Claude Osteen vs. Clarence Thorpe — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clarence Thorpe
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaHilldale ClubEast-West LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Claude Osteen and Clarence Thorpe are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 4.5) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.500). Clarence Thorpe had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.65). 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 Clarence Thorpe

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
10.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
3
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
39.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Clarence Thorpe

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
1.82
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Clarence Thorpe

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
8.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Clarence Thorpe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Clarence Thorpe
Career
Per 600 PA