Rick Austin vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 85), home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 83), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 82). Rick Austin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 118 vs 63). Role difference aside, Claude Osteen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Claude Osteen

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Claude Osteen

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Claude Osteen

Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
23.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
12.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
300
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67