Collin Balester vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Collin Balester
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Collin Balester 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 5.47 and 1.515 for Collin Balester. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Collin Balester and Rob Dibble

Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.95
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
5.47
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
9.42
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
7.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.236
1.236
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
40.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
5.88
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.67
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
35.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Collin Balester and Rob Dibble

Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.95
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
80.95
80.95
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.193
0.193
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Collin Balester and Rob Dibble

Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
88
1257.14
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
400
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
13.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
17.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
10
142.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
4.2
4.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
6
116.13
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Collin Balester
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA