Claude Osteen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1957-1975)

W–L 196–195
ERA 3.30
WHIP 1.27
SO 1,612
Pitcher PIV 14773.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'11" / 160 lb
Born
8/9/1939 in Caney Springs, TN, USA
MLB Debut
1957-07-06
Last Game
1975-09-27
Awards
3× All-Star

Full name: Claude Wilson Osteen

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
196 195 541 488 140 40 1 3460.3 3,471 1,268 249 940 1,612 3.30 14773.6

Career ERA 3.30 vs. league average 3.61 across their career seasons — 8.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1957 CIN NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 3 3 2.25 — 0.0
1959 CIN NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.7 11 6 9 3 7.04 — 0.0
1960 CIN NL 0 1 20 3 0 0 0 48.3 53 27 30 15 5.03 3.82 (-32%) -1641.0
1961 CIN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.00 — 0.0
1961 WS2 AL 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 18.3 14 10 9 14 4.91 4.03 (-22%) -359.3
1962 WS2 AL 8 13 28 22 7 2 1 150.3 140 61 47 59 3.65 3.96 (+8%) 261.8
1963 WS2 AL 9 14 40 29 8 2 0 212.3 222 79 60 109 3.35 3.46 (+3%) -1398.2
1964 WS2 AL 15 13 37 36 13 0 0 257.0 256 95 64 133 3.33 3.58 (+7%) 1466.8
1965 LAN NL 15 15 40 40 9 1 0 287.0 253 89 78 162 2.79 3.50 (+20%) 3064.0
1966 LAN NL 17 14 39 38 8 3 0 240.3 238 76 65 137 2.85 3.52 (+19%) 5959.8
1967 LAN NL 17 17 39 39 14 5 0 288.3 298 103 52 152 3.22 3.30 (+3%) 3056.3
1968 LAN NL 12 18 39 36 5 3 0 253.7 267 87 54 119 3.09 2.98 (-4%) 800.3
1969 LAN NL 20 15 41 41 16 7 0 321.0 293 95 74 183 2.66 3.61 (+26%) 6915.0
1970 LAN NL 16 14 37 37 11 4 0 258.7 280 110 52 114 3.83 3.89 (+2%) 1861.0
1971 LAN NL 14 11 38 38 11 4 0 259.0 262 101 63 109 3.51 3.47 (-1%) -1036.2
1972 LAN NL 20 11 33 33 14 4 0 252.0 232 74 69 100 2.64 3.26 (+19%) -225.6
1973 LAN NL 16 11 33 33 12 3 0 236.7 227 87 61 86 3.31 3.75 (+12%) 61.6
1974 HOU NL 9 9 23 21 7 2 0 138.3 158 57 47 45 3.71 3.63 (-2%) -396.9
1974 SLN NL 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 22.7 26 11 11 6 4.37 3.63 (-20%) -255.5
1975 CHA AL 7 16 37 37 5 0 0 204.3 237 99 92 63 4.36 3.71 (-18%) -3360.3
Career · 20 seasons 196 195 541 488 140 40 1 3,460.1 3,471 1,268 940 1,612 3.30 — 14,774

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
588 1,099 90 207 31 6 8 76 2 40 291 .188 .217 .249 .467 -4,821

Career AVG .188 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 25.0% below league average.

Career OBP .217 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 31.7% below league average.

Career SLG .249 vs. league average .374 across their career seasons — 33.4% below league average.

