Billy Norman vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Billy Norman. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 3.4) and WHIP (1.102 vs 1.248). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Billy Norman and Rube Waddell

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.47
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.59
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.92
76.92
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
3.4
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
2.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.22
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
39.71
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Rube Waddell

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.65
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.53
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.73
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
2.24
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.84
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.78
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.96
90.96
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Rube Waddell

Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
90.77
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
68.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.21
26.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
122.96
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
116.09
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
32.19
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.8
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
73.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.89
19.99
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
22.16
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
300
158.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100