How Scipio Spinks's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Scipio Spinks posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 6.87, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1969, posting 18.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.83 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at 3.95, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.76 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.98 in 1971 to 7.09 in 1972 and 5.82 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 3.95 to 18.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Scipio Spinks Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Scipio Spinks
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career6.87
Season Avg.6.87
162 Game Avg.6.87
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Scipio Spinks Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Scipio Spinks's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Scipio Spinks Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

Scipio Spinks's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Scipio Spinks career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Scipio Spinks Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scipio Spinks's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Scipio Spinks Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scipio Spinks's seasonal Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scipio Spinks Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scipio Spinks's MLB career with Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table