Jim Abbott vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Abbott built a career as a starting pitcher and Rob Dibble as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rob Dibble led in strikeout rate (K%+ 193 vs 81), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 167 vs 94), and home run suppression (HR9+ 149 vs 103). Jim Abbott held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 88). Role difference aside, Rob Dibble holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Rob Dibble

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.47
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
9.56
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.83
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
3.33
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
4.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7211
38.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
4.73
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6442
34.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.77
38.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Rob Dibble

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.37
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.61
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.05
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.58
96.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Rob Dibble

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
263
6575
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
525
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
4.24
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-18.67
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
10
250
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA