Claude Osteen vs. Bill Smith — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Smith
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Smith 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 4.21 and 1.507 for Bill Smith. 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 Bill Smith

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.746
0.746
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
38.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
36.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Bill Smith

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.37
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Bill Smith

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
34.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
26.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA