Ray Dobens vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Ray Dobens
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Dobens 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 3.81 and 1.447 for Ray Dobens. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Dobens and Claude Osteen

Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.459
0.459
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
38.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
35.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ray Dobens and Claude Osteen

Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Dobens and Claude Osteen

Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
733.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
69.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
92.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ray Dobens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ray Dobens
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67