Karl Adams vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Karl Adams
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Karl Adams 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 5.01 and 1.452 for Karl Adams. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Adams and Rob Dibble

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.94
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.01
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.85
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
39.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.452
1.452
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
35.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Karl Adams and Rob Dibble

Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
27
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.167
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Adams and Rob Dibble

Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Karl Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
581.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.67
-48.53
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
16
290.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA