Mike McDermott vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Mike McDermott
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike McDermott 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 6.17 and 1.783 for Mike McDermott. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike McDermott and Billy Norman

Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.47
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.84
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.03
81.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.68
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
6.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1067
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
11.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.83
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
1.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.63
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.51
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
42.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
8.78
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.783
1.783
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
37.2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
36.53
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.54
42.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Mike McDermott and Billy Norman

Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.47
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.66
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.73
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.05
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.84
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.33
86.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.069
2.069
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike McDermott and Billy Norman

Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
217.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
536.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
116.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
82.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.52
54.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
165
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
176.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
67.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
105
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.47
58.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
56.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
21
78.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.62
7.62
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McDermott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA