Dewey Adkins vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins 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 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Claude Osteen

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Claude Osteen

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Claude Osteen

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.93
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67