22 isn’t already on the club’s Level of Excellence. Put it this way: For the 10 seasons spanning from 1985 to 1994, Key had 147 wins – that’s more than any other left-hander in the majors during that period and second only to Roger Clemens (163) among all big leaguers.Īnd if you start looking at where he ranks in Blue Jays’ all-time statistical categories, you might wonder why his No. Just how underappreciated is the longtime Blue Jays lefty? If you asked a seasoned Canadian baseball fan this question, Jimmy Key would be one of the most common answers.
Who is the most underrated player in Toronto Blue Jays’ history?
There’s just about time for one more edition of our Blue Jays Flashback, and this time Jimmy Key is the man under Kevin Glew’s microscope.
