Rudy Arroyo vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Rudy Arroyo
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arroyo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Billy Norman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.248 compared to 5.4 and 2.057 for Rudy Arroyo. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Billy Norman

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.89
13.89
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
42.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.971
1.971
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
37.03
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Billy Norman

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Billy Norman

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5400
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA