Dan Dugan vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dan Dugan
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Dugan 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 6.61 and 1.469 for Dan Dugan. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Dugan and Claude Osteen

Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
6.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
2.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
40.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
37.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dan Dugan and Claude Osteen

Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Dugan and Claude Osteen

Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
16.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
4.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
200
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dan Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dan Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67