Claude Osteen vs. Ron Taylor — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Taylor
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 74), run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 94). Ron Taylor held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 166 vs 119). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Claude Osteen.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Ron Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.14
51.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
3.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
8.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.93
8.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
5.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.841
0.841
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3339
37.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
4.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3090
34.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.56
37.56

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Ron Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2399
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
799.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
1.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
1.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Ron Taylor

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
491
2434.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
575.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.41
6.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
14
69.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
13
64.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.82
-18.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
337.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
1.78
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA