Scipio Spinks vs. Tom Walker — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Walker
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Walker 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 3.87 and 1.408 for Tom Walker. 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 Tom Walker

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.39
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
3.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1242
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
9.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.71
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.87
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
3.09
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
5.7
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.976
0.976
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
38.69
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1795
39.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
4.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1598
34.74
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Tom Walker

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
4.15
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.46
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.98
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.56
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.43
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Tom Walker

Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
2938.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
33
507.69
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
19.42
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.99
15.22
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.88
4.88
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA