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Claude Osteen

Claude Wilson Osteen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 9, 1939 in Caney Springs, TN
High School: Reading HS (Reading, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1957 (Age 17)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Senators/WhiteSox/Reds/Astros/... 1957-1975

Final Game: September 27, 1975 (Age 36)
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1957 CIN NL 17 P 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.07 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 19 P 2 0 0 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.50 .950 2.00 1.95 0 0 1
1960 CIN NL 20 P 20 3 0 48.1 14 0 13 1 0 .929 2.42 0.65 .962 2.09 2.08 0 5 100% 40% 0
1961 TOT MLB 21 P 4 3 0 18.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.75 .953 2.07 2.08 1 1 50% 36% 0
1961 CIN NL 21 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1961 CIN NL 21 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1961 CIN NL 21 P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 21 P 3 3 0 18.1 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 1.00 .953 2.06 2.03 1 1 50% 36% 0
1962 WSA AL 22 P 28 22 7 150.1 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 2.04 1.21 .958 2.08 2.07 3 0 0% 36% 0
1963 WSA AL 23 P 40 29 8 212.1 44 11 30 3 2 .932 1.74 1.03 .955 1.99 2.00 5 4 44% 33% 1
1964 WSA AL 24 P 37 36 13 257.0 60 9 51 0 5 1.000 2.10 1.62 .957 1.90 1.89 4 2 33% 37% 3 MVP-30
1965 LAD NL 25 P 40 40 9 287.0 96 11 82 3 6 .969 2.92 2.33 .956 2.08 2.08 2 6 75% 36% 2
1966 LAD NL 26 P 39 38 8 240.1 63 10 49 4 0 .937 2.21 1.51 .947 1.96 1.96 2 9 82% 40% 4
1967 LAD NL 27 P 39 39 14 288.1 66 11 53 2 2 .970 2.00 1.64 .960 2.00 2.00 3 8 73% 41% 7 AS
1968 LAD NL 28 P 39 36 5 254.0 62 11 50 1 2 .984 2.16 1.56 .958 2.01 2.02 4 10 71% 40% 2
1969 LAD NL 29 P 41 41 16 321.0 91 19 69 3 0 .967 2.47 2.15 .958 1.95 1.94 6 11 65% 40% 5
1970 LAD NL 30 P 37 37 11 258.2 51 10 40 1 5 .980 1.74 1.35 .951 1.85 1.84 5 4 44% 33% 2 AS
1971 LAD NL 31 P 38 38 11 259.0 89 22 66 1 4 .989 3.06 2.32 .954 1.90 1.90 5 12 71% 35% 2
1972 LAD NL 32 P 33 33 14 252.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 1.75 1.48 .950 1.78 1.78 4 12 75% 37% 4
1973 LAD NL 33 P 33 33 12 236.2 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.36 1.88 .950 1.88 1.88 8 5 38% 36% 2 AS
1974 TOT NL 34 P 31 23 7 161.0 41 11 28 2 2 .951 2.18 1.26 .944 1.88 1.88 11 9 45% 33% 0
1974 HOU NL 34 P 23 21 7 138.1 32 8 23 1 1 .969 2.02 1.35 .944 1.88 1.88 11 7 39% 33% 0
1974 STL NL 34 P 8 2 0 22.2 9 3 5 1 1 .889 3.18 1.00 .944 1.87 1.88 0 2 100% 33% 0
1975 CHW AL 35 P 37 37 5 204.1 55 12 41 2 1 .964 2.33 1.43 .940 1.87 1.86 13 12 48% 38% 3
18 Seasons P 541 488 140 3460.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 2.23 1.59 .953 1.94 1.94 76 110 59% 37% 38
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
18 Seasons TOT 542 488 140 3461.2 884 159 699 26 37 .971 0 0 2.23 1.58 .953 1.94 1.94 76 110 59% 37% 38
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1957 CIN NL 17 P
1959 CIN NL 19 P
1960 CIN NL 20 P
1961 CIN NL 21 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 21 P
1961 WSA AL 21 P
1962 WSA AL 22 P
1963 WSA AL 23 P
1964 WSA AL 24 P
1965 LAD NL 25 P
1966 LAD NL 26 P
1967 LAD NL 27 P
1968 LAD NL 28 P
1969 LAD NL 29 P
1970 LAD NL 30 P
1971 LAD NL 31 P
1972 LAD NL 32 P
1973 LAD NL 33 P
1974 HOU NL 34 P
1974 STL NL 34 P
1975 CHW AL 35 P
18 Seasons P
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons TOT 0 0 0 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 0
1959 CIN NL 19 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 20 26 3 26 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1961 CIN NL 21 6 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
1961 WSA AL 21 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 22 37 22 37 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1963 WSA AL 23 49 29 49 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1964 WSA AL 24 40 36 40 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1965 LAD NL 25 42 40 42 40 40 0 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 0
1967 LAD NL 27 42 39 42 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1968 LAD NL 28 40 36 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 LAD NL 29 44 41 44 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1970 LAD NL 30 39 37 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1971 LAD NL 31 39 38 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 LAD NL 32 36 33 36 33 33 0 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 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 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 588 488 551 542 541 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 34
Lg 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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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 19 89% 32% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 19 44 75% 27% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 20 217 83% 29% 15 87% 1 0 0 0 13 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 WSA AL 21 76 75% 20% 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 22 627 84% 35% 30 90% 0 5 0 4 27 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1963 WSA AL 23 900 84% 32% 34 91% 0 11 3 8 30 24 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 57%
1964 WSA AL 24 1070 83% 31% 51 96% 0 9 0 7 52 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 4 100%
1965 LAD NL 25 1169 81% 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 1005 82% 35% 52 88% 1 10 1 8 50 39 5 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 90%
1967 LAD NL 27 1187 85% 33% 54 87% 0 10 1 6 54 40 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 9 56%
1968 LAD NL 28 1052 85% 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 1291 82% 38% 74 91% 0 20 1 18 71 58 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 60%
1970 LAD NL 30 1085 86% 36% 47 91% 2 8 0 6 44 30 8 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 5 0 3 100%
1971 LAD NL 31 1071 86% 35% 77 90% 2 22 2 15 67 53 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 8 100%
1972 LAD NL 32 1033 85% 35% 38 100% 2 9 1 6 40 33 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 10 100%
1973 LAD NL 33 961 87% 39% 59 93% 0 9 2 7 55 48 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 10 90%
1974 HOU NL 34 601 88% 30% 29 97% 1 7 1 2 24 22 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1974 STL NL 34 104 86% 30% 6 83% 0 3 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1975 CHW AL 35 919 86% 28% 44 95% 1 12 2 8 42 33 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 7 100%
18 Seasons 14432 84% 34% 756 92% 14 157 16 111 710 565 55 26 2 13 11 13 38 27 35 3 108 86%
MLB Averages 80% 28% 90% 84%
Lg 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*

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 58.8% 2.8% 63% 80% 27% 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 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1982 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1967
1970 *
1973 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (30, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Assists as P s c a p y
1964 AL  51 (1st)
1965 NL  82 (1st)
1966 NL  49 (4th)
1967 NL  53 (4th)
1969 NL  69 (1st)
1971 NL  66 (1st)
1973 NL  53 (2nd)
Career  699 (90th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1971 NL  3.06 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1965 NL  2.33 (1st)
1967 NL  1.64 (5th)
1969 NL  2.15 (2nd)
1971 NL  2.32 (1st)
1973 NL  1.88 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1962 AL  1.000 (1st)
1964 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .971 (71st)

Youngest s c a p y
1957 NL  born 1939-08-09 (4th)
1959 NL  born 1939-08-09 (2nd)

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