Jose Sosa vs. Scipio Spinks — Career Comparison

Jose Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Sosa 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 4.6 and 1.739 for Jose Sosa. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Sosa and Scipio Spinks

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
10.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
5.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
40.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.06
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.81
40.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Jose Sosa and Scipio Spinks

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.22
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.38
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Sosa and Scipio Spinks

Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
2333.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
130.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
466.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.111
1.111
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
139.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jose Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jose Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0