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b. August 9, 1939 · Cincinnati Redlegs 1957, 1959, Cincinnati Reds 1960–1961, Washington Senators 1961–1964, Los Angeles Dodgers 1965–1973, Houston Astros 1974, St. Louis Cardinals 1974, Chicago White Sox 1975

Los Angeles lost the first two games of the 1965 World Series, with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax pitching them. Osteen started the third and threw a five-hit shutout, and the Dodgers won the next three of four and the Series. He was the third starter and that was the job.

Eighteen seasons gave him 196 wins against 195, a 3.30 earned run average, 3,460 innings, 140 complete games and 40 shutouts. He won 20 games in 1969 and again in 1972, and was chosen for three All-Star teams. Nine of the eighteen seasons were with the Dodgers.

Washington traded him to Los Angeles in December 1964 in the deal that sent Frank Howard the other way, which gave each club exactly what it needed. He pitched for seven clubs in all and was a pitching coach for another twenty years afterward. Two writers' ballots gave him two votes and then one.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	3	1967, 1970, 1973

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1957	CIN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	CIN	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1960	CIN	26	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	.083
1961	CIN/WSA	9	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.143
1962	WSA	37	48	3	10	1	1	0	2	0	10	0	.208
1963	WSA	49	70	8	12	0	0	1	4	4	20	0	.171
1964	WSA	40	90	8	14	4	0	1	7	3	34	1	.156
1965	LAD	42	99	6	12	0	1	0	2	3	32	0	.121
1966	LAD	39	76	8	16	1	2	1	6	5	18	1	.211
1967	LAD	42	101	9	18	3	1	2	9	4	22	0	.178
1968	LAD	40	84	4	15	3	0	0	2	2	26	0	.179
1969	LAD	44	111	7	24	1	0	1	12	5	25	0	.216
1970	LAD	39	93	10	19	5	0	1	9	3	20	0	.204
1971	LAD	39	86	7	16	3	0	0	7	4	21	0	.186
1972	LAD	36	88	9	24	5	1	1	11	5	19	0	.273
1973	LAD	33	78	4	12	1	0	0	1	2	22	0	.154
1974	HOU/STL	31	53	4	13	4	0	0	3	0	11	0	.245
1975	CHW	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	588	1099	90	207	31	6	8	76	40	291	2	.188

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1957	CIN	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	4	1	3	3	2.25
1959	CIN	0	0	2	0	0	7.2	11	6	9	3	7.04
1960	CIN	0	1	20	3	0	48.1	53	27	30	15	5.03
1961	CIN/WSA	1	1	4	3	0	18.2	14	10	9	14	4.82
1962	WSA	8	13	28	22	1	150.1	140	61	47	59	3.65
1963	WSA	9	14	40	29	0	212.1	222	79	60	109	3.35
1964	WSA	15	13	37	36	0	257.0	256	95	64	133	3.33
1965	LAD	15	15	40	40	0	287.0	253	89	78	162	2.79
1966	LAD	17	14	39	38	0	240.1	238	76	65	137	2.85
1967	LAD	17	17	39	39	0	288.1	298	103	52	152	3.22
1968	LAD	12	18	39	36	0	253.2	267	87	54	119	3.09
1969	LAD	20	15	41	41	0	321.0	293	95	74	183	2.66
1970	LAD	16	14	37	37	0	258.2	280	110	52	114	3.83
1971	LAD	14	11	38	38	0	259.0	262	101	63	109	3.51
1972	LAD	20	11	33	33	0	252.0	232	74	69	100	2.64
1973	LAD	16	11	33	33	0	236.2	227	87	61	86	3.31
1974	HOU/STL	9	11	31	23	0	161.0	184	68	58	51	3.80
1975	CHW	7	16	37	37	0	204.1	237	99	92	63	4.36
Career	—	196	195	541	488	1	3460.1	3471	1268	940	1612	3.30

On this day & linked events

1939

Born August 9, 1939

Caney Springs, TN, USA

1957

Major-league debut: Claude Osteen

Claude Osteen made a major-league debut on July 6, 1957.

1975

Final major-league game: Claude Osteen

Claude Osteen played a final major-league game on September 27, 1975.

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