Claude Osteen vs. Sidney Williams — Career Comparison

Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Sidney Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Claude Osteen and Sidney Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 4.28) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.610). Sidney Williams had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.33 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Claude Osteen and Sidney Williams

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.51
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
9.03
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
4.28
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.738
0.738
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.17
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.12
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.18
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.21
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
37.21
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Claude Osteen and Sidney Williams

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10386
27
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3462
9
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.02
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.06
97.06
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Osteen and Sidney Williams

Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
200
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1099
540.49
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
563.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
163.64
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
79.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
15.25
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.93
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
22.13
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
96.4
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
134.75
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
290.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
200
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.849
0.849
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
44.26
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
37.38
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
77.7
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.4
98.12
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.19
4.19
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
33.93
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.98
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.49
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.48
Sidney Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Sidney Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100