Brent Knackert vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Brent Knackert
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brent Knackert 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 7.04 and 2.049 for Brent Knackert. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brent Knackert and Claude Osteen

Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
7.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.34
7.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
12.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.55
12.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
6.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
45.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
7.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.61
7.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.986
1.986
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
38.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.44
45.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Brent Knackert and Claude Osteen

Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brent Knackert and Claude Osteen

Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1220
600
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Brent Knackert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Brent Knackert
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67