Claude Osteen vs. Fred Underwood — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fred Underwood
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Osteen built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Underwood 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 7.85 and 2.340 for Fred Underwood. 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 Fred Underwood

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
1.41
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.51
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.77
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.96
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
7.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
15.32
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.32
15.32
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5.74
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.851
0.851
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
47.3
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
11.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.87
11.87
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
41.17
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.3
47.3

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Fred Underwood

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.34
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.34
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.72
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Fred Underwood

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
210
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
18
540
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
210
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
180
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
2.95
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.16
124.84
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
270
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
270
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.46
133.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Fred Underwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Underwood
Career
Per 600 PA