Danny Boone vs. Tiny Osborne — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tiny Osborne
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tiny Osborne built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Boone posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.72 and 1.560 for Tiny Osborne. By the career numbers, Danny Boone had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Tiny Osborne

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.98
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.43
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.56
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.66
43.66
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.11
52.11
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.43
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.36
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
4.72
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1938
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
9.12
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
9.65
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.53
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.43
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.74
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
4.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
5.05
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
3.66
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
37.27
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2894
40.32
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.61
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.72
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
410
5.71
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
33.73
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2557
35.62
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.32
40.32

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Tiny Osborne

Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
27
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101.2
9
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.04
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.492
0.492
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.923
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Tiny Osborne

Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
370.43
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
573.91
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
114.78
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
96.52
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.26
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.26
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.26
29.37
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
133.04
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
130.43
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.52
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
41.74
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
78.26
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.09
28.94
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.04
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
59
153.91
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.9
3.9
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.43
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Tiny Osborne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100