Effie Norton vs. Mike Pelfrey — Career Comparison

Effie Norton
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Pelfrey
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Pelfrey built a career as a starting pitcher and Effie Norton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Effie Norton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.721 compared to 4.68 and 1.528 for Mike Pelfrey. By the career numbers, Effie Norton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Effie Norton and Mike Pelfrey

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.63
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.13
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.68
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
11.8
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1687
10.28
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.28
10.28
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.85
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.69
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
3.3
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
5.11
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.672
0.672
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
42.2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6531
39.81
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.34
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
827
5.04
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.38
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.12
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.721
1.721
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
37.62
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5800
35.36
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.2
42.2
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.81
39.81

Fielding Stats for Effie Norton and Mike Pelfrey

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.53
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.57
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.33
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.2
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.56
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.82
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.15
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.77
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
84
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.055
1.055
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Effie Norton and Mike Pelfrey

Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
243.24
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
535.71
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
600
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
600
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
522.08
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
54.55
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
44.81
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.74
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.74
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
55.46
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.71
9.18
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
243.24
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
64.29
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
83.77
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.32
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
25.32
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
50.65
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
62.71
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.49
-6.8
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
72
140.26
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.33
12.33
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
46.75
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.95
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.79
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA