Pete Dowling vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Pete Dowling
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Dowling 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 3.84 and 1.455 for Pete Dowling. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Dowling and Claude Osteen

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.29
87.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
3.84
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2748
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
916
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
9.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
3.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
2.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4023
39.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
5.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3618
35.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Pete Dowling and Claude Osteen

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2724
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
908
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
2.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
2.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.66
89.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.203
2.203
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Dowling and Claude Osteen

Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
118
187.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
378
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
354
561.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
111.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
25.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23.54
37.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
147.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
141.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.401
0.401
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
44.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
46.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
88.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23.83
37.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
120.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.97
4.97
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Pete Dowling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Pete Dowling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67