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Claude Osteen
Claude Wilson Osteen

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 173 lb.

MLB Debut July 6, 1957
Final Game September 27, 1975
Born August 9, 1939 in Caney Spring, TN (age 84)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1960 20 BAA AL   2   3  .400  30   2   0  14   2   0   52.0   68   258   35   31   8   33   2   4   15   1  0  5.37  
 1961           [Did not play]
 1962 22 NYN NL   8   7  .533  47  17   2  19   6   0  162.1  148   673   75   71  19   45   5   3   60   5  0  3.94  
 1963 23 NYN NL   7  22  .241  37  35   1   2   0   1  204.1  248   921  138  127  30   63  15   6   92   9  0  5.59  
 1964 24 NYN NL  14  12  .538  37  36   6   0   0   2  236.2  272  1025  111  106  29   64   7   4  111   2  0  4.03  
 1965 25 LAN NL  17  12  .586  41  41   7   0   0   2  290.1  241  1184  108   93  32   83   4  13  151   2  0  2.88  CY-11
 1966 26 LAN NL  13   9  .591  37  37   5   0   0   1  258.2  276  1107  119  100  14   53   2  11  148   4  0  3.48  
 1967 27 LAN NL   6  18  .250  29  27   3   1   0   1  182.2  189   770   87   75  12   44   1   2   77   3  0  3.70  
 1968 28 LAN NL   8  17  .320  34  34   4   0   0   1  235.2  291  1026  140  129  18   36   2   7  112   9  4  4.93  
 1969 29 LAN NL  24  12  .667  41  41  21   0   0   3  337.2  286  1349  110   93  28   63   3   9  219   9  1  2.48  CY-5
 1970 30 LAN NL  10  20  .333  36  35   7   1   0   0  246.0  299  1081  159  150  36   57   1   6  117   0  0  5.49  
 1971 31 LAN NL   5   4  .556  10  10   3   0   0   1   76.2   67   308   24   22   4   15   0   1   22   1  0  2.58  
         SFN NL   5  14  .263  25  25   4   0   0   0  189.2  214   832  101   82  26   72   5   2   85   3  0  3.89  
         TOT     10  18  .357  35  35   7   0   0   1  266.1  281  1140  125  104  30   87   5   3  107   4  0  3.51 
 1972 32 SFN NL  22   9  .710  38  38  14   0   0   2  288.0  267  1203  112  101  23   82   2   4  126   5  0  3.16  CY-7
 1973 33 SFN NL   9  19  .321  35  35  10   0   0   0  260.1  230  1058  113  103  27   69   4   3  112   3  0  3.56  
 1974 34 CHA AL  10  10  .500  29  28   2   1   0   1  166.2  195   734   91   85   8   53   0   4   49   4  2  4.59  
 1975 35 CHA AL   2   3  .400  12  12   0   0   0   0   79.0   80   337   35   27   6   25   1   0   28   1  0  3.08  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 15 Seasons     162 191  .459 518 453  89  38   8  15 3266.2 3371 13866 1558 1395 320  857  54  79 1524  61  7  3.84
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN      83  92  .474 228 225  50   2   0   9 1627.2 1649  6825  747  662 144  351  13  49  846  28  5  3.66
   With SFN      36  42  .462  98  98  28   0   0   2  738.0  711  3093  326  286  76  223  11   9  323  11  0  3.49
   With NYN      29  41  .414 121  88   9  21   6   3  603.1  668  2619  324  304  78  172  27  13  263  16  0  4.53
   With CHA      12  13  .480  41  40   2   1   0   1  245.2  275  1071  126  112  14   78   1   4   77   5  2  4.10
   With BAA       2   3  .400  30   2   0  14   2   0   52.0   68   258   35   31   8   33   2   4   15   1  0  5.37
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     196 195  .501 541 488 140  24   1  40 3461.1 3471 14433 1435 1268 249  940  93  45 1612  67  6  3.30
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1960 20 BAA AL  32   43   7.4   3  9.00    5   1   0  .200   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000   45   
 1961           [Did not play]
 1962 22 NYN NL  37   65   3.6   7  5.12   38   4   0  .105   0    6    6 1.000    5    2  .714  -32   
 1963 23 NYN NL  21  136   6.0   0  3.54   56   9   3  .161   3   11    7  .636    4    0 1.000   48   
 1964 24 NYN NL  25  134   5.1   0  4.47   70   9   1  .129   0    8    8 1.000   10    7  .588   55   
 1965 25 LAN NL  18  108   3.3   0  4.02   93  13   0  .140   2   12   10  .833    1    0 1.000  -20   
 1966 26 LAN NL  18  116   4.0   0  4.49   83  14   2  .169  10   18    6  .333    8    1  .889   16   
 1967 27 LAN NL  15   78   3.8   0  2.30   55   4   0  .073   3    8    5  .625    3    0 1.000   -5   
 1968 28 LAN NL  18  129   4.9   0  3.62   73  17   0  .233   1    7    6  .857   26    9  .743   24   
 1969 29 LAN NL  16  110   2.9   0  4.39  106  15   3  .142   4   11    6  .545   16   11  .593  -47   
 1970 30 LAN NL  17  161   5.9   0  4.57   85  19   1  .224   2   17   14  .824   27    9  .750   71   
 1971 31 LAN NL  24   25   3.0   0  3.30   27   8   0  .296   2    4    2  .500    6    2  .750 -112   
         SFN NL  21  112   5.3   0  4.20   63  10   0  .159   1    6    5  .833   10   11  .476   65   
         TOT         136   4.6   0         90  18   0  .200   3   10    7  .700   16   13  .552
 1972 32 SFN NL  20  120   3.7   0  5.24  101  32   2  .317   2   11    7  .636   18    2  .900   -8   
 1973 33 SFN NL  18   96   3.3   0  3.77   77   9   0  .117   3    8    5  .625   18    5  .783  -41   
 1974 34 CHA AL  29   89   4.8   0  5.71    0   0   0  .000   0    5    5 1.000   12    6  .667  -41   
 1975 35 CHA AL  23   35   4.0   0  5.67    0   0   0  .000   1    5    4  .800    8    7  .533 -106   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1566   4.3  10        932 164  12  .176  34  138   97  .703  172   72  .705    0   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 36.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1972 NLCS  SFN PIN   W    1  4.50   0-1   0  1   6.0   9   3   0   3
      WS    SFN NYA   L    2  1.12   1-0   0  2  16.0  13   2   4   6
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1960  BAA   63-91   Rob Tomlinson
 1962  NYN   67-95   Jon Fellows
 1963  NYN   54-108  Steve Dewing, Jon Fellows
 1964  NYN   66-96   Steve Dewing
 1965  LAN   84-78   Dave Jackson, Robert Rescigno
 1966  LAN   78-84   Dave Jackson
 1967  LAN   67-95   Dave Jackson
 1968  LAN   66-96   Scott Campbell
 1969  LAN   94-68   Scott Campbell
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1971  SFN   76-86   Raul Camacho
 1972  SFN  110-52   Raul Camacho
 1973  SFN   75-87   Raul Camacho, Joe Russo
 1974  CHA   82-80   Ben Lea
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea

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