Tom Glavine vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Tom Glavine
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tom Glavine and Claude Osteen are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 99 for Tom Glavine and 97 for Claude Osteen, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 93 and 94 respectively. If forced to pick, Claude Osteen gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Tom Glavine and Claude Osteen

Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
1.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
1.27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.04
60.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1734
3.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4298
8.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1500
3.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2607
5.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.931
0.931
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18604
37.94
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1900
3.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.314
1.314
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16697
34.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.94
37.94
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Tom Glavine and Claude Osteen

Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
1.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
1.39
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
1.27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13240
27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4413.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
1.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1144
2.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
2.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.639
1.639
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.04
90.04
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Glavine and Claude Osteen

Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
258.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1645
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1323
482.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
89.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
79.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
25
9.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
28
10.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68.16
24.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
101.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
127.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
33.92
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
32.83
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
66.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.2
28.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
36.84
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PAverified
329
120
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
78.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
5.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Tom Glavine
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Glavine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67