Frank Foreman vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Frank Foreman
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Foreman 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 3.97 and 1.461 for Frank Foreman. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Foreman and Scipio Spinks

Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
1.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.79
50.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.52
89.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
3.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5165
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1721.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1857
9.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
3.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
3.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
0.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7726
40.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1186
6.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.461
1.461
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6925
36.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.39
40.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Frank Foreman and Scipio Spinks

Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5526
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1842
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.43
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.79
87.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.668
1.668
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Foreman and Scipio Spinks

Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
175.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
832
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
754
543.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
121.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
87.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
16.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.82
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
6.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
33.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.55
58.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
179.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
173.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
52.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
121.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.96
61.99
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
44.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
83.65
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
7.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
5.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Foreman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Frank Foreman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0