Scipio Spinks vs. Carl Thomas — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carl Thomas
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Carl Thomas 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 7.45 and 1.862 for Carl Thomas. 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 Carl Thomas

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9.31
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.552
1.552
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
43.76
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.862
1.862
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
33.52
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.76
43.76

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Carl Thomas

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Carl Thomas

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.71
23.56
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
69.57
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
94.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Carl Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA