Scipio Spinks vs. Rip Wheeler — Career Comparison

Scipio Spinks
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rip Wheeler
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Scipio Spinks built a career as a starting pitcher and Rip 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 4.18 and 1.291 for Rip 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 Rip Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.56
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.37
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.49
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.59
20.59
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.7
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.18
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
27
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201.2
9
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
129.1
9
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
7.81
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
9.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.71
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
4.78
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.02
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
6.87
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
38.69
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
37.93
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.25
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
4.11
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
33.43
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
35.63
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Scipio Spinks and Rip Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.56
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.29
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201.2
9
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.43
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.83
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.79
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.382
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Scipio Spinks and Rip Wheeler

Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
356.52
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
485.71
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
565.22
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
23.56
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
19.6
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
114.29
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
104.35
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.09
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
86.96
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
13.12
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
18.72
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
33
286.96
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.7
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scipio Spinks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA