Claude Osteen was a popular southpaw who played most of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, though that was his third MLB team after playing for Cincinnati and Washington.
Osteen was traded to the Dodgers after his first solid year with the Senators (1964), and he was more than competent over the next ten years. A three-time All-Star for the Dodgers, Osteen helped Los Angeles win the 1965 World Series, and though he hemorrhaged hits, he always found a way to get more Ws than Ls. Osteen never had a year in L.A. where he won less than 12 Games, and he had 15 Wins in seven of them.
Osteen’s third All-Star year (1973) was his last as a Dodger, as he was traded to Houston, where his career faltered, sputtering with spots in St. Louis and Chicago (AL), and was out of the game in 1975. With the Dodgers, Osteen had a record of 147 and 126 with a 3.06 ERA and 1,162 Strikeouts.
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