Jack Meyer vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jack Meyer
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Jack Meyer 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 3.92 and 1.435 for Jack Meyer. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Meyer and Scipio Spinks

Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.38
41.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
3.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
4.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
7.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
6.87
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1965
38.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
4.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1711
33.84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jack Meyer and Scipio Spinks

Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.51
95.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Meyer and Scipio Spinks

Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
1212
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
516
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.96
23.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
114
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
132
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
18.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
186
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
3.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jack Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jack Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0