Bob Dustal vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Bob Dustal
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit 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 Bob Dustal 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 9 and 2.667 for Bob Dustal. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Dustal and Claude Osteen

Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
10.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
52.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.5
52.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bob Dustal and Claude Osteen

Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
10.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Bob Dustal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Dustal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Dustal and Claude Osteen

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