Charlie Buffinton vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Charlie Buffinton
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Buffinton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Buffinton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.234 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Charlie Buffinton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Scipio Spinks

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.52
60.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
2.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10212
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3404
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3344
8.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
2.26
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1700
4.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14465
38.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1824
4.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13578
35.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Scipio Spinks

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
1.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14889
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4963
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
1.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
1.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1979
3.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1797
3.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.8
90.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.903
2.903
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Buffinton and Scipio Spinks

Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
152.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2309
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2214
575.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.589
0.589
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
543
141.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
453
117.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
17.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
1.82
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
23.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.41
48.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
663
172.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
638
165.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
63.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
66.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
128.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214.84
55.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
23.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
29.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.25
20.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
3.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Buffinton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
3.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Charlie Buffinton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0