Rob Dibble
Robert Keith Dibble (Nasty Boy and Officer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: January 24, 1964 in Bridgeport, CT
School: Florida Southern College
Drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1988
Final Game: September 30, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 24 CIN NL 1 1 .500 1.82 37 0 6 0 0 0 59.1 43 12 12 2 21 5 59 1 2 3 235 197 1.079 6.5 0.3 3.2 8.9 2.81
1989 25 CIN NL 10 5 .667 2.09 74 0 18 0 0 2 99.0 62 23 23 4 39 11 141 3 0 7 401 173 1.020 5.6 0.4 3.5 12.8 3.62
1990 26 CIN NL 8 3 .727 1.74 68 0 29 0 0 11 98.0 62 22 19 3 34 3 136 1 1 3 384 228 0.980 5.7 0.3 3.1 12.5 4.00 AS
1991 27 CIN NL 3 5 .375 3.17 67 0 57 0 0 31 82.1 67 32 29 5 25 2 124 0 0 5 334 121 1.117 7.3 0.5 2.7 13.6 4.96 AS
1992 28 CIN NL 3 5 .375 3.07 63 0 49 0 0 25 70.1 48 26 24 3 31 2 110 2 0 6 286 118 1.123 6.1 0.4 4.0 14.1 3.55
1993 29 CIN NL 1 4 .200 6.48 45 0 37 0 0 19 41.2 34 33 30 8 42 0 49 2 0 4 196 62 1.824 7.3 1.7 9.1 10.6 1.17
1995 31 TOT AL 1 2 .333 7.18 31 0 8 0 0 1 26.1 16 21 21 2 46 2 26 3 0 8 143 65 2.354 5.5 0.7 15.7 8.9 0.57
1995 31 CHW AL 0 1 .000 6.28 16 0 4 0 0 1 14.1 7 10 10 1 27 2 16 3 0 5 78 71 2.372 4.4 0.6 17.0 10.0 0.59
1995 31 MIL AL 1 1 .500 8.25 15 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 9 11 11 1 19 0 10 0 0 3 65 60 2.333 6.8 0.8 14.3 7.5 0.53
7 Seasons 27 25 .519 2.98 385 0 204 0 0 89 477.0 332 169 158 27 238 25 645 12 3 36 1979 128 1.195 6.3 0.5 4.5 12.2 2.71
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .519 2.98 68 0 36 0 0 16 84 59 30 28 5 42 4 114 2 1 6 350 128 1.195 6.3 0.5 4.5 12.2 2.71
CIN (6 yrs) 26 23 .531 2.74 354 0 196 0 0 88 450.2 316 148 137 25 192 23 619 9 3 28 1836 138 1.127 6.3 0.5 3.8 12.4 3.22
MIL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.25 15 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 9 11 11 1 19 0 10 0 0 3 65 60 2.333 6.8 0.8 14.3 7.5 0.53
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.28 16 0 4 0 0 1 14.1 7 10 10 1 27 2 16 3 0 5 78 71 2.372 4.4 0.6 17.0 10.0 0.59
NL (6 yrs) 26 23 .531 2.74 354 0 196 0 0 88 450.2 316 148 137 25 192 23 619 9 3 28 1836 138 1.127 6.3 0.5 3.8 12.4 3.22
AL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.18 31 0 8 0 0 1 26.1 16 21 21 2 46 2 26 3 0 8 143 65 2.354 5.5 0.7 15.7 8.9 0.57

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 26 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 16 0.200 0.0 0.0 1.8 18.0 10.00
1990 26 CIN NL WS W OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 17 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
