Dory Dean vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dory Dean
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dory Dean 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 3.73 and 1.603 for Dory Dean. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dory Dean and Claude Osteen

Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
13.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.6
13.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257
43.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
9.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
42.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.07
43.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dory Dean and Claude Osteen

Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.01
81.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dory Dean
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dory Dean and Claude Osteen

Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
34
145.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
140
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
591.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
154.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
137.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.63
45.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
175.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
162.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
9
38.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
13
55.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.96
55.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
55.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.77
10.77
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dory Dean
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dory Dean
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67