Claude Osteen vs. Dave Thies — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dave Thies
Silent GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Thies 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 4.62 and 1.500 for Dave Thies. 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 Dave Thies

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.829
0.829
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
39.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
34.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Dave Thies

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Dave Thies

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
93.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dave Thies
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dave Thies
Career
Per 600 PA