 5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1995 NY  A
1996 NY  A                30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A Daily Splits   34     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1997 BAL A
1998 BAL A                25     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1998 BAL A
Total            Splits  470     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1996 NY  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1997 BAL A
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 TOR A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 TOR A
1989 TOR A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1989 TOR A
1991 TOR A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1992 TOR A
1996 NY  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1997 BAL A
Total                      8     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1992 TOR A Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1992 TOR A
1996 NY  A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1996 NY  A
Total            Splits    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 AL   
1991 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1991 AL   
1993 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1993 AL   
1994 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1994 AL   
Total                      4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1984 TOR A Daily Splits   63   0   0   0  24  10   62     70   285   8   37   32   32   8   44   6   1   3   1   1  11   2   3   4   4   5   4.65  -0.7 1984 TOR A
1985 TOR A Daily Splits   35  32   3   0   0   0  212.2  188   856  22   77   71   50   1   85   5   5   6   2   1  43   4  21  14  14   6   3.00   2.7 1985 TOR A
1986 TOR A Daily Splits   36  35   4   2   0   0  232    222   959  24   98   92   74   1  141  10   6   3   3   0  47   4  21   6  14  11   3.57   1.9 1986 TOR A
1987 TOR A Daily Splits   36  36   8   1   0   0  261    210  1033  24   93   80   66   6  161  11   3   8   2   5  29   8  24  19  17   8   2.76   4.3 1987 TOR A
1988 TOR A Daily Splits   21  21   2   2   0   0  131.1  127   551  13   55   48   30   2   65   4   3   1   5   0  26   2   7   9  12   5   3.29   1.1 1988 TOR A
1989 TOR A Daily Splits   33  33   5   1   0   0  216    226   886  18   99   93   27   2  118   9   9   4   3   1  54   7  16  10  13  14   3.88   0.1 1989 TOR A
1990 TOR A Daily Splits   27  27   0   0   0   0  154.2  169   636  20   79   73   22   2   88   5   6   0   1   1  31   2  17   4  13   7   4.25  -0.6 1990 TOR A
1991 TOR A Daily Splits   33  33   2   2   0   0  209.1  207   877  12   84   71   44   3  125  10   5   1   3   0  36   2  14  13  16  12   3.05   3.1 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits   33  33   4   2   0   0  216.2  205   900  24   88   85   59   0  117   2   7   5   4   0  45   1  11   9  13  13   3.53   1.7 1992 TOR A
1993 NY  A Daily Splits   34  34   4   2   0   0  236.2  219   948  26   84   79   43   1  173   6   9   3   1   0  35   4  25   9  18   6   3.00   3.1 1993 NY  A
1994 NY  A Daily Splits   25  25   1   0   0   0  168    177   710  10   68   61   52   0   97   4   2   8   3   1  32   2  22   9  17   4   3.27   2.9 1994 NY  A
1995 NY  A Daily Splits    5   5   0   0   0   0   30.1   40   134   3   20   19    6   1   14   3   1   1   0   0  11   1   3   1   1   2   5.64  -0.3 1995 NY  A
1996 NY  A Daily Splits   30  30   0   0   0   0  169.1  171   715  21   93   88   58   1  116   7   5   2   2   0  28   7  19   9  12  11   4.68   0.7 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A Daily Splits   34  34   1   1   0   0  212.1  210   902  24   90   81   82   1  141   5   6   4   5   1  30   4  23   6  16  10   3.43   2.5 1997 BAL A
1998 BAL A Daily Splits   25  11   0   0   4   0   79.1   77   327   5   39   37   23   0   53   1   1   1   3   1  15   6   8   3   6   3   4.20   0.3 1998 BAL A
Total            Splits  470 389  34  13  28  10 2591.2 2518 10719 254 1104 1010  668  29 1538  88  69  50  38  12 473  56 234 125 186 117   3.51  22.8 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1996 NY  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    5      5    21   1    2    2    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   3.60 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    8    21   0    2    2    0   0    4   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   3.86 1997 BAL A
Total            Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.2   13    42   1    4    4    1   0    7   0   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   1   3.72 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1985 TOR A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2   15    41   1    5    5    2   0    5   1   1   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   1   5.19 1985 TOR A
1989 TOR A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      7    26   1    3    3    2   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   4.50 1989 TOR A
1991 TOR A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      5    23   0    2    2    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   1   1   0   0   3.00 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      2    12   0    0    0    2   1    1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1992 TOR A
1996 NY  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8      3    27   1    2    2    1   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   2.25 1996 NY  A
1997 BAL A Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    7      5    31   1    2    2    3   0    7   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   2.57 1997 BAL A
Total            Splits    8   6   0   0   0   0   38.2   37   160   4   14   14   11   1   21   2   2   0   3   0   6   1   4   1   2   1   3.26 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1992 TOR A Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    9      6    33   0    2    1    0   0    6   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2   0   1.00 1992 TOR A
1996 NY  A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   15    51   0    5    5    5   0    1   1   1   0   1   0   6   0   3   1   1   1   3.97 1996 NY  A
Total            Splits    4   3   0   0   0   0   20.1   21    84   0    7    6    5   0    7   2   1   0   1   0   7   0   3   2   3   1   2.66 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1985 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    0     1   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1985 AL   
1991 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      1     4   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00 1991 AL   
1993 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      2     5   0    1    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   9.00 1993 AL   
1994 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2      1     7   0    1    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   4.50 1994 AL   
Total            Splits    4   1   0   0   0   0    4.1    4    17   0    2    2    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   4.15 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1984 TOR A Daily   P   63    0    0    62       9   11    1    0   0    0    0    2    0  .952
1985 TOR A Daily   P   35   32    3   212.2    15   52    3    3   0    1    7   12    2  .957
1985 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1986 TOR A Daily   P   36   35    4   232      18   42    0    4   0    1    6    8    8 1.000
1987 TOR A Daily   P   36   36    8   261      17   44    3    5   0    1   11    4    7  .953
1988 TOR A Daily   P   21   21    2   131.1     5   19    0    1   0    1    1    4    2 1.000
1989 TOR A Daily   P   33   33    5   216      11   44    2    2   0    1    4    9    3  .965
1990 TOR A Daily   P   27   27    0   154.2     8   22    1    3   0    1    4    6    1  .968
1991 TOR A Daily   P   33   33    2   209.1    22   37    2    3   0    1    2    6    0  .967
1992 TOR A Daily   P   33   33    4   216.2    18   27    1    2   0    1    9   14    0  .978
1993 NY  A Daily   P   34   34    4   236.2    14   33    4    1   0    0    6   15    2  .922
1994 NY  A Daily   P   25   25    1   168       6   40    2    3   0    1    3    9    2  .958
1995 NY  A Daily   P    5    5    0    30.1     4    3    0    2   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1996 NY  A Daily   P   30   30    0   169.1     9   30    1    1   0    1    6    2    3  .975
1997 BAL A Daily   P   34   34    1   212.1    12   37    2    2   0    0   13   11    6  .961
1998 BAL A Daily   P   25   11    0    79.1     4   11    0    3   0    1    6    3    0 1.000
Total              P  470  389   34  2591.2   172  452   22   35   0   11   79  105   36  .966
Total             DH    1    0    0                                                          -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1996 NY  A Daily   P    1    1    0     5       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0     -
1997 BAL A Daily   P    1    1    0     4.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    2    2    0     9.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1985 TOR A Daily   P    2    2    0     8.2     0    3    0    0   0    0    1    1    1 1.000
1989 TOR A Daily   P    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0     -
1991 TOR A Daily   P    1    1    0     6       0    3    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1992 TOR A Daily   P    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0     -
1996 NY  A Daily   P    1    1    0     8       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1997 BAL A Daily   P    2    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    2    0     -
Total              P    8    6    0    38.2     1    6    0    1   0    0    2    4    1 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1992 TOR A