Dick Mulligan vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dick Mulligan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Mulligan 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 4.44 and 1.494 for Dick Mulligan. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Mulligan and Claude Osteen

Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
9.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.11
9.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
2.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.765
0.765
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
39.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
34.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.56
39.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dick Mulligan and Claude Osteen

Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Mulligan and Claude Osteen

Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
652.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-20.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.85
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dick Mulligan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Dick Mulligan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67