Jimmy Key vs. Elmer Steele — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Elmer Steele
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Elmer Steele posted a stronger line than Jimmy Key. Elmer Steele posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.41 vs 3.51) and WHIP (1.041 vs 1.241). By the career numbers, Elmer Steele 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 Elmer Steele

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
1.63
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.61
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.93
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.33
57.33
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.41
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
7.9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.9
7.9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
668
2.32
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.46
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.1
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
3.17
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.17
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10719
37.22
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596
34.36
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.83
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.49
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.31
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.24
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1520
32.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.22
37.22
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.36
34.36

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Elmer Steele

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.95
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.98
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
0.6
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.14
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
6.64
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
6.41
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.45
96.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.173
2.173
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Elmer Steele

Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
75
294.12
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
556.86
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.03
15.82
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
101.96
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
50.98
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.01
3.97
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.53
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
184.31
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100