Bill Drake vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bill Drake
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Drake and Claude Osteen are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 3.69) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.393). Bill Drake had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.21 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Drake and Claude Osteen

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.02
53.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.42
77.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
3.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3704
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1234.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
3.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.792
0.792
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4862
35.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
4.77
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
4267
31.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.44
35.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bill Drake and Claude Osteen

Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
1.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3358
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.96
92.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.444
2.444
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.13
75.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Drake and Claude Osteen

Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
194
220.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
529
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
470
533.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
81.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
12
13.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.93
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
23.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37.61
42.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
146.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
131
148.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
104.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39.56
44.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
36.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132.25
132.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
21
23.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Bill Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Bill Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67