Billy Norman vs. Jose Torres — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Jose Torres
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Torres 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 4.04 and 1.178 for Jose Torres. 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 Jose Torres

Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
37.6
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
34.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Jose Torres

Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.51
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.39
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Jose Torres

Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA