Dan Jennings vs. Jimmy Key — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings led in home run suppression (HR9+ 259 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 161 vs 121), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 102). Jimmy Key held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dan Jennings.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Jimmy Key

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.74
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538
5.34
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.83
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.24
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
0.81
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Jimmy Key

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.6
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.57
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
2.24
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Jimmy Key

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
390
58500
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA