John Burkett vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

John Burkett
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, John Burkett and Scipio Spinks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Scipio Spinks had the edge in ERA (3.7 vs 4.31). By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for John Burkett and Scipio Spinks

John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.29
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.97
54.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.06
95.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
4.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7945
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2866
9.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
2.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1766
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11324
38.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1374
4.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10358
35.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.48
38.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for John Burkett and Scipio Spinks

John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
1.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
1.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.29
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7945
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
1.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
1.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
1.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.2
98.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.103
1.103
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.06
95.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Burkett and Scipio Spinks

John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
425.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
629
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
515.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
47.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
41.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
5.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.25
5.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
53.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
73.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
20.99
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
17.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
38.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
-14.97
-14.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
24.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
226
215.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
2.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
John Burkett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
59.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
12
11.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
John Burkett
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0