Willie Burns vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Willie Burns
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Willie Burns 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 7.91 and 1.903 for Willie Burns. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Burns and Rob Dibble

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.29
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
7.91
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
12.55
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.78
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.49
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
3.07
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
44.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
9.35
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.38
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.903
1.903
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
38.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.13
44.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Willie Burns and Rob Dibble

Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.98
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.74
89.74
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.946
0.946
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Burns and Rob Dibble

Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
44
406.15
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
563.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
40.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
41.81
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA