Jan Dukes vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jan Dukes
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jan Dukes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jan Dukes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Jan Dukes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jan Dukes and Scipio Spinks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
37.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
31.05
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
33.43
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jan Dukes and Scipio Spinks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jan Dukes and Scipio Spinks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0