Johnny Klippstein vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Johnny Klippstein
Greatest GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnny Klippstein 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 4.24 and 1.506 for Johnny Klippstein. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Scipio Spinks

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
0.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.12
46.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.64
22.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5903
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1915
8.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
978
4.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1158
5.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8656
39.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1059
4.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7608
34.8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Scipio Spinks

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4108
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1369.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
2.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
2.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.63
96.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.605
0.605
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.36
13.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Klippstein and Scipio Spinks

Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
713
772.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
543.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
68.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
53.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.04
16.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
95.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
85.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
30.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
31.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
56.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-0.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
205.78
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
37.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Johnny Klippstein
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Johnny Klippstein
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0