Jose Diaz vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Jose Diaz
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Diaz 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 9.39 and 2.609 for Jose Diaz. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Diaz and Claude Osteen

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.14
13.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
12.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.91
12.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.87
5.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.826
1.826
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
51.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.57
10.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.609
2.609
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
37.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Jose Diaz and Claude Osteen

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Diaz and Claude Osteen

Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1220
600
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Jose Diaz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jose Diaz
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67