Rick Kester vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rick Kester
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Kester 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 5.98 and 1.746 for Rick Kester. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Kester and Scipio Spinks

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.65
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.84
10.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
4.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
6.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
41.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.746
1.746
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
36.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rick Kester and Scipio Spinks

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.12
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Kester and Scipio Spinks

Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
1400
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-60.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0