Bill Magee vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Bill Magee
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Magee 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 4.94 and 1.600 for Bill Magee. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Magee and Scipio Spinks

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.25
36.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.11
84.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2231
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
10.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
4.26
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3376
40.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
6.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2965
35.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Bill Magee and Scipio Spinks

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
1.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2226
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.85
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.79
89.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.972
1.972
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Magee and Scipio Spinks

Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
214
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
568
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.39
22.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
112
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
116
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.36
18.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
132
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0