Lloyd Merritt vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Lloyd Merritt
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Lloyd Merritt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lloyd Merritt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Lloyd Merritt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Scipio Spinks

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
8.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
4.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
38.57
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
3.99
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
34.16
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Scipio Spinks

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.06
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lloyd Merritt and Scipio Spinks

Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
2933.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
4.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-6.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Lloyd Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Lloyd Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0