Phil Bickford vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Bickford 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 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Norman

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Norman

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Norman

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA