Babe Doty vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Babe Doty
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Doty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Doty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1 and WHIP 1.111 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Babe Doty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Doty and Claude Osteen

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Babe Doty and Claude Osteen

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Doty and Claude Osteen

Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67