Wes Flowers vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Wes Flowers 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 5.4 and 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Scipio Spinks

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Scipio Spinks

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Scipio Spinks

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0