Career OPS .467 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — 32.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1957 CIN NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1959 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1960 CIN NL 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .083 — — — — 0.0
1961 CIN NL 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1961 WS2 AL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .143 — — — — 0.0
1962 WS2 AL 37 48 3 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 .208 — — — — 0.0
1963 WS2 AL 49 70 8 12 0 0 1 4 0 4 20 .171 .246 (-30%) .308 (-30%) .371 (-42%) .680 (-37%) -381.6
1964 WS2 AL 40 90 8 14 4 0 1 7 1 3 34 .156 .250 (-38%) .312 (-40%) .377 (-38%) .690 (-39%) -568.3
1965 LAN NL 42 99 6 12 0 1 0 2 0 3 32 .121 .245 (-51%) .310 (-53%) .371 (-62%) .682 (-58%) -866.8
1966 LAN NL 39 76 8 16 1 2 1 6 1 5 18 .211 .248 (-15%) .309 (-16%) .376 (-16%) .685 (-16%) -197.1
1967 LAN NL 42 101 9 18 3 1 2 9 0 4 22 .178 .242 (-26%) .306 (-33%) .357 (-20%) .663 (-26%) -429.5
1968 LAN NL 40 84 4 15 3 0 0 2 0 2 26 .179 .236 (-25%) .298 (-34%) .340 (-37%) .638 (-36%) -433.9
1969 LAN NL 44 111 7 24 1 0 1 12 0 5 25 .216 .248 (-13%) .320 (-23%) .369 (-32%) .689 (-28%) -490.9
1970 LAN NL 39 93 10 19 5 0 1 9 0 3 20 .204 .253 (-20%) .325 (-29%) .385 (-25%) .711 (-27%) -423.8
1971 LAN NL 39 86 7 16 3 0 0 7 0 4 21 .186 .249 (-25%) .316 (-31%) .365 (-40%) .682 (-35%) -474.5
1972 LAN NL 36 88 9 24 5 1 1 11 0 5 19 .273 .243 (+12%) .310 (+3%) .353 (+9%) .664 (+6%) 70.8
1973 LAN NL 33 78 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 2 22 .154 .256 (-40%) .325 (-46%) .378 (-56%) .703 (-51%) -625.3
1974 HOU NL 23 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 .283 — — — — 0.0
1974 SLN NL 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1975 CHA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 20 seasons 588 1,099 90 207 31 6 8 76 2 40 291 .188 — — — — -4,821

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1966 WS LAN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1965 WS LAN 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 2 3 3 0 21.0 12 2 6 7 0.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1966 WS LAN 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 3 1 1 3 1.29
1965 WS LAN 1 1 2 2 0 14.0 9 1 5 4 0.64

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2905233695239.182
Away29857654112637.194

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home2701807.017796274578523.12
Away2711653.216926424837603.49

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1975-09-27 CHWMIN — 4.0500010
1975-09-23 CHWLAA — 4.2842110
1975-09-19 CHWTEX L 3.1855211
1975-09-15 CHWKCR L 8.1633620
1975-09-07 CHWMIN L 6.2974431
1975-09-01 CHWKCR L 9.0833121
1975-08-27 CHWCLE W 8.0400210
1975-08-22 CHWBOS L 8.0622131
1975-08-13 CHWCLE — 4.2833300
1975-08-09 CHWBAL L 5.0675321

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
P 541 488 159 699 26 37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1957 CIN P 3 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN P 2 0 0 1 0 0
1960 CIN P 20 3 0 13 1 0
1961 CIN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WS2 P 3 3 0 3 0 1
1962 WS2 P 28 22 4 30 0 2
1963 WS2 P 40 29 11 30 3 2
1964 WS2 P 37 36 9 51 0 5
1965 LAN P 40 40 11 82 3 6
1966 LAN P 39 38 10 49 4 0
1967 LAN P 39 39 11 53 2 2
1968 LAN P 39 36 11 50 1 2
1969 LAN P 41 41 19 69 3 0
1970 LAN P 37 37 10 40 1 5
1971 LAN P 38 38 22 66 1 4
1972 LAN P 33 33 9 40 1 2
1973 LAN P 33 33 9 53 2 3
1974 HOU P 23 21 8 23 1 1
1974 SLN P 8 2 3 5 1 1
1975 CHA P 37 37 12 41 2 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 541
Left Field 1

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1964 Most Valuable Player AL 30th 2.0 280 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Claude Osteen (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Rick Reuschel
    214-191, 3.37 ERA
  2. 97
    Curt Simmons
    193-183, 3.54 ERA
  3. 96
    Milt Pappas
    209-164, 3.40 ERA
  4. 95
    Doyle Alexander
    194-174, 3.76 ERA
  5. 95
    Rick Wise
    188-181, 3.69 ERA
  6. 88
    Jim Perry
    215-174, 3.45 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Claude Osteen

What years did Claude Osteen play?
Claude Osteen played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1975.
Was Claude Osteen a pitcher?
Yes. Claude Osteen pitched in the major leagues, recording 196 wins and 1612 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Claude Osteen hit?
Claude Osteen hit 8 career home runs with 207 hits.