Rudy Sommers vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Rudy Sommers
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBrooklyn Tip-TopsFederal LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Sommers 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 4.81 and 1.644 for Rudy Sommers. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Sommers and Scipio Spinks

Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.24
24.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
10.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
3.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
39.65
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
6.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.644
1.644
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
34.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Rudy Sommers and Scipio Spinks

Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Sommers and Scipio Spinks

Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
618.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
27
506.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.34
81.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
187.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
225
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.745
0.745
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
86.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
32
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rudy Sommers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rudy Sommers
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0