Rube Kisinger vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rube Kisinger
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rube Kisinger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Kisinger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Rube Kisinger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Kisinger and Scipio Spinks

Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
9.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
673
37.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
4.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
34.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.39
37.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rube Kisinger and Scipio Spinks

Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.08
95.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.762
2.762
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Kisinger and Scipio Spinks

Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
21
188.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
591.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
9
80.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
71.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
10
89.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
10
89.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
5
44.78
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
6
53.73
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
5.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rube Kisinger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rube Kisinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0