Rod Scurry vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rod Scurry
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows 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 Rod Scurry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rod Scurry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.491 compared to 3.7 and 1.418 for Scipio Spinks. By the career numbers, Rod Scurry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rod Scurry and Scipio Spinks

Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
3.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
3.7
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
7.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.61
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
5.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
8.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
6.87
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
39.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.83
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.11
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1695
33.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
33.43
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.52
39.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rod Scurry and Scipio Spinks

Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.49
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1382
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.64
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rod Scurry and Scipio Spinks

Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
3434.48
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
568.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
9
93.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
22.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
11
113.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.62
16.78
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
268.97
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rod Scurry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rod Scurry
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0