1 Season (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.00 7 0 3 0 0 1 9.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 0 1 33 0.517 2.8 0.0 1.9 13.0 7.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 4 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 16 0.200 0.0 0.0 1.8 18.0 10.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 17 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1991 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 24 CIN NL 37 235 208 12 43 8 2 2 10 3 21 59 .207 .279 .293 .572 .273 61 2 1 2 3 5
1989 25 CIN NL 74 401 352 23 62 14 0 4 18 2 39 141 .176 .261 .250 .511 .275 88 3 3 3 4 11
1990 26 CIN NL 68 384 339 22 62 13 1 3 20 3 34 136 .183 .255 .254 .509 .286 86 8 1 4 6 3
1991 27 CIN NL 67 334 301 32 67 9 3 5 16 5 25 124 .223 .280 .322 .602 .354 97 1 0 5 3 2
1992 28 CIN NL 63 286 249 26 48 5 2 3 8 2 31 110 .193 .285 .265 .550 .326 66 3 2 2 2 2
1993 29 CIN NL 45 196 151 33 34 2 2 8 13 2 42 49 .225 .400 .424 .824 .277 64 3 2 1 0 0
1995 31 TOT AL 31 143 85 21 16 1 1 2 14 2 46 26 .188 .464 .294 .758 .222 25 1 3 3 6 2
1995 31 CHW AL 16 78 45 10 7 0 0 1 11 2 27 16 .156 .481 .222 .703 .200 10 1 3 1 2 2
1995 31 MIL AL 15 65 40 11 9 1 1 1 3 0 19 10 .225 .444 .375 .819 .242 15 0 0 2 4 0
7 Seasons 385 1979 1685 169 332 52 11 27 99 19 238 645 .197 .297 .289 .586 .294 487 21 12 20 24 25
162 Game Avg. 68 350 298 30 59 9 2 5 17 3 42 114 .197 .297 .289 .586 .294 86 4 2 4 4 4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1988 24 CIN NL 37 37 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 9 7 22 4 18% 6 0.938 10 11 16 11 7 19 16 21 24 7 24 8 4.8 23
1989 25 CIN NL 74 74 18 10 5 8 2 6 25% 31 22 61 12 20% 7 1.614 45 16 13 34 19 21 35 39 38 17 40 16 4.0 21
1990 26 CIN NL 68 68 29 8 3 17 11 6 65% 34 17 52 18 35% 7 1.574 38 17 12 39 12 17 31 37 40 12 43 18 4.3 23
1991 27 CIN NL 67 67 57 3 5 36 31 5 86% 36 0 42 8 19% 9 1.927 37 11 17 45 9 13 23 44 26 16 27 14 3.7 20
1992 28 CIN NL 63 63 49 3 5 30 25 5 83% 34 4 41 10 24% 9 1.743 35 8 20 45 7 11 22 41 16 14 17 14 3.3 18
1993 29 CIN NL 45 45 37 1 4 28 19 9 68% 28 0 19 7 37% 9 1.960 25 8 9 34 4 7 11 34 4 10 4 9 2.8 17
1995 31 TOT AL 31 31 8 1 2 2 1 1 50% 9 7 34 11 32% 1.124 11 5 14 11 3 17 19 12 7 19 12 4 2.5 21
1995 31 CHW AL 16 16 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 11 4 36% 8 1.252 4 4 7 4 2 10 8 8 4 10 8 1 2.7 23
1995 31 MIL AL 15 15 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 23 7 30% 7 0.970 7 1 7 7 1 7 11 4 3 9 4 3 2.4 19
7 Seasons 385 385 204 27 25 122 89 33 73% 181 57 271 70 26% 1.596 201 76 101 219 61 105 157 228 155 95 167 83 3.7 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1988 24 CIN NL 235 46% 0.9% 25.1% 8.9% 5.1% 28% 0.84 0.87 64% 18% 4.7% 47% 28 2 7%
1989 25 CIN NL 401 50% 1.0% 35.2% 9.7% 4.5% 29% 0.70 0.80 53% 21% 4.2% 24% 65 3 5%
