Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Bio
- Debut
- 1957
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 541
- W
- 196
- L
- 195
- ERA
- 3.30
- IP
- 3460.1
- K
- 1,612
- BB
- 940
- WHIP
- 1.27
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.75 |
| 1959 | CIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 7.2 | 3 | 9 | 2.61 |
| 1960 | CIN | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5.03 | 48.1 | 15 | 30 | 1.72 |
| 1961 |  CIN/TEX | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.82 | 18.2 | 14 | 9 | 1.23 |
| 1962 | TEX | 28 | 8 | 13 | 3.65 | 150.1 | 59 | 47 | 1.24 |
| 1963 | TEX | 40 | 9 | 14 | 3.35 | 212.1 | 109 | 60 | 1.33 |
| 1964 | TEX | 37 | 15 | 13 | 3.33 | 257.0 | 133 | 64 | 1.25 |
| 1965 | LAD | 40 | 15 | 15 | 2.79 | 287.0 | 162 | 78 | 1.15 |
| 1966 | LAD | 39 | 17 | 14 | 2.85 | 240.1 | 137 | 65 | 1.26 |
| 1967 | LAD | 39 | 17 | 17 | 3.22 | 288.1 | 152 | 52 | 1.21 |
| 1968 | LAD | 39 | 12 | 18 | 3.09 | 253.2 | 119 | 54 | 1.27 |
| 1969 | LAD | 41 | 20 | 15 | 2.66 | 321.0 | 183 | 74 | 1.14 |
| 1970 | LAD | 37 | 16 | 14 | 3.83 | 258.2 | 114 | 52 | 1.28 |
| 1971 | LAD | 38 | 14 | 11 | 3.51 | 259.0 | 109 | 63 | 1.25 |
| 1972 | LAD | 33 | 20 | 11 | 2.64 | 252.0 | 100 | 69 | 1.19 |
| 1973 | LAD | 33 | 16 | 11 | 3.31 | 236.2 | 86 | 61 | 1.22 |
| 1974 |  HOU/STL | 31 | 9 | 11 | 3.80 | 161.0 | 51 | 58 | 1.50 |
| 1975 | CHW | 37 | 7 | 16 | 4.36 | 204.1 | 63 | 92 | 1.61 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 1
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 0.86
- IP
- 21.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 0.86
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 140
- SHO
- 40
- K/9
- 4.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | TEX | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | TEX | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | TEX | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | LAD | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | LAD | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | LAD | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | LAD | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | LAD | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | LAD | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | LAD | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | LAD | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | LAD | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | HOU/STL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CHW | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Claude Osteen's career stats?
Claude Osteen played 18 seasons for the Reds, the Rangers, the Dodgers and the White Sox. He had 196 wins and 1,612 strikeouts with a 3.30 ERA over 3,460.1 innings. His best season was 1969: 20 wins, a 2.66 ERA and 183 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1957 to 1975
Claude Osteen finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
Championships
- 1965 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
All-time career rank
- 192nd in strikeouts (pitching) (1,612)
- 124th in wins (pitching) (196)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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