Claude Osteen vs. Tom Sunkel — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Sunkel
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Claude Osteen and Tom Sunkel are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 4.53) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.593). Tom Sunkel had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.45 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Tom Sunkel

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.03
46.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
8.9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
40.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
5.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
35.37
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.89
40.89

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Tom Sunkel

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Tom Sunkel

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
573.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
104.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.45
29.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
139.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
130.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
78.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
30.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
191.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Tom Sunkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Sunkel
Career
Per 600 PA