Claude Osteen

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Full Name: Claude Wilson Osteen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160	First Game: July 6, 1957
Birthdate: August 9, 1939	Final Game: September 27, 1975
Birthplace: Caney Springs, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 18 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on August 9, 1939 in Caney Springs, Tennessee, Claude Osteen (Claude Wilson Osteen) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 18 year career. Osteen broke into the bigs on July 6, 1957 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 150.1 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Claude Osteen's best season was 1969, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 183 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1957	CIN	N	3	0	0	0	2.25	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	0	2	0
1959	CIN	N	2	0	0	0	7.04	3	10	6	0	0	0	7.2	11	1	9	1	0	0
1960	CIN	N	20	3	0	1	5.03	15	29	27	0	0	0	48.1	53	5	30	4	4	1
1961	WAS	A	3	3	1	1	4.91	14	11	10	0	0	0	18.1	14	3	9	0	2	1
1961	CIN	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Total		4	3	1	1	4.82	14	11	10	0	0	0	18.2	14	3	9	0	2	1
1962	WAS	A	28	22	8	13	3.65	59	62	61	7	2	1	150.1	140	12	47	6	3	4
1963	WAS	A	40	29	9	14	3.35	109	101	79	8	2	0	212.1	222	23	60	4	6	1
1964	WAS	A	37	36	15	13	3.33	133	107	95	13	0	0	257	256	20	64	8	3	3
1965	LA	N	40	40	15	15	2.79	162	95	89	9	1	0	287	253	19	78	10	4	3
1966	LA	N	39	38	17	14	2.85	137	92	76	8	3	0	240.1	238	6	65	13	5	2
1967	LA	N	39	39	17	17	3.22	152	116	103	14	5	0	288.1	298	19	52	10	4	2
1968	LA	N	39	36	12	18	3.09	119	109	87	5	3	0	253.2	267	14	54	10	4	5
1969	LA	N	41	41	20	15	2.66	183	103	95	16	7	0	321	293	17	74	8	8	6
1970	LA	N	37	37	16	14	3.83	114	121	110	11	4	0	258.2	280	24	52	3	1	4
1971	LA	N	38	38	14	11	3.51	109	108	101	11	4	0	259	262	25	63	2	4	3
1972	LA	N	33	33	20	11	2.64	100	82	74	14	4	0	252	232	16	69	4	5	4
1973	LA	N	33	33	16	11	3.31	86	97	87	12	3	0	236.2	227	20	61	2	7	2
1974	STL	N	8	2	0	2	4.37	6	14	11	0	0	0	22.2	26	1	11	5	0	0
1974	HOU	N	23	21	9	9	3.71	45	67	57	7	2	0	138.1	158	8	47	1	3	2
1974	TOT	N	31	23	9	11	3.80	51	81	68	7	2	0	161	184	9	58	6	3	2
1975	CHI	A	37	37	7	16	4.36	63	110	99	5	0	0	204.1	237	16	92	2	2	2
Total	NL		396	361	156	138	3.18	1234	1044	924	107	36	0	2618	2602	175	668	73	51	34
Total	AL		145	127	40	57	3.68	378	391	344	33	4	1	842.1	869	74	272	20	16	11
Total			541	488	196	195	3.30	1612	1435	1268	140	40	1	3460.1	3471	249	940	93	67	45

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1957	CIN	N	P	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
1959	CIN	N	P	2	0	7.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1960	CIN	N	P	20	3	48.1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	.929
1961	WAS	A	P	3	3	18.1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1961	CIN	N	P	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	CIN	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	CIN	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	Total		P	4	3	18.2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1962	WAS	A	P	28	22	150.1	4	30	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.000
1963	WAS	A	P	40	29	212.1	11	30	3	2	0	4	5	4	1	.932
1964	WAS	A	P	37	36	257	9	51	0	5	0	2	4	2	3	1.000
1965	LA	N	P	40	40	287	11	82	3	6	0	1	2	6	2	.969
1966	LA	N	P	39	38	240.1	10	49	4	0	0	2	2	9	4	.937
1967	LA	N	P	39	39	288.1	11	53	2	2	0	5	3	8	7	.970
1968	LA	N	P	39	36	254	11	50	1	2	0	3	4	10	2	.984
1969	LA	N	P	41	41	321	19	69	3	0	0	2	6	11	5	.967
1970	LA	N	P	37	37	258.2	10	40	1	5	0	4	5	4	2	.980
1971	LA	N	P	38	38	259	22	66	1	4	0	1	5	12	2	.989
1972	LA	N	P	33	33	252	9	40	1	2	0	2	4	12	4	.980
1973	LA	N	P	33	33	236.2	9	53	2	3	0	3	8	5	2	.969
1974	STL	N	P	8	2	22.2	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.889
1974	HOU	N	P	23	21	138.1	8	23	1	1	0	0	11	7	0	.969
1974	TOT	N	P	31	23	161	11	28	2	2	0	0	11	9	0	.951
1975	CHI	A	P	37	37	204.1	12	41	2	1	0	2	13	12	3	.964
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	541	488	3460.2	159	699	26	37	0	33	76	110	38	.971

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1957	CIN	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	CIN	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	CIN	N	26	12	1	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1961	WAS	A	3	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1961	CIN	N	6	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Total		9	7	2	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1962	WAS	A	37	48	3	10	0	2	.208	.208	.271	1	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0
1963	WAS	A	49	70	8	12	1	4	.171	.216	.214	0	0	4	20	0	5	0	0	1
1964	WAS	A	40	90	8	14	1	7	.156	.188	.233	4	0	3	34	1	7	1	0	1
1965	LA	N	42	99	6	12	0	2	.121	.147	.141	0	1	3	32	0	6	0	0	0
1966	LA	N	39	76	8	16	1	6	.211	.259	.316	1	2	5	18	0	2	1	0	1
1967	LA	N	42	101	9	18	2	9	.178	.206	.287	3	1	4	22	0	5	0	0	4
1968	LA	N	40	84	4	15	0	2	.179	.198	.214	3	0	2	26	0	9	0	0	3
1969	LA	N	44	111	7	24	1	12	.216	.246	.252	1	0	5	25	0	8	0	0	3
1970	LA	N	39	93	10	19	1	9	.204	.232	.290	5	0	3	20	1	1	0	0	0
1971	LA	N	39	86	7	16	0	7	.186	.220	.221	3	0	4	21	0	8	0	0	0
1972	LA	N	36	88	9	24	1	11	.273	.319	.386	5	1	5	19	1	6	0	0	2
1973	LA	N	33	78	4	12	0	1	.154	.175	.167	1	0	2	22	0	8	0	0	3
1974	STL	N	8	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	HOU	N	23	46	4	13	0	3	.283	.283	.370	4	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
1974	TOT	N	31	53	4	13	0	3	.245	.245	.321	4	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	0
1975	CHI	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		422	884	71	170	6	62	.192	.221	.253	26	5	33	224	2	55	1	0	16
Total	AL		166	215	19	37	2	14	.172	.200	.233	5	1	7	67	1	14	1	0	2
Total			588	1099	90	207	8	76	.188	.217	.249	31	6	40	291	3	69	2	0	18

[edit] 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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