Scott Arnold vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Scott Arnold
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Arnold 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 5.4 and 2.100 for Scott Arnold. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Arnold and Claude Osteen

Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
10.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.8
10.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
43.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
37.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Scott Arnold and Claude Osteen

Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Scott Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Arnold and Claude Osteen

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