Claude Osteen vs. Jim Stoops — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Stoops
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Stoops as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Stoops posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.25 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Jim Stoops had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Jim Stoops

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.67
11.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
38.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
29.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Jim Stoops

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Jim Stoops
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Stoops
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Jim Stoops

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