Mike Busby vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Mike Busby
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Busby 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 6.48 and 1.659 for Mike Busby. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Busby and Scipio Spinks

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
6.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
42.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
7.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.04
42.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Mike Busby and Scipio Spinks

Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Busby and Scipio Spinks

Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
2700
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
75.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.733
0.733
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
92.43
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Mike Busby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Busby
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0