How Scipio Spinks's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Scipio Spinks posted a career ERA of 3.7, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1969, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.57 that year. The highest point came in 1970 at 9.88, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.88 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.68 in 1971 to 2.67 in 1972 and 4.89 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 9.88 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Scipio Spinks Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Scipio Spinks ERA Per Season

Scipio Spinks's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Scipio Spinks ERA per season line chart

Scipio Spinks ERA by Team

Scipio Spinks's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Scipio Spinks ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scipio Spinks's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Scipio Spinks ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Scipio Spinks ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scipio Spinks's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Scipio Spinks ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scipio Spinks ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scipio Spinks's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Scipio Spinks ERA season-by-season breakdown table