Red Donahue vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Red Donahue
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Red Donahue 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 3.61 and 1.371 for Red Donahue. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Red Donahue and Claude Osteen

Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
367
1.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.38
48.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.64
92.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
0.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1191
3.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
8899
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2966.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3377
10.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
2.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
2.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.498
0.498
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12629
38.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1638
4.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11827
35.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Red Donahue and Claude Osteen

Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
1.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9042
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3014
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904
2.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1094
3.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1041
3.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.16
95.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.798
2.798
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.97
20.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Donahue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Donahue and Claude Osteen

Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
372
180.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1235
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1150
558.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
175
85.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
148
71.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
21
10.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
27
13.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
39.13
19.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
209
101.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
212
103
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
82
39.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
37.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
158
76.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
23.19
11.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
32
15.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
140.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
48
23.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Red Donahue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Red Donahue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67