Rod Beck vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rod Beck
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rod Beck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rod Beck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Rod Beck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rod Beck and Scipio Spinks

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
8.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.53
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.78
45.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2304
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
8.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
7.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
6.87
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.55
7.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.087
1.087
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170
37.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
6.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.61
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2899
33.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rod Beck and Scipio Spinks

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
8.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2304
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.12
97.12
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.192
0.192
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rod Beck and Scipio Spinks

Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
21120
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.76
22.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
24.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
300
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
286.96
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Beck
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0