Scipio Spinks vs. Joe Wheeler — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Wheeler
Lost GenerationThrows RightBats RightBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Wheeler 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 5.68 and 1.421 for Joe Wheeler. 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 Joe Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.68
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
7.81
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.11
7.11
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
4.78
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.68
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.842
0.842
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
36.47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.95
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
7.58
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.84
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
33.43
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27.47
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.47
36.47

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Joe Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.56
97.56
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Joe Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
356.52
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
300
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
565.22
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.12
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.87
-52.13
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Joe Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
2.09
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA