Ed Dugan vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Ed Dugan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaRichmond VirginiansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed 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 4.49 and 1.269 for Ed 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 Ed Dugan and Claude Osteen

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.32
26.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
166.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
10.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
3.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.451
0.451
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
40.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
7.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
39.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Ed Dugan and Claude Osteen

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.14
74.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.955
1.955
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Dugan and Claude Osteen

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
173.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
12.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
110.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
3.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67