Mick Abel vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Mick Abel
Gen ZOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mick Abel 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 6.23 and 1.513 for Mick Abel. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mick Abel and Rob Dibble

Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
9.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
40.15
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
36.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.15
40.15
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Mick Abel and Rob Dibble

Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mick Abel and Rob Dibble

Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mick Abel
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA