Woody Davis vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Woody Davis
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Woody Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Woody Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.5 and WHIP 1.167 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Woody Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Woody Davis and Claude Osteen

Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.158
0.158
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
34.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
28.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.5
34.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Woody Davis and Claude Osteen

Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Woody Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Woody Davis and Claude Osteen

Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Woody Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Woody Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67