Steve Lawson vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Steve Lawson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Lawson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Lawson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.438 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Steve Lawson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Lawson and Billy Norman

Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
7.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
7.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.63
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
7.31
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
39.94
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
1.438
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
34.31
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.94
39.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Steve Lawson and Billy Norman

Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
7.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.154
0.154
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Lawson and Billy Norman

Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
7800
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Steve Lawson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Lawson
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA