Scipio Spinks vs. Harry Staley — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Staley
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Staley 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 3.81 and 1.354 for Harry Staley. By the career numbers, Scipio Spinks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scipio Spinks and Harry Staley

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.12
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
1.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.54
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.86
82.86
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.85
90.85
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.92
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6834
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2278
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
9.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
2.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
2.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.36
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9879
39.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1484
5.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9227
36.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Harry Staley

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6900
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2300
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
2.2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
2.03
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
92.51
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
1.143
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.796
1.796
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Harry Staley

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
289
168.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1032
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
959
557.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
141
81.98
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
11.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
19.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.78
35.34
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
14
121.74
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
133.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244
141.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
52.91
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
112.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.08
34.35
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
37.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
93.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.45
6.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Staley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
4.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Staley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100