Cliff Blackmon vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Cliff Blackmon 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 6.28 and 1.797 for Cliff Blackmon. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Rob Dibble

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.78
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.49
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
4.89
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.38
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
36.61
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Rob Dibble

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.84
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.48
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Rob Dibble

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
34
309.09
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
518.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
45.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
23.88
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
127.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
81.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
18.98
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
6.2
6.2
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA