Alberto Arias vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Alberto Arias
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Alberto Arias 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 3.74 and 1.580 for Alberto Arias. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alberto Arias and Claude Osteen

Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
7.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
3.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
9.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
6.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.96
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
40.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.527
1.527
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
34.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Alberto Arias and Claude Osteen

Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
7.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alberto Arias and Claude Osteen

Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
5400
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-29.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Alberto Arias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Alberto Arias
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67