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Jimmy Key

Blue Jays Career team 1984 to 1992
Position P
Born Apr 22, 1961

Key Insights

1998
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bobby Grich has hit .500/.600/.917 against Key over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 12 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .690 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Mike Sweeney is 0 for 13 against Key, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

14 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Rickey Henderson has taken Key deep 9 times, once every 11.8 plate appearances between them.

106 career plate appearances against him.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

The BOS lineup has hit .113 and slugged .129 against Key across 68 plate appearances, the quietest club on his record.

7 hits, 0 home runs and 15 strikeouts, against a .405 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Key throws than Bill Schroeder: 62.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

14 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 283 matchups on his own record.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Key has struck Mike Davis out 6 times in 12 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.

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DOB Apr 22, 1961