Bill Atkinson vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bill Atkinson
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Osteen led in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 64), walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 86). Bill Atkinson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 63). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Claude Osteen.

Pitching Stats for Bill Atkinson and Claude Osteen

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.42
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.79
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
6.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.05
6.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.093
1.093
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
38.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Atkinson and Claude Osteen

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.5
92.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Atkinson and Claude Osteen

Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
5400
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
44.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.15
62.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67