Billy Norman vs. Joe Thatcher — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Joe Thatcher
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 3.4 and 1.248 for Billy Norman. By the career numbers, Joe Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Norman and Joe Thatcher

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
13.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
8.7
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.66
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
3.14
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
9.32
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122
38.74
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.66
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.66
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990
34.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Joe Thatcher

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
13.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.66
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.057
0.057
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Joe Thatcher

Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
405
243000
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA