Jim Devlin vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Scipio Spinks

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
8.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Scipio Spinks

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Scipio Spinks

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
552.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0