Claude Osteen vs. Brad Thompson — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Thompson
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thompson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Thompson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 119), home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 108), and run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 97). Claude Osteen held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 63 vs 60). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brad Thompson.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Brad Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.69
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
4.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1757
39.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.42
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
4.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1580
35.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.01
39.01

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Brad Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1216
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
405.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.85
98.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Brad Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
1715.49
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
473.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
18.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
101.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
19.36
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
228.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
109.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Brad Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Brad Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100