Buz Phillips vs. Glenn Spencer — Career Comparison

Buz Phillips
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Glenn Spencer
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Glenn Spencer built a career as a starting pitcher and Buz Phillips as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Glenn Spencer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.53 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 8.04 and 1.969 for Buz Phillips. By the career numbers, Glenn Spencer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buz Phillips and Glenn Spencer

Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.89
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
2.34
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.74
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.59
42.59
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.65
31.65
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.37
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
8.04
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
4.53
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.04
8.04
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1602
27
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
534
9
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
14.02
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
588
9.91
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.02
14.02
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.24
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.62
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.71
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.39
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.85
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.73
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.618
0.618
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
44.52
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2358
39.74
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.65
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.93
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.07
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
5.61
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.07
9.07
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.478
1.478
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2146
36.17
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.52
44.52
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Buz Phillips and Glenn Spencer

Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.97
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.856
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Buz Phillips and Glenn Spencer

Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
646.15
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
473.86
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
600
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
528.41
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.231
1.231
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
64.77
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
57.95
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.41
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.41
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
170.23
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
11.28
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
75
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
88.64
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.231
1.231
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.429
1.429
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.45
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.05
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
37.5
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
184.04
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-1.1
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.86
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
49
167.05
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
47.73
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.82
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buz Phillips
Career
Per 600 PA
Glenn Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA