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Claude Osteen
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Birthdate: 8/9/1939    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 173 lbs. Place of Birth: Caney Spring, TN, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Claude Osteen chalked up 196 wins and pitched 40 lifetime shutouts in his' big league career. He was a star high school pitcher and signed for a large bonus with the Cincinnati Reds. Claude Osteen made his MLB debut for the Reds on July 7, 1957 at the age 17. After playing four years mostly in the minor leagues and for the Reds he was traded to Washington in 1962 and in 1964 went 15-13, 3.33 ERA. The Senators traded Claude Osteen in 1965 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his 9 seasons with the Dodgers, he won 15 games seven times, 20 games twice and was selected for three All-Star games. Claude Osteen lifetime: 196-195, 3.30 ERA, 541 Games, 488 GS, 140 GC, 40 shutouts, allowed 3471 hits in 3460 innings. Copyright 2003 baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1957 CIN (NL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 2.25
1959 CIN (NL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 11 10 6 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 7.04
1960 CIN (NL) 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 48.1 53 29 27 5 30 4 15 4 1 0 5.03
1961 CIN (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1961 WSA (AL) 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 18.1 14 11 10 3 9 0 14 2 1 1 4.91
1962 WSA (AL) 28 22 8 13 1 7 2 150.1 140 62 61 12 47 6 59 3 4 0 3.65
1963 WSA (AL) 40 29 9 14 0 8 2 212.1 222 101 79 23 60 4 109 6 1 0 3.35
1964 WSA (AL) 37 36 15 13 0 13 0 257.0 256 107 95 20 64 8 133 3 3 0 3.33
1965 LAD (NL) 40 40 15 15 0 9 1 287.0 253 95 89 19 78 10 162 4 3 1 2.79
1966 LAD (NL) 39 38 17 14 0 8 3 240.1 238 92 76 6 65 13 137 5 2 0 2.85
1967 LAD (NL) 39 39 17 17 0 14 5 288.1 298 116 103 19 52 10 152 4 2 0 3.22
1968 LAD (NL) 39 36 12 18 0 5 3 253.2 267 109 87 14 54 10 119 4 5 0 3.09
1969 LAD (NL) 41 41 20 15 0 16 7 321.0 293 103 95 17 74 8 183 8 6 0 2.66
1970 LAD (NL) 37 37 16 14 0 11 4 258.2 280 121 110 24 52 3 114 1 4 0 3.83
1971 LAD (NL) 38 38 14 11 0 11 4 259.0 262 108 101 25 63 2 109 4 3 1 3.51
1972 LAD (NL) 33 33 20 11 0 14 4 252.0 232 82 74 16 69 4 100 5 4 0 2.64
1973 LAD (NL) 33 33 16 11 0 12 3 236.2 227 97 87 20 61 2 86 7 2 0 3.31
1974 STL (NL) 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 22.2 26 14 11 1 11 5 6 0 0 0 4.37
1974 HOU (NL) 23 21 9 9 0 7 2 138.1 158 67 57 8 47 1 45 3 2 3 3.71
1975 CHW (AL) 37 37 7 16 0 5 0 204.1 237 110 99 16 92 2 63 2 2 0 4.36
20 years   541 488 196 195 1 140 40 3460.1 3471 1435 1268 249 940 93 1612 67 45 6 3.30
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1957 CIN (NL) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1959 CIN (NL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1960 CIN (NL) 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .83 .83 SLG
1961 CIN (NL) 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1961 WSA (AL) 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .143 SLG
1962 WSA (AL) 37 48 3 10 1 1 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 .208 .208 SLG
1963 WSA (AL) 49 70 8 12 0 0 1 4 4 20 0 0 0 0 5 0 .171 .216 SLG
1964 WSA (AL) 40 90 8 14 4 0 1 7 3 34 1 0 0 1 7 2 .156 .188 SLG
1965 LAD (NL) 42 99 6 12 0 1 0 2 3 32 0 0 0 0 6 0 .121 .147 SLG
1966 LAD (NL) 39 76 8 16 1 2 1 6 5 18 1 1 0 0 2 0 .211 .259 SLG
1967 LAD (NL) 42 101 9 18 3 1 2 9 4 22 0 0 0 0 5 2 .178 .206 SLG
1968 LAD (NL) 40 84 4 15 3 0 0 2 2 26 0 0 0 0 9 0 .179 .198 SLG
1969 LAD (NL) 44 111 7 24 1 0 1 12 5 25 0 0 0 0 8 2 .216 .246 SLG
1970 LAD (NL) 39 93 10 19 5 0 1 9 3 20 0 0 0 1 1 2 .204 .232 SLG
1971 LAD (NL) 39 86 7 16 3 0 0 7 4 21 0 0 0 0 8 1 .186 .220 SLG
1972 LAD (NL) 36 88 9 24 5 1 1 11 5 19 0 0 0 1 6 0 .273 .319 SLG
1973 LAD (NL) 33 78 4 12 1 0 0 1 2 22 0 0 0 0 8 0 .154 .175 SLG
1974 STL (NL) 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1974 HOU (NL) 23 46 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 .283 .283 SLG
1975 CHW (AL) 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
20 years   588 1099 90 207 31 6 8 76 40 291 2 1 0 3 69 9 .188 .217 .SLG



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