Claude Osteen vs. Reggie Richter — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Reggie Richter
Lost GenerationGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Reggie Richter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Reggie Richter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Reggie Richter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Reggie Richter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.73
22.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
10.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.988
0.988
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
37.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
33.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.04
37.04

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Reggie Richter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Reggie Richter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1320
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-23.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
420
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
1.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Reggie Richter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Reggie Richter
Career
Per 600 PA