1990 26 CIN NL 384 53% 0.8% 35.4% 8.9% 4.4% 27% 0.75 0.99 54% 21% 3.2% 21% 74 8 11%
1991 27 CIN NL 334 57% 1.5% 37.1% 7.5% 5.1% 25% 0.89 1.03 52% 17% 6.3% 18% 63 1 2%
1992 28 CIN NL 286 53% 1.1% 38.5% 10.8% 3.5% 21% 0.60 0.75 48% 24% 3.9% 14% 62 3 5%
1993 29 CIN NL 196 53% 4.1% 25.0% 21.4% 6.1% 35% 0.65 1.03 48% 23% 16.0% 17% 50 3 6%
1995 31 TOT AL 143 49% 1.4% 18.2% 32.2% 2.8% 25% 0.76 0.96 44% 16% 7.1% 24% 29 1 3%
1995 31 CHW AL 78 46% 1.3% 20.5% 34.6% 1.3% 14% 0.82 1.27 38% 16% 8.3% 29% 10 1 10%
1995 31 MIL AL 65 52% 1.5% 15.4% 29.2% 4.6% 33% 0.70 0.73 51% 17% 6.3% 20% 19 0 0%
7 Seasons 1979 52% 1.4% 32.6% 12.0% 4.6% 27% 0.74 0.91 52% 20% 5.8% 23% 371 21 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 CIN NL 227 831 3.66 560 67% 22% 18% 33% 27% 78% 7% 53% 77% 63% 6% 13 3 27% 61 36 3 20% 16 5 8 0 0
1989 25 CIN NL 401 1520 3.79 992 65% 22% 27% 29% 22% 78% 8% 51% 65% 60% 6% 25 8 30% 119 71 2 17% 31 6 0 0 2
1990 26 CIN NL 374 1518 4.06 957 63% 22% 29% 27% 21% 78% 2% 49% 62% 56% 5% 20 10 27% 102 51 5 16% 21 8 10 0 5
1991 27 CIN NL 334 1314 3.93 868 66% 21% 28% 29% 21% 79% 2% 52% 64% 60% 4% 13 10 26% 87 60 7 23% 23 1 0 0 0
1992 28 CIN NL 277 1117 4.03 711 64% 23% 33% 25% 19% 77% 1% 49% 57% 57% 7% 19 7 23% 63 36 1 10% 15 11 9 0 0
1993 29 CIN NL 176 706 4.01 390 55% 33% 21% 22% 23% 67% 0% 37% 68% 46% 14% 24 15 23% 41 28 3 21% 12 9 20 0 0
1995 31 TOT AL 143 622 4.35 284 46% 32% 18% 26% 24% 68% 1% 31% 73% 31% 17% 24 8 17% 25 11 0 12% 1 15 0 0 0
1995 31 CHW AL 78 344 4.41 149 43% 31% 19% 28% 21% 69% 2% 30% 72% 32% 17% 13 2 17% 13 6 0 6% 1 10 0 0 0
1995 31 MIL AL 65 278 4.28 135 49% 33% 17% 23% 27% 67% 0% 32% 74% 31% 17% 11 6 18% 12 5 0 20% 0 5 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1932 7628 3.95 4762 62% 23% 27% 28% 22% 77% 3% 48% 65% 56% 7% 138 61 26% 498 293 21 17% 119 55 47 0 7
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1988 24 CIN NL 235 43 8 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 12 5 1 42% 0 3 4 81 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
1989 25 CIN NL 401 62 8 0 4 0 26 3 1 1 3 36 10 14 28% 5 7 0 146 18 2 90% 17 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1990 26 CIN NL 384 62 2 0 3 0 16 2 1 1 2 37 18 10 49% 6 3 0 130 20 3 87% 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1991 27 CIN NL 334 67 18 0 5 0 9 3 2 5 0 24 15 7 63% 2 5 1 126 16 5 76% 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1992 28 CIN NL 286 48 19 0 3 0 18 1 2 0 3 20 11 6 55% 2 6 0 109 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1993 29 CIN NL 196 34 4 0 8 0 15 3 5 5 3 17 10 4 59% 1 4 1 78 13 2 87% 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1995 31 TOT AL 143 16 4 0 2 0 14 1 1 1 1 20 12 3 60% 0 8 1 58 14 2 88% 10 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
