Jimmy Key vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve 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 96), run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 104), and strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 77). Kent Tekulve held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 93). Role difference aside, Jimmy Key holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Key and Kent Tekulve

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
2.85
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1305
8.18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
3.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1538
5.34
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
4.88
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.17
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6001
37.59
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.83
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.3
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.31
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.24
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
0.81
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
5358
33.57
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Key and Kent Tekulve

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4311
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.6
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.58
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.57
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.05
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
2.24
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
2.17
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.63
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Key and Kent Tekulve

Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
4772.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
550
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
5.11
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
72.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.36
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-4.22
-19.17
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
277.27
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
2.16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA