Claude Osteen vs. Thad Tillotson — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Thad Tillotson
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Thad Tillotson 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 4.06 and 1.482 for Thad Tillotson. 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 Thad Tillotson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
9.11
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.11
9.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.81
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.22
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
39.67
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.07
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.8
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
35.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Thad Tillotson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.99
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
2.3
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
2.23
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Thad Tillotson

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1500
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.79
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.49
-14.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
390
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
1.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Thad Tillotson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Thad Tillotson
Career
Per 600 PA