Tom Lee vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Tom Lee
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Lee 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 3.5 and 1.315 for Tom Lee. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Lee and Billy Norman

Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.47
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.02
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.65
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.91
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
9.47
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.37
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
5.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.831
0.831
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
40.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
7.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.05
7.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
37.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.18
40.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Tom Lee and Billy Norman

Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.73
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.73
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.05
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.76
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.84
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.69
84.69
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.677
2.677
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Lee and Billy Norman

Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
145.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
572.97
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
140.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
129.73
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.72
41.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
151.35
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
167.57
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
59.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.53
51.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.5
18.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA