Brandon Lyon vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Brandon Lyon
Gen XUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Lyon 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 4.16 and 1.450 for Brandon Lyon. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Lyon and Billy Norman

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.19
47.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
4.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
721
9.52
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
2.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
6.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.14
6.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.005
1.005
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2951
38.98
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
4.46
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.65
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2658
35.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.98
38.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Brandon Lyon and Billy Norman

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
7.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2044
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.67
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.99
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.92
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.84
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.03
96.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Lyon and Billy Norman

Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
171600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Brandon Lyon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
364.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Lyon
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA