Rich Folkers vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rich Folkers
Baby BoomersIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Folkers 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 4.11 and 1.456 for Rich Folkers. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Folkers and Scipio Spinks

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
4.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.36
14.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
4.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1269
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
8.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
3.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
5.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1832
38.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
4.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
34.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.98
38.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rich Folkers and Scipio Spinks

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
4.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.36
14.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Folkers and Scipio Spinks

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
1314.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
519.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
67.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
13.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
101.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.93
6.26
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
188.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.18
3.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0