Rick Langford vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Rick Langford a clear advantage over Claude Osteen across the core pitching metrics. Rick Langford led in strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 63), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 97), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 119). Claude Osteen held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 96). Rick Langford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Claude Osteen

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.38
75.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
2.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Claude Osteen

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
75.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Claude Osteen

Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67