Claude Osteen vs. Bobby Thigpen — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bobby Thigpen
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Thigpen 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 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 89). Bobby Thigpen held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 63). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Claude Osteen.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Bobby Thigpen

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
7.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.27
46.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
3.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
568.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
8.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
3.77
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
5.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2448
38.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.63
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
3.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2130
33.71
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Bobby Thigpen

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
7.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
568.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.12
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
1.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.61
96.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Bobby Thigpen

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
448
268800
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA