Brian O'Connor vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian O'Connor 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 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Scipio Spinks

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Scipio Spinks

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Scipio Spinks

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
286.96
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0