Billy Norman vs. Matt Thornton — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Matt Thornton
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Thornton 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 3.41 and 1.331 for Matt Thornton. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Norman and Matt Thornton

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.49
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.62
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
3.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.2
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
8.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
3.41
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
8.72
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2799
38.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.31
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.26
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.83
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2491
33.83
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Matt Thornton

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
10.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1988
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.2
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.22
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
1.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.59
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.156
0.156
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Matt Thornton

Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
748
448800
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
2.2
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.42
-26.63
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Thornton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Thornton
Career
Per 600 PA