Bull Durham vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bull Durham
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bull Durham 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 5.28 and 1.690 for Bull Durham. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bull Durham and Claude Osteen

Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
11.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
40.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
36.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bull Durham and Claude Osteen

Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bull Durham and Claude Osteen

Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
771.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-2.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67