Dan Abbott vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dan Abbott
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Abbott 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 6.23 and 2.077 for Dan Abbott. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Abbott and Claude Osteen

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
13.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.15
13.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
46.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.077
2.077
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
40.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.38
46.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dan Abbott and Claude Osteen

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Abbott and Claude Osteen

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
38.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
53.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67