Claude Osteen vs. Billy Taylor — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Billy Taylor
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburg AlleghenysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Billy Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Billy Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Billy Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.14
58.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2399
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
799.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
9.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
4.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.78
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3455
38.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
5.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3275
36.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Billy Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7572
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2524
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
852
3.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
4.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
4.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.57
86.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.829
3.829
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Billy Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
275
138.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1195
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1167
585.94
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.689
0.689
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
162.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
114.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
31.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
12.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
3.93
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
47.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130.4
65.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
229.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351
176.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.685
0.685
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.576
0.576
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
74.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
26
13.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
83.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147.62
74.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
27
13.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119.5
119.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
2.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100