Rob Dibble vs. Kei Igawa — Career Comparison

Rob Dibble
Baby BoomersConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Kei Igawa
Gen XJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kei Igawa 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 6.66 and 1.772 for Kei Igawa. By the career numbers, Rob Dibble had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rob Dibble and Kei Igawa

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.47
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.68
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.98
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
6.26
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
11.18
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.26
6.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.18
11.18
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.49
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
4.65
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
12.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
6.66
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.17
12.17
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.851
1.851
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.68
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1979
37.34
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
42.32
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.85
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
3.19
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
6.78
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.38
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.45
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.758
1.758
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1685
31.79
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
37.05
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.32
42.32

Fielding Stats for Rob Dibble and Kei Igawa

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
7.26
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.01
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1431
27
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
9
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.43
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.09
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.04
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.83
94.83
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rob Dibble and Kei Igawa

Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
7451.61
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
16
4800
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
483.87
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
6.22
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-5.73
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
115.59
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
5
96.77
Kei Igawa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.2
6.2
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Dibble
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
116.13
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Dibble
Career
Per 600 PA
Kei Igawa
Career
Per 600 PA