Sam Moran vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Sam Moran
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Moran 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 7.47 and 2.059 for Sam Moran. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Moran and Claude Osteen

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
7.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Sam Moran and Claude Osteen

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Moran and Claude Osteen

Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.93
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
45.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
37.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67