Brian Duensing vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Brian Duensing
MillenialKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Duensing as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Osteen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 103), run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 81), and home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 94). Brian Duensing held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 66 vs 63). Role difference aside, Claude Osteen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Duensing and Claude Osteen

Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
5.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.76
54.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
4.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2288
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
762.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804
9.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
3.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
6.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3276
38.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
4.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
34.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.66
38.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Brian Duensing and Claude Osteen

Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
5.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2289
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
763
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
1.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
2.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.24
97.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.58
12.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Duensing and Claude Osteen

Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
485
22384.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-3.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.31
-60.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Brian Duensing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.85
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Brian Duensing
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67