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Rob Dibble

Robert Keith Dibble (Nasty Boy or Officer)

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/Brewers 1988-1995
Agents: Dennis Gilbert, previously: Eric Goldschmidt [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1995
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1983	19	CIN-min	A-,Rk	3	3	.500	6.26	12	9	2	1	0	0	50.1	56	41	35	6	29	0	24	0	1	4			1.689	10.0	1.1	5.2	4.3	0.83	EUG,BIL · NORW,PION
1984	20	CIN-min	A	5	2	.714	2.92	15	11					64.2	59	31	21	2	29								1.361	8.2	0.3	4.0			TAM · FLOR
1985	21	CIN-min	A	5	5	.500	3.84	45	1	30	0	0	12	65.2	67	37	28	3	28	2	73	1	0	6			1.447	9.2	0.4	3.8	10.0	2.61	CDR · MIDW
1986	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	3.34	36	1	23	1	0	10	62.0	62	33	23	0	30	3	40	0	2	5			1.484	9.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	1.33	VMT,DEN · EL,AA
1987	23	CIN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.72	44	0	19	0	0	4	61.0	72	34	32	5	27	4	51	1	1	5			1.623	10.6	0.7	4.0	7.5	1.89	NVL · AA
1988	24	CIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.31	31	0	25	0	0	13	35.0	21	9	9	2	14	0	41	1	0	3			1.000	5.4	0.5	3.6	10.5	2.93	NVL · AA
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	199	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	229	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	122	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	63	1.824	7.3	1.7	9.1	10.6	1.17

1995	31	CHW-MIL-min	AA,AAA	0	2	.000	4.76	12	0	2	0	0	1	11.1	5	8	6	0	7	0	21	2	0	2	48		1.059	4.0	0.0	5.6	16.7	3.00	BIR,NOR · SOUL,AA
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	67	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	73	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	62	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	129	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	129	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	139	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	62	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	73	2.372	4.4	0.6	17.0	10.0	0.59

NL (6 yrs)			NL	26	23	.531	2.74	354	0	196	0	0	88	450.2	316	148	137	25	192	23	619	9	3	28	1836	139	1.127	6.3	0.5	3.8	12.4	3.22
AL (1 yr)			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	67	2.354	5.5	0.7	15.7	8.9	0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1988	24	CIN	NL	59.1	0	12	29	2	.9	17	1.4	$
1989	25	CIN	NL	99.0	0	23	56	-2	1.6	33	3.7	$85,000
1990	26	CIN	NL	98.0	0	22	57	-1	1.5	35	3.7	$200,000	AS
1991	27	CIN	NL	82.1	0	32	46	0	1.9	14	1.2	$475,000	AS
1992	28	CIN	NL	70.1	0	26	37	-1	1.6	11	0.9	$1,450,000
1993	29	CIN	NL	41.2	0	33	26	-1	1.9	-7	-1.6	$2,500,000

1995	31	CHW	AL	14.1	0	10	10	0	1.3	0	-0.2	$400,000
1995	31	MIL	AL	12.0	0	11	8	0	1.0	-3	-0.4	$109,000
7 Seasons				477.0	0	169	269	-3	1.5	100	8.7	$5,219,000

CIN (6 yrs)				450.2	0	148	251	-3	1.6	103	9.3	$4,710,000
MIL (1 yr)				12.0	0	11	8	0	1.0	-3	-0.4	$109,000
CHW (1 yr)				14.1	0	10	10	0	1.3	0	-0.2	$400,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1983	19	CIN-min	Rk,A-	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0		0	0	0	0	BIL,EUG · PION,NORW
1984	20	CIN-min	A	15	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500		3						TAM · FLOR
1985	21	CIN-min	A	45	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0		0	0	0	0	CDR · MIDW
1986	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	36	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0	0	VMT,DEN · EL,AA
1987	23	CIN-min	AAA	45	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000		2		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1988	24	CIN-min	AAA	31	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1988	24	CIN	NL	37	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1989	25	CIN	NL	74	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	26	CIN	NL	68	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	AS
1991	27	CIN	NL	67	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	AS
1992	28	CIN	NL	63	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	125	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	29	CIN	NL	45	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1995	31	CHW-MIL-min	AA,AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BIR,NOR · SOUL,AA
1995	31	TOT	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	CHW	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	31	MIL	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				385	31	25	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.120	.120	.120	.240	-33	3	0	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.120	.120	.120	.240	-33	1	0	0	3	0	0

