Mike Adams vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Mike Adams
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Adams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Adams led in run prevention (ERA+ 176 vs 97), home run suppression (HR9+ 167 vs 108), and strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 63). Role difference aside, Mike Adams holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Adams and Claude Osteen

Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
9.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1222
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
407.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
6.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
2.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
9.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.04
9.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1653
36.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.085
1.085
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1502
33.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.52
36.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Adams and Claude Osteen

Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
9.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1222
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
407.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.68
98.68
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.184
0.184
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Adams and Claude Osteen

Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
410
123000
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Mike Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67