How Jimmy Key's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Jimmy Key posted a career WHIP of 1.23, near the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1987, posting 1.06, well below the starting pitcher average of 1.39 that year. The highest point came in 1984 at 1.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.35 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.35 in 1996 to 1.38 in 1997 and 1.26 in 1998. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.

Jimmy Key Lifetime WHIP

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Jimmy Key
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Career1.229
Season Avg.1.229
162 Game Avg.1.229
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Jimmy Key WHIP Per Season

Jimmy Key's WHIP 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 WHIP per season line chart

Jimmy Key WHIP by Team

Jimmy Key's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jimmy Key career WHIP by team bar chart

Jimmy Key WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jimmy Key's career WHIP 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 WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Jimmy Key WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jimmy Key's seasonal WHIP 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 WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jimmy Key WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jimmy Key's MLB career with WHIP 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 WHIP season-by-season breakdown table