Scott Alexander vs. Jimmy Key — Career Comparison

Scott Alexander
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Alexander as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Alexander led in home run suppression (HR9+ 232 vs 93), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 102), and run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 121). Jimmy Key held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 116). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Scott Alexander.

Pitching Stats for Scott Alexander and Jimmy Key

Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
9.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.76
56.76
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
8.53
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.69
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
3.33
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
6.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538
5.34
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1367
37.62
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.71
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.83
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
0.81
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
1226
33.74
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.62
37.62
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Scott Alexander and Jimmy Key

Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
9.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.66
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.37
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.23
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.19
94.19
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.12
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Alexander and Jimmy Key

Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
349
23266.67
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Scott Alexander
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-55.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.19
-38.03
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Alexander
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA