Effie Norton vs. Herb Pennock — Career Comparison

Effie Norton
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Pennock
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Herb Pennock 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. Herb Pennock posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.348 compared to 4.13 and 1.721 for Effie Norton. By the career numbers, Herb Pennock had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Effie Norton and Herb Pennock

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
1.55
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.06
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
0.6
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.41
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.07
68.07
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
0.62
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.09
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.08
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.13
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1428
3.6
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10715
27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3571.2
9
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
11.8
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3900
9.83
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.32
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.69
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.31
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1227
3.09
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.672
0.672
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.16
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
42.2
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15154
38.19
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.34
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.34
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1692
4.26
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.721
1.721
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
37.62
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14202
35.79
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.2
42.2
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.19
38.19

Fielding Stats for Effie Norton and Herb Pennock

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.53
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
27
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
9
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.33
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
824
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.56
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.15
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
925
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
84
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.499
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Effie Norton and Herb Pennock

Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
243.24
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
260.87
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1426
600
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
600
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1214
510.8
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.547
0.547
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
97.62
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
80.36
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
13.88
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
17.25
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
55.46
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.94
32.79
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
243.24
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
119.92
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
333
140.11
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
45.44
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
43.34
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
87.1
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
62.71
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85.09
35.8
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.95
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
39.55
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
178
74.89
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.33
12.33
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
8.01
8.01
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
46.7
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.42
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Pennock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100