How Jimmy Key's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Jimmy Key posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 37.22 over 14 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1984, posting 41.37, near the starting pitcher average of 38.32 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at 35.62, near the starting pitcher average of 38.73 that year. The per-game workload has held steady over recent seasons. The figure moved from 38.0 in 1996 to 38.23 in 1997 and 37.1 in 1998. The workload profile has been consistent across 14 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Jimmy Key Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Jimmy Key's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

Jimmy Key's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jimmy Key career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jimmy Key's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jimmy Key's seasonal Batters Faced Per 9 Innings alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jimmy Key's MLB career with Batters Faced Per 9 Innings alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jimmy Key Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table