Steve Baker vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Steve Baker
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Steve Baker 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 5.13 and 1.671 for Steve Baker. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Baker and Rob Dibble

Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
3.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.61
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.43
30.43
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.95
30.95
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
5.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
9.95
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.49
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.97
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.089
1.089
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.68
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
40.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.99
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
5.7
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.53
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.38
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.45
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
915
34.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Steve Baker and Rob Dibble

Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
3.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.33
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.29
94.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.393
0.393
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.95
30.95
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Baker and Rob Dibble

Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
84
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA