Wes Flowers vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Wes Flowers
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Wes Flowers 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 1.878 for Wes Flowers. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wes Flowers and Billy Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.58
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.94
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
44.37
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.34
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
38.03
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.37
44.37
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Wes Flowers and Billy Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
27
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.1
9
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wes Flowers and Billy Norman

Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
840
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.48
88.74
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Wes Flowers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.89
113.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Flowers
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA