Claude Osteen vs. Graham Taylor — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Graham Taylor
MillenialKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Claude Osteen and Graham Taylor are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 8.18) and WHIP (1.302 vs 2.545). Graham Taylor had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 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 Graham Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
90.2
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
8.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
13.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.09
13.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
4.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
51.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
11.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.546
2.546
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
38.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Graham Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
1.27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.04
90.04
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Graham Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.26
-31.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Graham Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Graham Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA