Kirtley Baker vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Kirtley Baker
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Kirtley Baker 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 6.28 and 1.803 for Kirtley Baker. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirtley Baker and Scipio Spinks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.86
75.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.82
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
6.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
11.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
4.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
2.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1789
43.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
9.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.803
1.803
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
38.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.4
43.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Kirtley Baker and Scipio Spinks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
3.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.93
89.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.161
2.161
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirtley Baker and Scipio Spinks

Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
205.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
110.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.61
46.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
126.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
186.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
60
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
91.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.16
54.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
69.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.26
8.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
0.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirtley Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Kirtley Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0