Bill Donovan vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bill Donovan
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Donovan and Claude Osteen are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Donovan carried a career ERA of 3.2 against Claude Osteen's 3.3. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill Donovan and Claude Osteen — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Donovan and Claude Osteen

Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.32
26.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
9.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
39.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
4.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
35.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Donovan and Claude Osteen

Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.211
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Donovan and Claude Osteen

Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
712.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.594
0.594
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.77
33.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
7
131.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
168.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
45.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.85
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67