Norman Cross vs. Rob Dibble — Career Comparison

Norman Cross
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Norman Cross 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 4.46 and 1.537 for Norman Cross. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norman Cross and Rob Dibble

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.46
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
12.05
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.05
12.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.79
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
4.49
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.68
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.496
0.496
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
41.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.02
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.34
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.38
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
37.93
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34

Fielding Stats for Norman Cross and Rob Dibble

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.01
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.68
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.09
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.23
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.04
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norman Cross and Rob Dibble

Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
483.87
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
6.22
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.5
-60
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.73
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA