Bert Abbey vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Osteen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 4.52 and 1.546 for Bert Abbey. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Claude Osteen

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.28
82.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Claude Osteen

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Claude Osteen

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
128.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67