Jimmy Key vs Scott Sanderson

Jimmy Key Scott Sanderson

Jimmy Key and Scott Sanderson compared on their MLB careers: Jimmy Key played 15 seasons, 1984 to 1998, Scott Sanderson 19 seasons, 1978 to 1996. Jimmy Key has 186 wins to Scott Sanderson's 163. Jimmy Key won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Jimmy Key and Scott Sanderson career totals

470	GP	472
186	W	163
117	L	143
3.5	ERA	3.8
2591.2	IP	2,561
1,538	K	1,611
668	BB	625
1.2	WHIP	1.3
10	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

Jimmy Key and Scott Sanderson postseason

14	GP	5
20	R	2
71	H	16

Where each stands all time

Jimmy Key and Scott Sanderson all-time places

218th (1,538)	Strikeouts (pitching)	193rd (1,611)
150th (186)	Wins (pitching)	212th (163)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Jimmy Key: 2 championships; none on file
Scott Sanderson: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Jimmy Key and Scott Sanderson season by season

1st	1984	4	5	4.65	1978	4	2	2.51
2nd	1985	14	6	3.00	1979	9	8	3.43
3rd	1986	14	11	3.57	1980	16	11	3.11
4th	1987	17	8	2.76	1981	9	7	2.96
5th	1988	12	5	3.29	1982	12	12	3.46
6th	1989	13	14	3.88	1983	6	7	4.65
7th	1990	13	7	4.25	1984	8	5	3.14
8th	1991	16	12	3.05	1985	5	6	3.12
9th	1992	13	13	3.53	1986	9	11	4.19
10th	1993	18	6	3.00	1987	8	9	4.29
11th	1994	17	4	3.27	1988	1	2	5.28
12th	1995	1	2	5.64	1989	11	9	3.94
13th	1996	12	11	4.68	1990	17	11	3.88
14th	1997	16	10	3.43	1991	16	10	3.81
15th	1998	6	3	4.20	1992	12	11	4.93
16th	—	—	—	—	1993	11	13	4.21
17th	—	—	—	—	1994	8	4	5.09
18th	—	—	—	—	1995	1	3	4.12
19th	—	—	—	—	1996	0	2	7.50

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA