Scipio Spinks
Scipio Ronald Spinks
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL
High School: Harlan (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1969
Final Game: June 9, 1973
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 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 39 1.902 11.2 3.3 5.9 4.0 0.67
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 91 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 7 497 128 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 75 1.655 9.1 0.9 5.8 5.8 1.00
5 Seasons 7 11 .389 3.70 35 29 1 7 0 0 201.2 175 92 83 16 107 4 154 3 1 9 867 94 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 94 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 65 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 7 671 108 1.398 7.8 0.5 4.8 6.8 1.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1970 22 HOU NL 5 67 58 15 17 4 1 5 0 0 9 6 .293 .388 .655 1.043 .255 38 1 0 0 0 0
1971 23 HOU NL 5 121 105 12 22 0 0 2 1 1 13 26 .210 .303 .267 .569 .260 28 1 1 2 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
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
5 Seasons 35 867 749 92 175 20 4 16 21 8 107 154 .234 .331 .335 .666 .274 251 14 3 6 2 4
162 Game Avg. 37 921 796 98 186 21 4 17 22 9 114 164 .234 .331 .335 .666 .274 267 15 3 6 2 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 22 HOU NL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 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 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 1 4 6 0 11 69% 60 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% 46 71 17 5 4 1 6 2.7 2.3 4.8
4 Seasons 34 29 7 11 11 1 3 11 18 .379 2 7 7 0 14 48% 53 78 17 15 8 3 11 3.5 2.8 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.041 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1970 22 HOU NL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.847 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 4.0
1971 23 HOU NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0.558 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 11.5
3 Seasons 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0.668 0 1 3 0 0 6 2 4 4 0 5 1 6.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 21 HOU NL 8 0% 0.0% 50.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 38% 1 0 0%
1970 22 HOU NL 67 30% 7.5% 9.0% 13.4% 14.9% 59% 0.71 70% 10 1 10%
1971 23 HOU NL 121 35% 1.7% 21.5% 10.7% 1.7% 9% 1.45 64% 8 1 13%
1972 24 STL NL 497 42% 1.0% 18.7% 11.9% 3.8% 20% 1.39 68% 113 9 8%
1973 25 STL NL 174 38% 2.3% 14.4% 14.4% 5.2% 23% 1.32 67% 39 3 8%
5 Seasons 867 39% 1.9% 17.8% 12.3% 4.6% 23% 1.31 67% 171 14 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 5 2 25 73
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1969 21 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 0 1 .000 8.62 6 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 18 16 15 5 10 0 10 0 1 1 75 45 1.787 10.3 2.9 5.7 5.7 1.00 45
1971 23 1 1 .500 5.40 11 5 1 1 0 0 45.0 40 28 27 7 23 0 36 1 1 2 196 65 1.400 8.0 1.4 4.6 7.2 1.57 65
1972 24 6 6 .500 3.42 27 21 1 7 0 0 163.0 136 67 62 12 82 2 129 3 1 9 693 101 1.337 7.5 0.7 4.5 7.1 1.57 101
1973 25 7 11 .389 3.70 35 29 1 7 0 0 201.2 175 92 83 16 107 4 154 3 1 9 867 94 1.398 7.8 0.7 4.8 6.9 1.44 94

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 4 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 18.0 4.00 0.0 1
1970 22 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 18 17 15 5 10 6 0 2.154 12.5 6.9 4.2 0.60 3.5 5
1971 23 1 2 .333 4.50 28.0 23 16 14 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 91 2 1.504 8.4 5.2 7.1 1.38 0.5 16
1973 25 1 3 .250 5.75 36.0 40 26 23 4 26 23 0 1.833 10.0 6.5 5.8 0.88 1.0 8
5 Seasons 9 11 .450 4.36 194.0 188 106 94 17 117 149 3 1.572 8.7 6.9 1.27 0.8 35

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