Tex Covington vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tex Covington 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 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Rob Dibble

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Rob Dibble

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Rob Dibble

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
4.73
4.73
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA