Mike Kelly vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Mike Kelly
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kelly 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 9.45 and 1.950 for Mike Kelly. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kelly and Billy Norman

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
44.55
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.45
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
37.8
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.55
44.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Mike Kelly and Billy Norman

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
27
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.1
9
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kelly and Billy Norman

Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA