Effie Norton vs. Willie Powell — Career Comparison

Effie Norton
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Powell
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Powell 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. Willie Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 4.13 and 1.721 for Effie Norton. By the career numbers, Willie Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Effie Norton and Willie Powell

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
1.36
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.13
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.63
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.84
56.84
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.91
82.91
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.71
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.13
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
3.64
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2317
27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772.1
9
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
11.8
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
8.98
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.8
11.8
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.28
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.69
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.63
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
5.14
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.672
0.672
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.864
0.864
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
42.2
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3177
37.02
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.59
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.34
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4.56
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.5
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.721
1.721
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
37.62
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2842
33.12
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.2
42.2
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Effie Norton and Willie Powell

Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.53
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.41
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.17
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2254
27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.1
9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.53
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.33
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.66
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.56
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
3.33
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.15
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.19
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
84
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.68
95.68
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.254
2.254
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.05
83.05
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Effie Norton and Willie Powell

Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
243.24
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
225.47
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
600
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
600
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
283
527.33
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
87.58
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
78.26
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.45
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.32
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.42
55.46
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.54
23.36
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
243.24
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
100.62
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
145.95
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
122.98
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Effie Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
39.13
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.54
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
70.81
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
62.71
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.45
23.2
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
35.4
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
48.65
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.73
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
12.33
12.33
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
161
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
37.27
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Effie Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Powell
Career
Per 600 PA