Frank Diven vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Frank Diven
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Diven 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 7.36 and 1.455 for Frank Diven. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Diven and Claude Osteen

Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.27
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
7.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
40.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
12.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
40.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Frank Diven and Claude Osteen

Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Diven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Diven and Claude Osteen

Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
14.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
8.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Frank Diven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Frank Diven
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67