Billy Norman vs. Mitch Williams — Career Comparison

Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Mitch Williams
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Billy Norman built a career as a starting pitcher and Mitch Williams 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 3.65 and 1.620 for Mitch Williams. 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 Mitch Williams

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.59
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.76
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.69
43.69
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
2.5
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
3.65
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
6.99
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.64
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
544
7.08
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.08
7.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.65
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
8.59
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.742
1.742
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.68
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3119
40.6
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
5.45
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.88
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
4.13
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.39
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.62
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.564
1.564
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2460
32.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Billy Norman and Mitch Williams

Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.4
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
8.06
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
27
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.1
9
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691.1
9
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.98
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.96
83.96
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.144
0.144
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Norman and Mitch Williams

Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
619
21847.06
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
54.39
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
39.55
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mitch Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Mitch Williams
Career
Per 600 PA