Tex Covington vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Tex Covington and Claude Osteen are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 4.1) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.463). Tex Covington had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.12 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Claude Osteen

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Claude Osteen

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Claude Osteen

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
28.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67