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Claude Wilson Osteen
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: August 9, 1939, Caney Springs, TN
Signed: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent, July 2, 1957
Major League Teams: Cincinnati Reds 1957, 1959-1961; Washington Senators 1961-1964; Los Angeles Dodgers 1965-1973; Houston Astros 1974; St. Louis Cardinals 1974; Chicago White Sox 1975
Lefty pitcher Claude Osteen made his big league debut in July 1957, a month shy of his 18th birthday, and he'd pitch sparingly for the Reds over the next three-plus seasons. Dealt to the Senators in September 1961, he was inserted into the team's starting pitching rotation, enjoying moderate success in his four seasons in Washington. Osteen turned in the first of ten consecutive double digit win seasons in 1964, when he was a 15-game winner. He developed into an All-Star following his trade to the Dodgers in December 1964 as part of a blockbuster seven-player trade. Osteen started two games of the 1965 World Series, pitching to a 0.64 ERA in 14 innings and recording a complete game shutout in Game 3. The Dodgers would down the Twins in seven games. He'd help pitch the Dodgers back to the World Series in 1966, but the Orioles would sweep his club.
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Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #538
This is the 54th of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. Having wandered aimlessly among the dealer tables looking for binders with vintage commons, I decided to check to see if Uncle Dick's had refreshed their inventory following the December show, during which I had wiped out both their 1965 Topps binders. Much to my pleasant surprise, they had.
This Osteen card was $8 and was one of 49 commons and semi-stars purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.
Depending on my ability to compose five posts a week on the cards acquired at this show, I should be completely caught up on this blog by mid-October. It's entirely feasible we complete our 1965 Topps set by the end of 2022, although nine of the remaining 12 cards needed are fairly expensive.
Osteen is hatless and wearing a Senators jersey here. Dealt with John Kennedy (#119) to the Dodgers on December 4, 1964, Topps was able to reflect both players on their new team. The back of the card cleverly depicts the big trade in cartoon form and includes all of Osteen's already lengthy minor and major league statistics.
1965 Season
Osteen joined an already dominant Dodgers' starting pitching rotation along with Don Drysdale (#260), Sandy Koufax (#300) and Johnny Podres (#387). Koufax, Drysdale and Osteen each made at least 40 starts, with Osteen going 15-15 with a 2.79 ERA in 287 innings pitched. He struck out 162, which was third on the team behind the two future Hall of Famers. A good fielding pitcher, Osteen led the league with 82 assists, one of four times he'd top all pitchers in that category. Along with his complete game shutout in Game 3 of the World Series, he also started Game 6, taking the loss after allowing a pair of runs (only one earned) in five innings of work.
Pat Corrales (#107) was named the new Phillies manager on November 4, 1981, succeeding Dallas Green (#203), and Corrales named Osteen his pitching coach a month later. Osteen had started his coaching career in 1976 spending one season with the Double-A Reading Phillies. As the pitching coach for the Phillies, he saw three pitchers win Cy Young Awards - Steve Carlton (#477) in 1982, John Denny in 1983 and Steve Bedrosian in 1987. Osteen outlasted Corrales, who was let go during the 1983 season, and he served as the pitching coach for Phillies teams managed by Paul Owens, John Felske and Lee Elia. Osteen left the Phillies following the 1988 season with Darold Knowles (#577) succeeding him as part of the new Nick Leyva regime.
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First Mainstream Card: 1959 Topps #224
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17): 1959-1960, 1962-1976
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1992 Fleer ProCards #740
154 - Osteen non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 7/28/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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