Lou Lowdermilk vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Lou Lowdermilk
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Lou Lowdermilk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou Lowdermilk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.550 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Lou Lowdermilk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Lowdermilk and Billy Norman

Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
4.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
38.25
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
5.29
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
33.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Lou Lowdermilk and Billy Norman

Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
27
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.1
9
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Lowdermilk and Billy Norman

Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
480
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
528
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
15.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
9.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
15
360
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lowdermilk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lowdermilk
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA