Walter Anderson vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Walter Anderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walter Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.405 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Walter Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Scipio Spinks

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Scipio Spinks

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Scipio Spinks

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.17
2.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0