Norm Branch vs. Mike Witt — Career Comparison

Norm Branch
Greatest GenerationWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Witt
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Witt built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Branch as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm Branch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.548 compared to 3.83 and 1.337 for Mike Witt. By the career numbers, Norm Branch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Branch and Mike Witt

Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.31
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.46
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.28
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.5
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.5
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.21
50.21
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.68
87.68
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.31
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
898
3.83
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6325
27
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2108.1
9
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.9
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2066
8.82
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.9
7.9
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.72
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.78
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.03
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.04
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.89
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1373
5.86
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.989
0.989
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.31
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.23
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
39.49
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
38.11
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.02
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.45
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
4.32
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.25
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.82
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
33.46
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8032
34.29
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.49
39.49
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Norm Branch and Mike Witt

Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
1.46
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.28
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6325
27
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2108.1
9
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.63
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.27
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
2
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.9
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.09
95.09
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.305
1.305
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.68
87.68
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Branch and Mike Witt

Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
1585.71
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.7
-29.94
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Mike Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Norm Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Witt
Career
Per 600 PA