Scipio Spinks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 183lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: July 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL us

High School: Harlan Community Academy HS (Chicago, IL)

School: Kennedy-King College (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 16, 1969 (Age 22-066d, 12,932nd in major league history)
vs. SDP 2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 9, 1973 (Age 25-332d)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Scipio Ronald Spinks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

3.70

201.2

154

WHIP

1.398

Summary of 16 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	9
HOU	7

Platoon
vs RHB	13
vs LHB	3

Home/Road
Away	11
Home	5

Outs
0	6
2	6
1	4

9 Opps
PIT	3
ATL	3
SDP	3
NYM	2
PHI	1
STL	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
HOU	1

15 Batters
Ivan Murrell	2
Milt May	1
Marty Perez	1
Dick Allen	1
Jim Wynn	1
Earl Williams	1
Joe Lis	1
Rusty Staub	1
Roberto Clemente	1
Willie Stargell	1
Henry Aaron	1
Ron Swoboda	1
Ollie Brown	1
Johnny Bench	1
Ken Rudolph	1

7 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	6
9	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	9
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	6
12-	3
1--	3
--3	2
-2-	2

29 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	6
1 on	7
2 on	3
Any on	10

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	4
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1

1-3	7
4-6	6
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	3
-1	3
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	7
Tied	3
Behind	6

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	5
C	4
1B	2
CF	2
LF	2
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	6
5th	3
3rd	3
8th	2
7th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-05-15	Ivan Murrell	SDP		HOU	tied 1-1	b 1	2	--3	2	5	8	18%	71%		Home Run; R. Webster Scores
2	2	2	2	1970-05-15	Ivan Murrell	SDP		HOU	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	8	11%	78%		Home Run
3	3	3	3	1970-05-15	Ollie Brown	SDP		HOU	ahead 4-3	b 6	2	-2-	2	6	9	17%	91%		Home Run; R. Webster Scores
4	4	4	1	1970-05-19	Dick Allen	STL	@	HOU	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	12-	3	3	3	19%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores; D. Maxvill Scores
5	5	5	1	1970-05-31 (1)	Ron Swoboda	NYM		HOU	ahead 12-4	b 8	0	--3	2	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run; C. Jones Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1971-09-06	Earl Williams	ATL		HOU	behind 1-6	b 7	2	12-	3	4	2	11%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Garr Scores; H. Aaron Scores
7	7	2	1	1971-09-19	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	HOU	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	3	5	2	25%	87%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores; T. Pérez Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1972-04-29	Jim Wynn	HOU		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	9	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	2	1	1972-05-19	Ken Rudolph	CHC	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	1972-05-24	Roberto Clemente	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	9	25%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Stennett Scores
11	11	4	1	1972-05-29	Rusty Staub	NYM	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	9	25%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Agee Scores
12	12	5	1	1972-06-30	Joe Lis	PHI		STL	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	4	3	8%	16%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1973-04-08 (2)	Willie Stargell	PIT		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	12%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	2	1973-04-08 (2)	Milt May	PIT		STL	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	26%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robertson Scores
15	15	3	1	1973-06-09	Marty Perez	ATL		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	8	6	16%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores
16	16	4	2	1973-06-09	Henry Aaron	ATL		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	4	7	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)