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Jimmy Key played 15 major-league seasons (1984-1998) as a P (470). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 36 | BAL | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 23 | TOR | 63 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 32 | 4.65 | 86 |
| 1985 | 24 | TOR | 35 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 212.2 | 85 | 50 | 3.00 | 138 |
| 1986 | 25 | TOR | 36 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 232 | 141 | 74 | 3.57 | 117 |
| 1987 | 26 | TOR | 36 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 261 | 161 | 66 | 2.76 | 162 |
| 1988 | 27 | TOR | 21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 131.1 | 65 | 30 | 3.29 | 121 |
| 1989 | 28 | TOR | 33 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 216 | 118 | 27 | 3.88 | 100 |
| 1990 | 29 | TOR | 27 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 154.2 | 88 | 22 | 4.25 | 92 |
| 1991 | 30 | TOR | 33 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 209.1 | 125 | 44 | 3.05 | 134 |
| 1992 | 31 | TOR | 33 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 216.2 | 117 | 59 | 3.53 | 112 |
| 1993 | 32 | NYA | 34 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 236.2 | 173 | 43 | 3.00 | 144 |
| 1994 | 33 | NYA | 25 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 97 | 52 | 3.27 | 147 |
| 1995 | 34 | NYA | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30.1 | 14 | 6 | 5.64 | 84 |
| 1996 | 35 | NYA | 30 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 169.1 | 116 | 58 | 4.68 | 107 |
| 1997 | 36 | BAL | 34 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 212.1 | 141 | 82 | 3.43 | 133 |
| 1998 | 37 | BAL | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 79.1 | 53 | 23 | 4.20 | 111 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | P | 63 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 35 | 32 | 15 | 52 | 3 | 3 |
| 1986 | P | 36 | 35 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | P | 36 | 36 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 5 |
| 1988 | P | 21 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | P | 33 | 33 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990 | P | 27 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 1991 | P | 33 | 33 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | P | 33 | 33 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| 1993 | P | 34 | 34 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994 | P | 25 | 25 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | P | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | P | 30 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | P | 34 | 34 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | P | 25 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jimmy Key won: TSN All-Star 1987 (AL), TSN All-Star 1993 (AL), TSN All-Star 1994 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1993, 1987.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 64 / 140 | 4 |
| 1993 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 14 / 140 | 0 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 29 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 96 / 140 | 10 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 102 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.