Ed Murphy vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows 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 Ed Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Murphy and Scipio Spinks

Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.94
77.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
5.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Ed Murphy and Scipio Spinks

Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Murphy and Scipio Spinks

Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
53.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0