CIN (6 yrs)				354	31	25	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.120	.120	.120	.240	-33	3	0	0	6	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				354	31	25	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.120	.120	.120	.240	-33	3	0	0	6	0	0
AL (1 yr)				31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1988	24	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$62,500	1
1989	25	CIN	NL	8	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$85,000	1
1990	26	CIN	NL	10	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$200,000	1	AS
1991	27	CIN	NL	3	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$475,000	1	AS
1992	28	CIN	NL	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$1,450,000	1
1993	29	CIN	NL	1	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	$2,500,000	1
6 Seasons				31	-4	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$4,772,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1990	26	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	4	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1990	26	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	2	0	0	0
1 Season (2 Series)							6	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLCS							4	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1988	CIN	NL	24	P	37	59.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.61	0.11	.955	1.96	1.96	10	3	23%	0
1989	CIN	NL	25	P	74	99.0	9	3	5	1	0	.889	0.73	0.11	.947	1.87	1.87	18	2	10%	0
1990	CIN	NL	26	P	68	98.0	13	5	8	0	0	1.000	1.19	0.19	.957	1.80	1.79	20	3	13%	0	AS
1991	CIN	NL	27	P	67	82.1	12	4	7	1	0	.917	1.20	0.16	.955	1.86	1.85	16	5	24%	0	AS
1992	CIN	NL	28	P	63	70.1	9	5	3	1	0	.889	1.02	0.13	.954	1.95	1.94	8	2	20%	1
1993	CIN	NL	29	P	45	41.2	9	5	4	0	2	1.000	1.94	0.20	.953	1.84	1.83	13	2	13%	0
1995	TOT	AL	31	P	31	26.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.68	0.06	.960	1.78	1.77	14	2	13%	0
1995	CHW	AL	31	P	16	14.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.26	0.13	.960	1.76	1.77	11	2	15%	0
1995	MIL	AL	31	P	15	12.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.77	3	0	0%	0
	7 Seasons			P	385	477.0	58	23	32	3	2	.948	1.04	0.14	.954	1.87	1.86	99	19	16%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	385	477.0	58	23	32	3	2	.948	1.04	0.14	.954	1.87	1.86	99	19	16%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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 (149th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1991 NL 57 (3rd) 1992 NL 49 (6th) Career 204 (227th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1989 NL 18 (10th) 1990 NL 23 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1989 NL 1.9 (10th) 1990 NL 2.4 (7th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1989 NL 30.34 (2nd) Career 79.14 (234th)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1989 NL 2.3 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1989 NL 3.3 (2nd) Career 8.5 (233rd)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1989 NL 74 (2nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1993 NL 1.000 (1st)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 21 (594), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary).
October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
February 28, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
July 17, 1995: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
July 31, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 30, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1988	24	Cincinnati Reds	$62,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	25	Cincinnati Reds	$85,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	26	Cincinnati Reds	$200,000	USA Today
1991	27	Cincinnati Reds	$475,000	USA Today survey
1992	28	Cincinnati Reds	$1,450,000	11/4/92 Toronto Sun	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1993	29	Cincinnati Reds	$2,500,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	30	Cincinnati Reds	$2,450,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	31	Chicago White Sox	$400,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Released in midseason
	31	Milwaukee Brewers	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Released in midseason from White Sox contract

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$7,731,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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