Alec Distaso vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Alec Distaso
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows 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 Alec Distaso 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 3.86 and 1.500 for Alec Distaso. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alec Distaso and Claude Osteen

Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
11.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
40.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
38.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Alec Distaso and Claude Osteen

Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Alec Distaso
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alec Distaso
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alec Distaso and Claude Osteen

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