Sam Dodge vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Sam Dodge
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Sam Dodge 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 5.14 and 2.286 for Sam Dodge. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Dodge and Claude Osteen

Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.14
8.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
15.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
47.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.286
2.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
42.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.57
47.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Sam Dodge and Claude Osteen

Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Dodge and Claude Osteen

Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
1200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Sam Dodge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Sam Dodge
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67