Editing Jimmy Key (section)

===New York Yankees===
As a [[free agent]], Key signed a four-year contract worth $17&nbsp;million with the [[New York Yankees]] on December 10, 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/11/sports/baseball-yankees-finally-get-it-right-and-land-a-lefty.html|newspaper=The New York Times | first=Jack|last=Curry|title=BASEBALL; Yankees Finally Get It Right and Land a Lefty | date=December 11, 1992|author-link=Jack Curry}}</ref> He posted a 49–23 record in 94 games over three seasons with the Yankees. He had his career high of 173 strikeouts in the first year with the Yankees in 1993, and he led the majors with 17 wins in the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|strike]]-shortened season of 1994.<ref name="baseball-reference.com"/>

He spent time with the [[Gulf Coast Yankees]] (1–0 and 0.00 ERA) and Tampa (0–0 and 2.77 ERA) of the Florida State League during rehab assignments during his last season with New York in 1996. In his final start as a Yankee, he outdueled [[Greg Maddux]] of the Atlanta Braves in the deciding game of the [[1996 World Series]].<ref name="baseball-reference.com"/>

Jimmy Key wore the number 22 while with the Yankees.