Walter Ball vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Walter Ball 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. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 2.98 and 1.247 for Rob Dibble. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Rob Dibble

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.98
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2211
37.52
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
3.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.52
37.52
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Rob Dibble

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Rob Dibble

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA