Willie Norwood vs. Jose Oquendo — Career Comparison

Willie Norwood
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Jose Oquendo
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws RightBats SwitchCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueSecond Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Willie Norwood and Jose Oquendo are closely matched on the surface stats. Jose Oquendo posted stronger numbers in OPS (.673 vs .658) and on-base percentage (.356 vs .291). Willie Norwood had the advantage in slugging (.367 vs .317). By the career numbers, Jose Oquendo had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Willie Norwood and Jose Oquendo

Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
294
189.27
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1190
191.06
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
932
600
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3737
600
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
854
549.79
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3202
514.1
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.696
0.696
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
133.26
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
821
131.82
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
143
92.06
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
679
109.02
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
25.75
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
16.7
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.86
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
3.85
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
11.59
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
14
2.25
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
41.2
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
22.8
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
91.8
59.1
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
372.78
59.85
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
313
201.5
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1015
162.96
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
267
171.89
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1274
204.55
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.656
0.656
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.599
0.599
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
70.17
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
54.43
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
59.87
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
254
40.78
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
184
118.45
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
579
92.96
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
90.12
58.02
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
412.32
66.2
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.93
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
0.8
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
57
36.7
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
448
71.93
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.29
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
9.31
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
93.35
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
376
60.37
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
6.43
6.43
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.94
9.94
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
1.19
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.08
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
8.03
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.51
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
5.14
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
17.38
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
10.44
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
26.39
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
35
5.62
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.94
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
5.3
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
37.34
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
10.92
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.69
70.69
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 600 PA
51.47
51.47

Fielding Stats for Willie Norwood and Jose Oquendo

Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.15
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1161
1.26
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.01
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
920
1
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5416
27
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24864
27
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1805.1
9
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8288
9
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.37
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924
2.09
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2733
2.97
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.09
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
2.53
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4739
5.15
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
2.42
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4657
5.06
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.86
95.86
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.104
2.104
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.011
4.011
Willie Norwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.24
79.24
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Oquendo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
0.6
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Norwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Oquendo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0