Claude Osteen vs. Mike Timlin — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Timlin
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Timlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Timlin led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 155 vs 119), strikeout rate (K%+ 77 vs 63), and run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 97). Claude Osteen held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 81). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Timlin.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Mike Timlin

Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
7.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.56
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.68
50.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.05
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
3.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3613
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1204.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1168
8.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
2.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.24
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.54
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612
4.19
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
6.52
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.52
6.52
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.35
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5082
37.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
3.49
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
3.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.07
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.283
1.283
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13352
34.73
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4568
34.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Mike Timlin

Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1058
7.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3613
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1204.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
1.4
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
2.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
2.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.1
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Mike Timlin

Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1059
90771.43
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-63.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Mike Timlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Timlin
Career
Per 600 PA