Elvis Alvarado vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Elvis Alvarado
Gen ZD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanAthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Elvis Alvarado as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elvis Alvarado posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.19 and WHIP 1.346 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Elvis Alvarado had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elvis Alvarado and Billy Norman

Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.87
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
4.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
10.63
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.63
10.63
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.701
1.701
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
38.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.76
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
33.8
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.91
38.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Elvis Alvarado and Billy Norman

Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.87
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.054
0.054
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elvis Alvarado and Billy Norman

Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Elvis Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
600
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elvis Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA