Bob Carpenter vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Bob Carpenter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob Carpenter 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 3.6 and 1.359 for Bob Carpenter. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble

Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.8
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.56
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.52
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
3.6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2.97
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
3.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.666
0.666
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1717
38.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
4.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.359
1.359
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
35.62
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.66
38.66
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble

Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
27
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.938
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble

Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
80
320
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
524
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
88
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
84
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.71
18.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
124
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
88
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
18.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
68
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.82
8.82
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
6.2
6.2
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
40
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA