Claude Osteen vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray 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 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Ken Ray

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Ken Ray

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Ken Ray

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA