Herman Besse vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Herman Besse 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 6.79 and 1.755 for Herman Besse. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Rob Dibble

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.41
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.93
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.75
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.49
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
4.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Rob Dibble

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Rob Dibble

Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
71
430.3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
545.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
20
121.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
4.95
4.95
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA