Scipio Spinks vs. Jim Todd — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Todd
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Todd 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 4.23 and 1.587 for Jim Todd. 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 Jim Todd

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.44
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.08
52.08
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
4.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
9.53
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
3.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
39.61
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
4.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.23
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
34.45
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Jim Todd

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
4.76
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1533
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.43
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.83
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.79
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.66
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.18
96.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.559
0.559
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Jim Todd

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
270
8526.32
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.38
-43.55
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
221.05
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
2.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Todd
Career
Per 600 PA