Josh Beckett vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Josh Beckett
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Josh Beckett 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 193 vs 115), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 167 vs 97), and home run suppression (HR9+ 149 vs 83). Josh Beckett held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 88). Role difference aside, Rob Dibble holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Josh Beckett and Rob Dibble

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.61
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.47
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.56
56.56
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1897
8.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
1.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
2.76
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1901
8.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.33
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8579
37.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
4.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.61
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.232
1.232
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7767
34.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Josh Beckett and Rob Dibble

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
1.47
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6153
27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.97
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.89
94.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.1
99.1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Beckett and Rob Dibble

Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
335
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
517.61
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73.43
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
46.57
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.37
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.87
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.08
21.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
111.04
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
94.93
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.03
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
32.24
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
60.9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
9.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
110
197.01
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
3.05
3.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
59.1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Josh Beckett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Beckett
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA