Claude Osteen vs. Elmer Tutwiler — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Elmer Tutwiler
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Elmer Tutwiler 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 4.91 and 1.091 for Elmer Tutwiler. 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 Elmer Tutwiler

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.36
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
940
2.44
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14433
37.54
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
36.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.54
37.54
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Elmer Tutwiler

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Elmer Tutwiler

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
289.18
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
101.8
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.59
29.31
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
122.95
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.69
26.41
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
19.67
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Elmer Tutwiler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Elmer Tutwiler
Career
Per 600 PA