Jose Mesa vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Jose Mesa
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Mesa 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 4.36 and 1.509 for Jose Mesa. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Mesa and Billy Norman

Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.46
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.63
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.33
42.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.87
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
4.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
9.47
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.3
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
0.88
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
651
3.78
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1038
6.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.44
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6804
39.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
3.68
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
811
4.71
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.37
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.87
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5972
34.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Jose Mesa and Billy Norman

Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.65
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
1.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.8
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.79
94.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Mesa and Billy Norman

Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
153450
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
7.82
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
22.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA