Jim Brewer vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jim Brewer
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brewer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Brewer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Jim Brewer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brewer and Scipio Spinks

Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.49
51.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
3.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3122
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
7.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
7.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
6.87
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.124
1.124
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4299
37.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
3.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
33.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
33.43
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.18
37.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jim Brewer and Scipio Spinks

Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3119
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1039.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brewer and Scipio Spinks

Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
586
2225.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
531.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
79.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
72.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.1
19.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
121.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.82
14.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
197.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
3.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0