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Scipio Spinks

Scipio Ronald Spinks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: July 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL
High School: Harlan HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1969
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Astros 1969-1973

Final Game: June 9, 1973
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1966	18	HOU-min	A-	1	1	.500	2.54	15	3					39.0	17	12	11	2	26								1.103	3.9	0.5	6.0			BMA · NORL
1967	19	HOU-min	A,AA	5	12	.294	2.20	31	16					131.0	84	52	32	2	95		137						1.366	5.8	0.1	6.5	9.4	1.44	COC,AMA · FLOR,TL
1968	20	HOU-min	A	9	6	.600	2.27	29	15					123.0	83	54	31	2	76								1.293	6.1	0.1	5.6			GBO · CARL
1969	21	HOU-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.48	28	28		5	0	0	143.0	144	108	87	10	117	3	118	2	0	14			1.825	9.1	0.6	7.4	7.4	1.01	OKC · AA
1969	21	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	8		1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
1970	22	HOU-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.30	23	23		10	0	0	158.0	138	80	58	13	77	2	153	7	0	17			1.361	7.9	0.7	4.4	8.7	1.99	OKC · AA
1970	22	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	9.88	5	2	1	0	0	0	13.2	17	15	15	5	9	0	6	0	1	1	67	41	1.902	11.2	3.3	5.9	4.0	0.67
1971	23	HOU-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.25	19	19		7	0	0	133.0	109	57	48	6	85	1	173	4	0	8			1.459	7.4	0.4	5.8	11.7	2.04	OKC · AA
1971	23	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	3.68	5	3	0	1	0	0	29.1	22	12	12	2	13	0	26	1	0	1	121	93	1.193	6.8	0.6	4.0	8.0	2.00
1972	24	STL	NL	5	5	.500	2.67	16	16	0	6	0	0	118.0	96	39	35	5	59	2	93	2	0	7	497	129	1.314	7.3	0.4	4.5	7.1	1.58
1973	25	STL	NL	1	5	.167	4.89	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.2	39	25	21	4	25	2	25	0	0	0	174	76	1.655	9.1	0.9	5.8	5.8	1.00
1974	26	CHC-min	AAA	0	2	.000	9.69	8	3		0	0	0	13.0	22	16	14	1	11	0	11	0	0	2			2.538	15.2	0.7	7.6	7.6	1.00	WCH · AA
1975	27	NYY-HOU-min	AA,AAA	1	6	.143	5.40	10	10		0	0	0	45.0	46	35	27	1	33	0	5	1	0	1			1.756	9.2	0.2	6.6	1.0	0.15	WHA,IWA · EL,AA
5 Yrs				7	11	.389	3.70	35	29	1	7	0	0	201.2	175	92	83	16	107	4	154	3	1	9	867	95	1.398	7.8	0.7	4.8	6.9	1.44
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.389	3.70	37	31	1	7	0	0	214	186	98	88	17	114	4	164	3	1	10	921	95	1.398	7.8	0.7	4.8	6.9	1.44

HOU (3 yrs)				1	1	.500	5.40	11	5	1	1	0	0	45.0	40	28	27	7	23	0	36	1	1	2	196	67	1.400	8.0	1.4	4.6	7.2	1.57
STL (2 yrs)				6	10	.375	3.22	24	24	0	6	0	0	156.2	135	64	56	9	84	4	118	2	0	7	671	109	1.398	7.8	0.5	4.8	6.8	1.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1969	21	HOU	NL	2.0	1	0	1	4.50	3.02	-0.23	-0.13	96.0	3.00	-0	-0.0	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.462	.500	$
1970	22	HOU	NL	13.2	5	2	15	9.88	4.44	-0.41	-0.00	96.5	4.67	-8	-0.7	.0	0.1	-0.5	-7	.354	.496	$
1971	23	HOU	NL	29.1	5	3	12	3.68	3.52	-0.01	-0.00	99.3	3.51	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.1	2	.481	.499	$
1972	24	STL	NL	118.0	16	16	39	2.97	4.02	-0.16	0.06	98.0	4.16	14	1.7		-0.1	2.6	25	.609	.511	$
1973	25	STL	NL	38.2	8	8	25	5.82	4.22	0.13	0.13	99.8	4.21	-7	-0.7		-0.0	-0.4	-3	.412	.496	$
5 Seasons				201.2	35	29	92	4.11	4.00	-0.10	0.06	98.4	4.10	-2	0.2	.3	-0.0	1.8	17	.505	.500	$

HOU (3 yrs)				45.0	11	5	28	5.60	3.78	-0.14	-0.01	98.3	3.84	-9	-0.9	.3	0.1	-0.4	-5	.422	.498	$
STL (2 yrs)				156.2	24	24	64	3.68	4.07	-0.09	0.08	98.5	4.17	7	1.0		-0.1	2.2	22	.543	.503	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1969	21	HOU	NL	1	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	22	HOU	NL	5	61	58	15	17	4	1	5	0	0	9	6	.293	.388	.655	1.043	.255	38	1	0	0	0	0	1
1971	23	HOU	NL	5	54	105	12	22	0	0	2	1	1	13	26	.210	.303	.267	.569	.260	28	1	1	2	0	0	0
1972	24	STL	NL	16	497	434	39	96	12	2	5	13	3	59	93	.221	.317	.293	.609	.270	127	9	2	1	1	2	5
1973	25	STL	NL	8	174	145	25	39	4	1	4	7	4	25	25	.269	.374	.393	.767	.299	57	3	0	3	1	2	3
5 Yrs				35	794	749	92	175	20	4	16	21	8	107	154	.234	.331	.335	.666	.274	251	14	3	6	2	4	9
162 Game Avg.				37	844	796	98	186	21	4	17	22	9	114	164	.234	.331	.335	.666	.274	267	15	3	6	2	4	10
MLB Averages																.251	.320	.371	.690	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1969	21	HOU	NL	0.5	0.1	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.03	0.3	0	1
1970	22	HOU	NL	-8.5	-0.8	71	-0.8	0.8	-1.5	.86	-0.5	-0.3	-8.6	-0.8	0.79	-8.1	0	1
1971	23	HOU	NL	-0.2	-0.0	57	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.49	0.5	-0.9	1.1	0.1	0.49	4.1	1	1
1972	24	STL	NL	10.3	1.2	523	1.3	10.9	-9.6	1.24	1.0	0.0	12.1	1.4	1.24	8.8	0	0
1973	25	STL	NL	-5.6	-0.6	188	-0.5	3.7	-4.3	1.25	-0.5	0.1	-5.4	-0.5	1.25	-5.3	0	0
5 Yrs				-3.4	-0.1	848	-0.2	15.8	-16.0	1.15	0.5	-0.7	-1.0	0.1	1.14	-0.1	1	3

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1970	22	HOU	NL	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	30.5	40	21	2	0	1	1	5.2	4.0	4.8
1971	23	HOU	NL	5	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	.667	0	1	1	0	0	0%	51.0	60	35	0	0	0	1	4.8	1.8	7.2
1972	24	STL	NL	16	16	5	5	6	0	3	7	9	.438	3	4	6	0	11	69%	59.9	78	31	8	4	1	3	3.5	2.9	7.4
1973	25	STL	NL	8	8	1	5	2	0	0	2	6	.250	1	1	0	0	3	38%	45.5	71	17	5	4	1	6	2.7	2.3	4.8
4 Yrs				34	29	7	11	11	1	3	11	18	.379	4	7	7	0	14	48%	53	78	17	15	8	3	11	3.5	2.8	6.5
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	21	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0	0		5	.029	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	6.0
1970	22	HOU	NL	5	3	1	1	0	0%	5	.860	0	1	3	1	2	1	2	0	4.0
1971	23	HOU	NL	5	2	0	2	2	100%	1	.492	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	11.5
3 Yrs				11	6	1	3	2	67%		.644	1	3	6	2	4	4	5	1	6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	21	HOU	NL	8	100%	0.0%	50.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	38%	1	0	0%
1970	22	HOU	NL	67	70%	8.2%	9.8%	14.8%	16.4%	59%	0.71	77%	10	1	10%
1971	23	HOU	NL	121	65%	3.7%	48.2%	24.1%	3.7%	9%	1.45	143%	8	1	13%
1972	24	STL	NL	497	58%	1.0%	18.7%	11.9%	3.8%	20%	1.39	68%	113	9	8%
1973	25	STL	NL	174	62%	2.3%	14.4%	14.4%	5.2%	23%	1.32	67%	39	3	8%
5 Yrs				867	61%	2.0%	19.4%	13.5%	5.0%	23%	1.31	73%	171	14	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.1%	14.7%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1969	21	HOU	NL	8	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1970	22	HOU	NL	61	17			5	0	0	5	0	1	4	2	2	0	100%	1	1	1	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
1971	23	HOU	NL	54	22			2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	16	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67
1972	24	STL	NL	497	96			5	0	9	4	1	3	2	17	11	3	65%	5	7	1	199	13	3	81%	10	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	11	0
1973	25	STL	NL	174	39			4	0	3	2	2	0	4	8	5	0	63%	3	0	2	74	7	4	64%	7	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	4	0
5 Yrs				794	175			16	0	12	12	3	5	10	28	20	3	71%	9	9	5	320	21	8	72%	18	6	2	1	1	1	4	2	25	73
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1969	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	8		1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
1970	22	0	1	.000	8.62	6	2	1	0	15.2	18	16	15	5	10	0	10	0	1	1	75	47	1.787	10.3	2.9	5.7	5.7	1.00	47
1971	23	1	1	.500	5.40	11	5	1	1	45.0	40	28	27	7	23	0	36	1	1	2	196	67	1.400	8.0	1.4	4.6	7.2	1.57	67
1972	24	6	6	.500	3.42	27	21	1	7	163.0	136	67	62	12	82	2	129	3	1	9	693	102	1.337	7.5	0.7	4.5	7.1	1.57	102
1973	25	7	11	.389	3.70	35	29	1	7	201.2	175	92	83	16	107	4	154	3	1	9	867	95	1.398	7.8	0.7	4.8	6.9	1.44	95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1969	21	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.500	0.0	4.5	22.5	5.00	0.0	1
1970	22	0	1	.000	9.64	14.0	17	17	15	5	9	6	0	1.857	10.9	5.8	3.9	0.67	3.2	5
1971	23	1	2	.333	4.18	28.0	23	14	13	2	14	25	1	1.321	7.4	4.5	8.0	1.79	0.6	5
1972	24	7	5	.583	3.29	115.0	107	47	42	6	66	90	2	1.504	8.4	5.2	7.0	1.36	0.5	16
1973	25	1	3	.250	5.50	36.0	40	24	22	4	26	23	0	1.833	10.0	6.5	5.8	0.88	1.0	8
5 Yrs		9	11	.450	4.25	195.0	187	102	92	17	116	149	3	1.554	8.6		6.9	1.28	0.8	35

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