Clay Christiansen vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Clay Christiansen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Christiansen 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 6.05 and 1.603 for Clay Christiansen. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Christiansen and Claude Osteen

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.79
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
41.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Clay Christiansen and Claude Osteen

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Christiansen and Claude Osteen

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1220
600
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67