Bob Allen vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scipio Spinks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 4.11 and 1.631 for Bob Allen. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Scipio Spinks

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
6.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.54
6.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.208
1.208
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Scipio Spinks

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Scipio Spinks

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
547.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
282.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0