Bobby Mathews vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Mathews and Scipio Spinks

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
1.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Scipio Spinks

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
1.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1102
1.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.88
19.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Scipio Spinks

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
17.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
3.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0