Mike Armstrong vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Mike Armstrong
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican 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 Armstrong as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Armstrong led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 63), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 97), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 94). Claude Osteen held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 90). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Armstrong.

Pitching Stats for Mike Armstrong and Claude Osteen

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.78
52.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
4.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
7.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
4.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
5.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
38.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
4.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1252
33.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Mike Armstrong and Claude Osteen

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
5.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Armstrong and Claude Osteen

Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
39600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-66.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Mike Armstrong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Armstrong
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67