Claude Osteen vs. Gene Thompson — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gene Thompson
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Claude Osteen and Gene Thompson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen had the edge in WHIP (1.302 vs 1.354). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Gene Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.62
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.32
57.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1268
3.3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
3.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2060
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
686.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
7.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
4.3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
4.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2936
38.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2597
34.04
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Gene Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.097
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Gene Thompson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
185
491.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
200
530.97
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
119.47
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
23.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.23
35.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
146.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
135.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
82.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.76
39.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
138.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Gene Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Gene Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA