Ron Davis vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Ron Davis
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Davis 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 67), walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 85), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 79). Ron Davis held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 63). Role difference aside, Claude Osteen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ron Davis and Claude Osteen

Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
4.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
8.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
3.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.68
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
7.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3217
38.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
4.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
4.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2826
34.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ron Davis and Claude Osteen

Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
96.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Davis and Claude Osteen

Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
481
48100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-64.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67