Jack Aker vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jack Aker
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Aker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Aker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.369 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Jack Aker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Aker and Scipio Spinks

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.09
51.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2238
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
679
8.19
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.19
8.19
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
4.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3144
37.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
3.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2786
33.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jack Aker and Scipio Spinks

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
5.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Aker and Scipio Spinks

Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
2861.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
530.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
4.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
40.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.13
-23.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
51
294.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
286.96
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.04
2.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jack Aker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
57.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Aker
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0