Jimmy Key vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jimmy Key a clear advantage over Tom Seaver across the core pitching metrics. Jimmy Key led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 106), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 92). Tom Seaver held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 90). Jimmy Key was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Key and Tom Seaver

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.41
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.39
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.27
60.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.77
82.77
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
2.86
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
0.72
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
2.62
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1538
5.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3640
6.85
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.24
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10719
37.22
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.83
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.18
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
0.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.22
37.22
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Tom Seaver

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.62
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.57
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
2.24
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.17
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1020
1.92
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.77
82.77
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.63
98.63
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Tom Seaver

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
677
261.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1315
508.38
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
78.09
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
60.7
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
10.82
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
17.4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
106.7
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
38.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
33.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
485
187.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
46.78
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100