Mike Brown vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Mike Brown
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mike Brown 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 5.75 and 1.691 for Mike Brown. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Brown and Rob Dibble

Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.43
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.71
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.85
68.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
5.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
11.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.24
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.62
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1164
41.3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
6.53
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.45
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.679
1.679
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
36.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Mike Brown and Rob Dibble

Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.16
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
253.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.03
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.27
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.85
68.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Brown and Rob Dibble

Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
61
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA