Ed Bagley vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Ed Bagley
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Bagley 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 4.39 and 1.507 for Ed Bagley. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bagley and Scipio Spinks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
4.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1143
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
427
10.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
3.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1750
41.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
7.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1595
37.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Bagley and Scipio Spinks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.98
85.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bagley and Scipio Spinks

Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
158.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
570.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
102.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
82.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.11
30.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
128.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
131.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
56.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
36.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
89.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
26.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
102.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Ed Bagley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Bagley
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0