Claude Osteen vs. Jack Taylor — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jack Taylor
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Taylor 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 4.22 and 1.463 for Jack Taylor. 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 Jack Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
1.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
1.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.63
50.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.72
86.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
981
4.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6273
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2091
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2476
10.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
2.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
529
2.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.532
0.532
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9213
39.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1423
6.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8504
36.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Jack Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
1.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6357
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2119
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
2.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
3.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
687
2.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.57
89.57
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.454
2.454
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Jack Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
288
173.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
998
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
931
559.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.644
0.644
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
140.68
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
105.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
5
3.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
35.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92.57
55.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
311
186.97
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
169.54
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.334
0.334
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
60.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
82.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
139.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.38
61.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
26.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
60.72
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.88
9.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
19
11.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Jack Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Jack Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100