Bobby Mathews vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Mathews and Billy Norman

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.47
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
1.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.731
0.731
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.02
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Billy Norman

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.22
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
1.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.05
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1102
1.81
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.88
19.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Billy Norman

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
17.12
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
62
14.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA