Jim Mertz vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Mertz and Scipio Spinks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Scipio Spinks had the edge in ERA (3.7 vs 4.63). By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Mertz and Scipio Spinks

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.55
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.3
30.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
8.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
34.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jim Mertz and Scipio Spinks

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Mertz and Scipio Spinks

Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
460.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
26.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.83
25.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0