Brian Barber vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Brian Barber
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brian Barber 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 6.77 and 1.710 for Brian Barber. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Barber and Rob Dibble

Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.52
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
10.74
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
5.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.118
1.118
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
425
41.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
6.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.77
6.77
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.87
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.45
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.677
1.677
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
35.42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.13
41.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Brian Barber and Rob Dibble

Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.52
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.68
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.346
0.346
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Barber and Rob Dibble

Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1560
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
14.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
13.83
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
120
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Brian Barber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Barber
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA