Jimmy Key vs. Eric Plunk — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Eric Plunk
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jimmy Key built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Plunk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jimmy Key led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 69). Eric Plunk held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 90). Role difference aside, Jimmy Key holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Key and Eric Plunk

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.56
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.45
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.38
55.38
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
3.51
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
3.82
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
7.89
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
0.88
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.95
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
5.06
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538
5.34
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5030
39.33
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.83
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
4.2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.31
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.24
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.29
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.68
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4268
33.37
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Eric Plunk

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.6
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.34
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.57
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
2.24
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.17
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.17
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.06
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.28
91.28
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Eric Plunk

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
471
94200
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
715
143000
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA