Claude Osteen
Claude Osteen
Full name: Claude Wilson Osteen
Born: August 9, 1939, Caney Springs, Tennessee
First Game: July 6, 1957; Final Game: September 27, 1975
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 160
Claude Osteen
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1957 CIN N 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1957 CIN N
1959 CIN N 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1959 CIN N
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 0.0 1960 CIN N
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1961 CIN N
1961 WAS A Daily Splits 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1961 WAS A
1961 Total 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 0.0 1961 Total
1962 WAS A Daily Splits 37 48 3 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .208 .208 .271 0.0 1962 WAS A
1963 WAS A Daily Splits 49 70 8 12 0 0 1 4 4 0 20 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 .171 .216 .214 0.0 1963 WAS A
1964 WAS A Daily Splits 40 90 8 14 4 0 1 7 3 0 34 1 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 .156 .188 .233 0.0 1964 WAS A
1965 LA N Daily Splits 42 99 6 12 0 1 0 2 3 0 32 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .121 .147 .141 0.0 1965 LA N
1966 LA N Daily Splits 39 76 8 16 1 2 1 6 5 0 18 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 .211 .259 .316 0.0 1966 LA N
1967 LA N Daily Splits 42 101 9 18 3 1 2 9 4 0 22 0 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 .178 .206 .287 0.0 1967 LA N
1968 LA N Daily Splits 40 84 4 15 3 0 0 2 2 0 26 0 9 0 0 0i 3 0 0 .179 .198 .214 0.0 1968 LA N
1969 LA N Daily Splits 44 111 7 24 1 0 1 12 5 0 25 0 8 2 0 3 3 0 0 .216 .246 .252 0.0 1969 LA N
1970 LA N Daily Splits 39 93 10 19 5 0 1 9 3 0 20 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .204 .232 .290 0.0 1970 LA N
1971 LA N Daily Splits 39 86 7 16 3 0 0 7 4 0 21 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 .220 .221 0.0 1971 LA N
1972 LA N Daily Splits 36 88 9 24 5 1 1 11 5 0 19 1 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 .273 .319 .386 0.0 1972 LA N
1973 LA N Daily Splits 33 78 4 12 1 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 .154 .175 .167 0.0 1973 LA N
1974 HOU N Daily Splits 23 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .283 .370 0.0 1974 HOU N
1974 STL N Daily Splits 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1974 STL N
1974 TOT N 31 53 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .245 .321 0.0 1974 TOT N
1975 CHI A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 CHI A
Total NL 422 884 71 170 26 5 6 62 33 0 224 2 55 7 0i 10i 16 1 1 .192 .221 .253 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 166 215 19 37 5 1 2 14 7 0 67 1 14 2 0 4 2 1 0 .172 .200 .233 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 588 1099 90 207 31 6 8 76 40 0 291 3 69 9 0i 14i 18 2 1 .188 .217 .249 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1965 LA N Daily Splits 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1965 LA N
1966 LA N Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 LA N
Total Splits 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1970 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1970 NL
1973 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1973 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1957 CIN N 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 19 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 0.0 1957 CIN N
1959 CIN N 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 11 44 1 10 6 9 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.04 -0.2 1959 CIN N
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 20 3 0 0 8 0 48.1 53 217 5 29 27 30 4 15 3 2 4 1 0 7 3 7 2 0 1 5.03 -0.4 1960 CIN N
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 1961 CIN N
1961 WAS A Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 14 76 3 11 10 9 0 14 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 4.91 -0.2 1961 WAS A
1961 Total 4 3 0 0 1 0 18.2 14 77 3 11 10 9 0 14 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 4.82 -0.2 1961 Total
1962 WAS A Daily Splits 28 22 7 2 4 1 150.1 140 626 12 62 61 47 6 59 6 1 3 4 0 20 5 21 8 8 13 3.65 1.3 1962 WAS A
1963 WAS A Daily Splits 40 29 8 2 5 0 212.1 222 900 23 101 79 60 4 109 11 6 6 1 0 26 8 27 27 9 14 3.35 0.4 1963 WAS A
1964 WAS A Daily Splits 37 36 13 0 0 0 257 256 1070 20 107 95 64 8 133 9 7 3 3 0 38 7 26 13 15 13 3.33 1.5 1964 WAS A
1965 LA N Daily Splits 40 40 9 1 0 0 287 253 1169 19 95 89 78 10 162 16 1 4 3 1 39 9 28 17 15 15 2.79 2.2 1965 LA N
1966 LA N Daily Splits 39 38 8 3 1 0 240.1 238 1005 6 92 76 65 13 137 17 9 5 2 0 32 4 17 17 17 14 2.85 2.1 1966 LA N
1967 LA N Daily Splits 39 39 14 5 0 0 288.1 298 1187 19 116 103 52 10 152 19 10 4 2 0 32 7 32 20 17 17 3.22 0.2 1967 LA N
1968 LA N Daily Splits 39 36 5 3 1 0 253.2 267 1053 14 109 87 54 10 119 15 7 4 5 0 41 1 34 23 12 18 3.09 -1.2 1968 LA N
1969 LA N Daily Splits 41 41 16 7 0 0 321 293 1291 17 103 95 74 8 183 11 5 8 6 0 51 4 37 14 20 15 2.66 3.8 1969 LA N
1970 LA N Daily Splits 37 37 11 4 0 0 258.2 280 1085 24 121 110 52 3 114 9 4 1 4 0 47 1 24 16 16 14 3.83 0.5 1970 LA N
1971 LA N Daily Splits 38 38 11 4 0 0 259 262 1071 25 108 101 63 2 109 16 5 4 3 1 31 6 36 17 14 11 3.51 0.1 1971 LA N
1972 LA N Daily Splits 33 33 14 4 0 0 252 232 1033 16 82 74 69 4 100 12 1 5 4 0 34 8 22 15 20 11 2.64 4.2 1972 LA N
1973 LA N Daily Splits 33 33 12 3 0 0 236.2 227 961 20 97 87 61 2 86 12 5 7 2 0 27 3 41 15 16 11 3.31 0.6 1973 LA N
1974 HOU N Daily Splits 23 21 7 2 1 0 138.1 158 602 8 67 57 47 1 45 7 5 3 2 3 30 5 17 10 9 9 3.71 -0.2 1974 HOU N
1974 STL N Daily Splits 8 2 0 0 2 0 22.2 26 104 1 14 11 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 4.37 -0.3 1974 STL N
1974 TOT N 31 23 7 2 3 0 161 184 706 9 81 68 58 6 51 9 5 3 2 3 35 5 18 12 9 11 3.80 -0.5 1974 TOT N
1975 CHI A Daily Splits 37 37 5 0 0 0 204.1 237 919 16 110 99 92 2 63 11 7 2 2 0 32 8 21 11 7 16 4.36 -1.0 1975 CHI A
Total NL 396 361 107 36 15 0 2618 2602 10842 175 1044 924 668 73 1234 140 55 51 34 5 376i 51i296i168i156 138 3.18 11.4 Total NL
Total AL 145 127 33 4 9 1 842.1 869 3591 74 391 344 272 20 378 38 22 16 11 1 117 28 98 61 40 57 3.68 2.0 Total AL
Total Splits 541 488 140 40 24 1 3460.1 3471 14433 249 1435 1268 940 93 1612 178 77 67 45 6 493i 79i394i229i196 195 3.30 13.4 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1965 LA N Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 14 9 54 1 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0.64 1965 LA N
1966 LA N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 23 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1.29 1966 LA N
Total Splits 3 3 1 1 0 0 21 12 77 2 3 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 2 0.86 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1970 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 12 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 1970 NL
1973 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1973 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 21 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1957 CIN N P 3 0 0 0 0 -
1959 CIN N P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
1960 CIN N Daily P 20 3 0 48.1 0 13 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 .929
1961 CIN N Daily OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1961 CIN N LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 CIN N P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 WAS A Daily P 3 3 0 18.1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1961 Total P 4 3 0 18.2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1962 WAS A Daily P 28 22 7 150.1 4 30 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1.000
1963 WAS A Daily P 40 29 8 212.1 11 30 3 2 0 4 4 5 1 .932
1964 WAS A Daily P 37 36 13 257 9 51 0 5 0 2 2 4 3 1.000
1965 LA N Daily P 40 40 9 287 11 82 3 6 0 1 6 2 2 .969
1966 LA N Daily P 39 38 8 240.1 10 49 4 0 0 2 9 2 4 .937
1967 LA N Daily P 39 39 14 288.1 11 53 2 2 0 5 8 3 7 .970
1968 LA N Daily P 39 36 5 254 11 50 1 2 0 3 10 4 2 .984
1969 LA N Daily P 41 41 16 321 19 69 3 0 0 2 11 6 5 .967
1970 LA N Daily P 37 37 11 258.2 10 40 1 5 0 4 4 5 2 .980
1971 LA N Daily P 38 38 11 259 22 66 1 4 0 1 12 5 2 .989
1972 LA N Daily P 33 33 14 252 9 40 1 2 0 2 12 4 4 .980
1973 LA N Daily P 33 33 12 236.2 9 53 2 3 0 3 5 8 2 .969
1974 HOU N Daily P 23 21 7 138.1 8 23 1 1 0 0 7 11 0 .969
1974 STL N Daily P 8 2 0 22.2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .889
1974 TOT N P 31 23 7 161 11 28 2 2 0 0 9 11 0 .951
1975 CHI A Daily P 37 37 5 204.1 12 41 2 1 0 2 12 13 3 .964
Total P 541 488i 140i 3449 i 159 699 26 37 0i 32i 110i 76i 37i .971
Total LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1965 LA N Daily P 2 2 1 14 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1966 LA N Daily P 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 3 3 1 21 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1970 NL Daily P 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 NL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (July 2, 1957 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Washington Senators in exchange for cash and a player
to be named later (September 16, 1961 ); Cincinnati Reds received Dave Sisler
(November 28, 1961 ).
Traded by Washington Senators with John Kennedy and $100000 to Los Angeles Dodgers
in exchange for Frank Howard , Phil Ortega , Pete Richert , Ken McMullen and a player
to be named later (December 4, 1964 ); Washington Senators received Dick Nen
(December 15, 1964 ).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Dave Culpepper to Houston Astros in exchange for
Jim Wynn (December 6, 1973 ).
Traded by Houston Astros to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ron Selak and a
player to be named later (August 15, 1974 ); Houston Astros received Dan Larson
(October 14, 1974 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (April 5, 1975 ).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 11, 1975 ).
Released by Chicago White Sox (April 5, 1976 ).
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