Jim Donohue vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Jim Donohue
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Donohue 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 4.29 and 1.545 for Jim Donohue. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Donohue and Claude Osteen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
4.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.81
8.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
4.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
6.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.72
6.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
39.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.506
1.506
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
34.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Donohue and Claude Osteen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
155.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
96.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Donohue and Claude Osteen

Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
1166.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
11.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
6
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
6
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-4.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
166.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Jim Donohue
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.85
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jim Donohue
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67