Jimmy Key vs. Johnny Sain — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Johnny Sain
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Jimmy Key and Johnny Sain are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jimmy Key had the edge in WHIP (1.241 vs 1.302). By the career numbers, Jimmy Key had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Key and Johnny Sain

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
1.74
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.04
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.49
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.51
54.51
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.47
59.47
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
3.49
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
6377
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2125.2
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.74
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2145
9.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
2.62
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.1
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
910
3.85
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
0.719
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8998
38.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.53
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
947
4.01
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9856
34.23
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8349
35.35
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Johnny Sain

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
29.2
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
26.29
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.35
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.64
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
35.29
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.32
96.32
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.12
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.28
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Johnny Sain

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
433
303.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
856
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
542.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
133.18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
108.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.63
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.53
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.59
39.66
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
164.72
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
151.4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
48.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
70.79
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
117.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.11
45.63
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.82
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.8
42.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
39.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
25
17.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA