Jack Fanning vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jack Fanning
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fanning 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 9.17 and 2.292 for Jack Fanning. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fanning and Scipio Spinks

Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.78
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
14.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.52
14.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
47.12
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
14.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.01
14.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
40.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.86
7.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.12
47.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jack Fanning and Scipio Spinks

Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fanning and Scipio Spinks

Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
18.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
18.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jack Fanning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Fanning
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0