Norm Brown vs. Jose Cano — Career Comparison

Norm Brown
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Cano
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Cano built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 5.09 and 1.435 for Jose Cano. By the career numbers, Norm Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm Brown and Jose Cano

Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
2.35
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.09
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
27
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.16
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9.39
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.77
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.74
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.78
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.51
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.13
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.698
0.698
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
40.19
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
38.74
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.53
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.09
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.348
1.348
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
36.42
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
35.22
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Norm Brown and Jose Cano

Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.35
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.17
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
27
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.78
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.96
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.57
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.39
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Brown and Jose Cano

Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
1000
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Jose Cano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.31
-62.13
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-65.33
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Cano
Career
Per 600 PA