Thomas Diamond vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Thomas Diamond
MillenialLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Thomas Diamond 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 6.83 and 1.828 for Thomas Diamond. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Thomas Diamond and Claude Osteen

Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
10.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.24
10.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.59
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
11.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.17
11.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.862
1.862
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
42.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
7.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.759
1.759
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
35.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.83
42.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Thomas Diamond and Claude Osteen

Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Thomas Diamond and Claude Osteen

Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-33.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
450
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Thomas Diamond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Thomas Diamond
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67