1995 31 CHW AL 78 7 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 8 4 1 50% 0 5 0 32 11 2 85% 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1995 31 MIL AL 65 9 3 0 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 12 8 2 67% 0 3 1 26 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 1979 332 63 0 27 0 100 14 13 14 13 166 81 45 49% 16 36 7 728 99 19 84% 87 16 12 3 0 0 4 1 92 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1988 24 1 1 .500 1.82 37 0 6 0 0 0 59.1 43 12 12 2 21 5 59 1 2 3 235 197 1.079 6.5 0.3 3.2 8.9 2.81 197
1989 25 11 6 .647 1.99 111 0 24 0 0 2 158.1 105 35 35 6 60 16 200 4 2 10 636 181 1.042 6.0 0.3 3.4 11.4 3.33 181
1990 26 19 9 .679 1.90 179 0 53 0 0 13 256.1 167 57 54 9 94 19 336 5 3 13 1020 198 1.018 5.9 0.3 3.3 11.8 3.57 198
1991 27 22 14 .611 2.21 246 0 110 0 0 44 338.2 234 89 83 14 119 21 460 5 3 18 1354 171 1.042 6.2 0.4 3.2 12.2 3.87 171
1992 28 25 19 .568 2.35 309 0 159 0 0 69 409.0 282 115 107 17 150 23 570 7 3 24 1640 159 1.056 6.2 0.4 3.3 12.5 3.80 159
1993 29 26 23 .531 2.74 354 0 196 0 0 88 450.2 316 148 137 25 192 23 619 9 3 28 1836 138 1.127 6.3 0.5 3.8 12.4 3.22 138
1994 30 26 23 .531 2.74 354 0 196 0 0 88 450.2 316 148 137 25 192 23 619 9 3 28 1836 138 1.127 6.3 0.5 3.8 12.4 3.22 138
1995 31 27 25 .519 2.98 385 0 204 0 0 89 477.0 332 169 158 27 238 25 645 12 3 36 1979 128 1.195 6.3 0.5 4.5 12.2 2.71 128

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1988 24 5 1 .833 2.09 56.0 45 14 13 2 22 56 1 1.196 7.2 3.5 9.0 2.55 0.3 37
1989 25 7 3 .700 2.32 97.0 66 28 25 4 42 138 3 1.113 6.1 3.9 12.8 3.29 0.4 74
1990 26 8 2 .800 1.78 96.0 61 21 19 3 33 133 1 0.979 5.7 3.1 12.5 4.03 0.3 68
1991 27 5 3 .625 3.38 80.0 68 33 30 5 25 121 0 1.163 7.7 2.8 13.6 4.84 0.6 67
1992 28 4 3 .571 3.49 67.0 50 29 26 3 32 105 2 1.224 6.7 4.3 14.1 3.28 0.4 63
1993 29 1 3 .250 6.69 39.0 34 32 29 8 42 46 2 1.949 7.8 9.7 10.6 1.10 1.8 45
1995 31 1 2 .333 6.83 29.0 18 24 22 2 52 29 3 2.414 5.6 16.1 9.0 0.56 0.6 31
7 Seasons 31 17 .646 3.18 464.0 342 181 164 27 248 628 12 1.272 6.6 12.2 2.53 0.5 385

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1990 *
1991 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1990-NL-NLCS MVP

Games Played s c a p y
1989 NL--74--2nd
1990 NL--68--6th

Saves s c a p y
1991 NL--31--2nd
1992 NL--25--7th
Career--89--140th

Games Finished s c a p y
1991 NL--57--3rd
1992 NL--49--6th
Career--204--217th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (572), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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