Claude Osteen
Claude Wilson Osteen
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: August 9, 1939 in Caney Spring, TN
High School: Reading (Reading, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957
Final Game: September 27, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 CIN NL 17 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.83
1959 CIN NL 19 P 2 0 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.50 1.000 2.00 0.80
1960 CIN NL 20 P 20 3 48.1 14 0 13 1 0 .929 2.42 0.65 .964 2.09 0.87
1961 TOT MLB 21 P 4 3 18.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.75 .967 2.07 0.85
1961 CIN NL 21 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1961 CIN NL 21 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1961 CIN NL 21 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.90
1961 WSA AL 21 P 3 3 18.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 1.00 .967 2.06 0.83
1962 WSA AL 22 P 28 22 150.1 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 2.04 1.21 .956 2.08 0.79
1963 WSA AL 23 P 40 29 212.1 44 11 30 3 2 .932 1.74 1.03 .957 1.99 0.79
1964 WSA AL 24 P 37 36 257.0 60 9 51 0 5 1.000 2.10 1.62 .955 1.90 0.72 MVP-30
1965 LAD NL 25 P 40 40 287.0 96 11 82 3 6 .969 2.92 2.33 .955 2.08 0.81
1966 LAD NL 26 P 39 38 240.1 63 10 49 4 0 .937 2.21 1.51 .948 1.96 0.74
1967 LAD NL 27 P 39 39 288.1 66 11 53 2 2 .970 2.00 1.64 .959 2.00 0.78 AS
1968 LAD NL 28 P 39 36 254.0 62 11 50 1 2 .984 2.16 1.56 .956 2.01 0.85
1969 LAD NL 29 P 41 41 321.0 91 19 69 3 0 .967 2.47 2.15 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 LAD NL 30 P 37 37 258.2 51 10 40 1 5 .980 1.74 1.35 .949 1.85 0.71 AS
1971 LAD NL 31 P 38 38 259.0 89 22 66 1 4 .989 3.06 2.32 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 LAD NL 32 P 33 33 252.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 1.75 1.48 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 LAD NL 33 P 33 33 236.2 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.36 1.88 .948 1.88 0.73 AS
1974 TOT NL 34 P 31 23 161.0 41 11 28 2 2 .951 2.18 1.26 .944 1.88 0.71
1974 HOU NL 34 P 23 21 138.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 2.02 1.35 .944 1.88 0.71
1974 STL NL 34 P 8 2 22.2 9 3 5 1 1 .889 3.18 1.00 .944 1.87 0.71
1975 CHW AL 35 P 37 37 204.1 55 12 41 2 1 .964 2.33 1.43 .938 1.87 0.85
18 Seasons P 541 488 3460.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 2.23 1.59 .952 1.94 0.78
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
18 Seasons TOT 542 488 3461.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.23 1.58 .923 1.94 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1957 CIN NL 17 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 19 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 20 26 3 26 26 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1961 CIN NL 21 6 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
1961 WSA AL 21 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 22 37 22 37 37 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1963 WSA AL 23 49 29 49 49 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1964 WSA AL 24 40 36 40 40 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1965 LAD NL 25 42 40 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 LAD NL 26 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 LAD NL 27 42 39 42 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1968 LAD NL 28 40 36 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 29 44 41 44 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1970 LAD NL 30 39 37 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1971 LAD NL 31 39 38 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 LAD NL 32 36 33 36 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1973 LAD NL 33 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 34 23 21 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 34 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 35 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 588 451 551 588 541 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 34
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1957 CIN NL 17 23 74% 26% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 19 45 73% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 20 226 80% 28% 15 87% 1 0 0 0 13 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 WSA AL 21 81 70% 19% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1961 CIN NL 21 1 100% 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 22 634 83% 34% 30 90% 0 5 0 4 27 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1963 WSA AL 23 922 82% 31% 34 91% 0 11 3 8 30 24 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 57%
1964 WSA AL 24 1086 82% 30% 51 96% 0 9 0 7 52 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 4 100%
1965 LAD NL 25 1185 79% 39% 86 93% 2 11 2 7 81 64 5 3 0 3 0 2 6 3 5 1 10 90%
1966 LAD NL 26 1024 80% 34% 52 88% 1 10 1 8 50 39 5 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 90%
1967 LAD NL 27 1211 83% 32% 54 87% 0 10 1 6 54 40 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 9 56%
1968 LAD NL 28 1074 83% 36% 57 89% 2 11 0 7 51 42 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1969 LAD NL 29 1321 80% 37% 74 91% 0 20 1 18 71 58 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1970 LAD NL 30 1101 85% 35% 47 91% 2 8 0 6 44 30 8 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 5 0 3 100%
1971 LAD NL 31 1093 84% 34% 77 90% 2 22 2 15 67 53 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 8 100%
1972 LAD NL 32 1055 84% 34% 38 100% 2 9 1 6 40 33 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 10 100%
1973 LAD NL 33 985 85% 38% 59 93% 0 9 2 7 55 48 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 10 90%
1974 HOU NL 34 624 85% 29% 29 97% 1 7 1 2 24 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1974 STL NL 34 106 84% 29% 6 83% 0 3 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1975 CHW AL 35 949 83% 27% 44 95% 1 12 2 8 42 33 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 7 100%
18 Seasons 14746 82% 34% 756 92% 14 157 16 111 710 565 55 26 2 13 11 13 38 27 35 3 108 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 CIN NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 57% 29% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 57% 29% 0
MLB Averages 57.3% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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