Ed Donnelly vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Ed Donnelly
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows 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 Ed Donnelly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Donnelly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.953 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Ed Donnelly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Donnelly and Claude Osteen

Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
11.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
43.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.884
1.884
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
37.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.33
43.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ed Donnelly and Claude Osteen

Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ed Donnelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Donnelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Donnelly and Claude Osteen

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