Claude Osteen vs. Dick Terwilliger — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Terwilliger
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Terwilliger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Terwilliger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.000 compared to 3.3 and 1.302 for Claude Osteen. By the career numbers, Dick Terwilliger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Dick Terwilliger

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1435
3.73
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Dick Terwilliger

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Dick Terwilliger

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dick Terwilliger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Terwilliger
Career
Per 600 PA