Jimmy Key career strikeouts (pitching)

• Best season on file: 173 in 1993.
• Most recent: 53 in 1998.

Sum of 15 regular seasons, 1984 through 1998. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Jimmy Key career strikeouts (pitching), season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1984	TOR	63	4	5	4.65	62.0	44	32	1.65	10
1985	TOR	35	14	6	3.00	212.2	85	50	1.12	0
1986	TOR	36	14	11	3.57	232.0	141	74	1.28	0
1987	TOR	36	17	8	2.76	261.0	161	66	1.06	0
1988	TOR	21	12	5	3.29	131.1	65	30	1.20	0
1989	TOR	33	13	14	3.88	216.0	118	27	1.17	0
1990	TOR	27	13	7	4.25	154.2	88	22	1.23	0
1991	TOR	33	16	12	3.05	209.1	125	44	1.20	0
1992	TOR	33	13	13	3.53	216.2	117	59	1.22	0
1993	NYY	34	18	6	3.00	236.2	173	43	1.11	0
1994	NYY	25	17	4	3.27	168.0	97	52	1.36	0
1995	NYY	5	1	2	5.64	30.1	14	6	1.52	0
1996	NYY	30	12	11	4.68	169.1	116	58	1.35	0
1997	BAL	34	16	10	3.43	212.1	141	82	1.38	0
1998	BAL	25	6	3	4.20	79.1	53	23	1.26	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV