Editing Jimmy Key (section)

===Toronto Blue Jays===
The [[Toronto Blue Jays]] selected Key in the third round of the [[1982 MLB draft]].<ref name="baseball-reference.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keyji01.shtml|title = Jimmy Key Stats}}</ref> He worked his way up the Blue Jays' minor league system during 1982 and 1983, putting up respectable numbers with the [[Florence Blue Jays]] ([[South Atlantic League]]), the [[Medicine Hat Blue Jays]] ([[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]]), the [[Knoxville Smokies|Knoxville Blue Jays]] ([[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]]), and the [[Syracuse Chiefs]] ([[International League]]) before heading to Toronto.

Key made his Major League debut on April 6, 1984, and was utilized in relief situations through his inaugural year, notching 10 [[save (baseball)|saves]] and a 4.65 [[earned run average|ERA]].<ref name="DigestNov85p50">{{cite journal|last=Sorci|first=Rick|date=November 1985|title=Jimmy Key Helped Open the Door of Opportunity for Blue Jays|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside Publishing|volume=4|issue=11|page=50|issn=0005-609X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jzQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref> He wore number 27 in his first season and 22 for the duration of his Blue Jays career.

Key moved into the starting rotation in 1985 and quickly became a cornerstone in the rotation, leading the Blue Jays to their first postseason appearance that year. In 1987, Key led the major leagues with a 2.76 earned run average and finished second behind [[Roger Clemens]] in voting for the American League [[Cy Young Award]].

In Game 4 of the [[1992 World Series]], Key made his final start for the Blue Jays,<ref name="Felts" /> surrendering one run over {{frac|7|2|3}} innings to earn a 2-1 [[win (baseball)|win]] and put the Jays up 3 games to 1. He left the game to a tremendous ovation. Key would appear once more in the series, as a reliever in the 10th and 11th innings of the 6th and deciding game, earning another winning decision in the series.<ref>http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2009/5/11/872139/top-50-all-time-jays-7-jimmy-key Birdbanter</ref>