Claude Osteen vs. Bill Trotter — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Trotter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Trotter 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 5.4 and 1.641 for Bill Trotter. 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 Bill Trotter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.02
19.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
5.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1450
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
11.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.53
11.53
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
0.65
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
3.24
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2208
41.11
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.51
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
6.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2019
37.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.11
41.11

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Bill Trotter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Bill Trotter

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
688.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
142
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
109
460.56
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
5.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
25
105.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-7.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
291
143.11
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
266.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.85
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA