Roberto Duran vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Roberto Duran
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Roberto Duran 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 6.58 and 1.846 for Roberto Duran. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roberto Duran and Claude Osteen

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.58
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
11.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.08
11.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.115
2.115
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.58
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
31.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Roberto Duran and Claude Osteen

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.129
0.129
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roberto Duran and Claude Osteen

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1220
600
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67