Joe Cowley vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Joe Cowley
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Joe Cowley 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 led in skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 167 vs 86), strikeout rate (K%+ 193 vs 119), and home run suppression (HR9+ 149 vs 78). Role difference aside, Rob Dibble holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Joe Cowley and Rob Dibble

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.9
56.9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
4.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
7.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
4.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
6.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.202
1.202
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2026
38.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
4.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.44
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1759
33.73
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Joe Cowley and Rob Dibble

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.82
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1408
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
469.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.07
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.96
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.76
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Cowley and Rob Dibble

Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
96
3031.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
33.53
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
157.89
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
34.98
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
4.75
4.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cowley
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA