Claude Osteen vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas 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 3.31 and 1.355 for Tom Thomas. 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 Tom Thomas

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
37.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Tom Thomas

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Tom Thomas

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA