Pedro Martinez vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Pedro Martinez
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Pedro Martinez 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 3.97 and 1.633 for Pedro Martinez. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Martinez and Billy Norman

Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
7.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
7.89
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.88
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
5.87
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.95
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
7.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.19
7.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.451
1.451
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
41.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.96
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
4.92
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
34
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.19
41.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Pedro Martinez and Billy Norman

Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
7.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.69
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.51
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.05
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.84
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Martinez and Billy Norman

Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
6100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.6
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.56
-27.96
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA