Ed Barry vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Ed Barry
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ed Barry 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 3.53 and 1.253 for Ed Barry. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Barry and Rob Dibble

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.53
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
8.43
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
3.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.747
0.747
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
37.59
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.253
1.253
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
33.84
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Ed Barry and Rob Dibble

Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.82
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.51
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.28
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Barry and Rob Dibble

Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
12
266.67
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
511.11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
12.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.19
-4.3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
9
200
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Ed Barry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Barry
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA