Roger McKee vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Roger McKee
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Roger McKee 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 5.87 and 1.304 for Roger McKee. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roger McKee and Scipio Spinks

Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.457
0.457
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
39.91
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.304
1.304
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
36.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Roger McKee and Scipio Spinks

Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roger McKee and Scipio Spinks

Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
52.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Roger McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Roger McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0