How Claude Osteen's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Claude Osteen posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .260, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1961, posting .209, below the starting pitcher average of .252 that year. The highest point came in 1959 at .314, well above the starting pitcher average of .250 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 1973 to .291 in 1974 and .294 in 1975. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 18 seasons.
Claude Osteen Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Claude Osteen
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Opposing Batting Average | Claude Osteen
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Season Avg. | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.26 | 0.28 |
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Claude Osteen Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Claude Osteen's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Claude Osteen Opposing Batting Average by Team
Claude Osteen's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Claude Osteen Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Claude Osteen's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Claude Osteen Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Claude Osteen's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Claude Osteen Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Claude Osteen's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
