Sparky Lyle vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Sparky Lyle
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparky Lyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sparky Lyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Sparky Lyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Norman

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.49
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.88
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4171
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1292
8.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
3.11
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.52
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
5.65
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5794
37.51
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
4.1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
3.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.3
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
33.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Norman

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4170
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
1.63
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sparky Lyle and Billy Norman

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
899
6129.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
531.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
102.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
88.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
30.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
115.91
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
136.36
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
54.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
81.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
31.22
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.09
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
26
177.27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
34.09
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA