Billy Norman vs. Jesse Orosco — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Jesse Orosco
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jesse Orosco as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jesse Orosco posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Jesse Orosco had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Norman and Jesse Orosco

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1252
8.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.6
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.1
52.1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
3.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3886
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1055
7.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.79
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
581
4.04
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.6
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1179
8.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.24
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5460
37.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
3.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.56
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.56
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.263
1.263
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4735
32.9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Jesse Orosco

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
8.69
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3895
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.3
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.76
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
1.73
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.43
98.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Jesse Orosco

Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1252
9884.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
525
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
465.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
78.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
78.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
21.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
78.95
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
23.68
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
55.26
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
26.73
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
25
197.37
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
3.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
55.26
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Orosco
Career
Per 600 PA