Mike Davison vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Mike Davison
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Davison 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 6.39 and 1.947 for Mike Davison. 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 Davison and Scipio Spinks

Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
11.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.184
1.184
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
42.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.842
1.842
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
35.53
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Mike Davison and Scipio Spinks

Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
7.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Davison and Scipio Spinks

Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
9600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
286.96
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Mike Davison
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Mike Davison
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0