Jerry Gibson vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Jerry Gibson
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Gibson 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 10.13 and 3.000 for Jerry Gibson. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Gibson and Claude Osteen

Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
16.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
57.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
13.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
43.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.38
57.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Jerry Gibson and Claude Osteen

Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Gibson and Claude Osteen

Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Jerry Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Jerry Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67