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Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
She was a collegiate four-time
record for strikeout ratio (14.34).In the
Early years
She started playing
Osterman was born in
In 2001, she struck out 33 batters in a 14-inning 1–0 shutout over Cy-Fair High School. The performance ranked 16th on the list of strikeouts in a single game.[citation needed] As such, she set a national record for strikeouts in a game less than 20 innings, beating Jenny Stallard's previous record of 31 in 19 innings in 1978; she also set a national record for strikeouts in a 14-inning game, breaking Michele Granger's former record of 31 in 1985.
University of Texas
2002: Freshman year
Osterman was named a National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Second Team
Osterman debuted on February 6, tossing six shutout innings, allowing two hits and fanning 11 of the
Osterman became the first UT freshman to be named
2003: Sophomore year
Osterman repeated honors as an
From April 22 – May 22, she pitched a career high and UT record 65 consecutive scoreless innings. The streak began with a win against the
With that win, Osterman and the Longhorns the next day advanced to meet the California Golden Bears, whom Osterman shutout with 17 strikeouts to tie Lisa Ishikawa's WCWS record for a single game performance.[15] In a doubleheader on the 25, the Longhorns lost to the UCLA Bruins in back-to-back games and were eliminated. Osterman was named to the All-Tournament Team for her efforts.[16]
2004: XXVIII Olympiad
Osterman redshirted from UT to participate with fellow college softball pitcher Jennie Finch in the Olympic Games in Athens.
Aiming for Athens
Osterman went undefeated in 24 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 53-game schedule. On February 20, she struck out 9 batters in four perfect innings and combined with Finch for a
Olympic Games
Osterman picked up two wins and a save in the Olympiad. She followed Finch and Lori Harrigan of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas by striking out the final two batters in Team USA's 7–0 victory over Italy on August 14; she gave up one hit and struck out 11 batters over 8-innings in Team USA's 3–0 victory over Japan on August 16; and she gave up one hit and four walks while striking out 10 batters over 6-innings in Team USA's 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei on August 20. Her 23 strikeouts led Team USA.
Return to the University of Texas
2005: Junior year
Osterman received her second First Team
Osterman threw 6
Beginning on March 4, the Longhorn posted a career best 24.2 consecutive hitless innings when she surrendered a first-inning hit to the Evansville Purple Aces to open a three-game series before shutting them down for the rest of the game. The next day, Osterman threw the final 1.2 innings by striking out all batters faced in an eventual win for the Aces. On March 9, Osterman struck out her 1,200th batter to tie Lisa Ishikawa of Northwestern University for 10th place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; the victory was also her sixth career perfect game.[25] On March 11, she moved past Ishikawa and passed Jocelyn Forest of the University of California, Berkeley to take ninth place with a second consecutive no-hitter against the UTEP Miners. Finally, on March 14, Osterman came on in relief vs. the UCLA Bruins and retired the first five batters before the streak ended with a sixth-inning leadoff single. Overall, Osterman allowed only two walks and struck out 64 batters in four wins over 5 games during the streak.
On March 15, she reached 1,229 to surpass Amanda Renfro of Texas Tech for eighth place; on March 17, she passed Shawn Andaya of Texas A&M to take seventh place. On March 23, she struck out her 1,291st batter, passing Sarah Dawson of the University of Louisiana at Monroe for sixth place. On March 25, Osterman became the sixth NCAA Division I pitcher to strikeout 1,300 batters. On April 6, she passed Danielle Henderson for fifth place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; on April 10, she struck out 7 in 3.1 innings to surpass Britni Sneed for fourth place. On April 13, she passed Nicole Myers to take third place; on April 16, she struck out 13 in a 3–2 win over the University of Missouri to become the third member of the 1,400-strikeout club (along with Michele Granger and Courtney Blades). Later she would again whiff 24 to match her own school record vs. the Texas Tech Red Raiders and along with Erin Crawford combined for another 31 strikeouts on April 26.[26] On May 12, she crested the 1,500-strikeout plateau; on June 3, she broke the 1,600-strikeout mark.
On June 2, Osterman opened her WCWS by matching her shared record with 17 strikeouts vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide.[27] The team eventually lost to the UCLA Bruins on June 5, who in turn lost to the eventual champions the Michigan Wolverines, to whom the Longhorns had also lost to earlier in the tournament.[28] Osterman and Alicia Hollowell set a new WCWS record for combined strikeouts at 30 in their 11-inning battle; Osterman was named All-Tournament.[16]
2006: Senior year
Osterman earned honors for a final time from the NFCA,
Osterman pitched 5
On February 25, Osterman struck out 6
Osterman recorded her 109th career win over the
On March 17, Osterman struck out 13
On March 16, Osterman recorded her 114th career win to tie Shawn Andaya for 13th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 18, Osterman recorded her 115th career win over Notre Dame Fighting Irish to pass Andaya and tie Jennifer Stewart and Shelley Laird for 12th place; the next day, she recorded her 116th career win over the Arizona Wildcats to pass the two and tie Kristin Schmidt and Debby Day for 11th place.
On March 22, Osterman recorded her 118th career win—over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets—to tie Jamie Southern for 10th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 25, she recorded her 119th career win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to pass Southern and tie Jennie Finch, Brooke Mitchell and Michele Granger for ninth place. On March 29, Osterman recorded her 120th career win to pass them and tie Britni Sneed and Sarah Dawson for eighth place on the all-time list.
On April 14 and April 15, Osterman recorded her 124th and 125th career wins over the
On June 1, Osterman recorded her 136th and final
Osterman ended her career with school records in wins, strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, innings pitched, shutouts, strikeout ratio and opponents batting average. She continues to hold the crown for all categories.
Post-collegiate career
On July 2, 2006, Osterman threw a 12–0 no-hitter against the Arizona Heat in the USA Softball Exhibition, missing the perfect game by walking Kaleo Eldridge. She struck out 12 Heat batters, catching every batter at least once.
On July 17, 2006, Osterman won the championship game of the 2006 World Cup by beating Team Japan 5-2, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out 11 batters. She recorded two wins in the tournament, striking out 21 batters in 14-innings of work over three games (including two complete games, and a 9–0 shutout against Team Australia).
On August 28, Osterman made her television broadcast debut when she was the color commentator for ESPN2's broadcast of the National Pro Fastpitch championship and all-star games.
In 2007, Osterman appeared sparingly on ESPNU broadcasts as a color commentator for certain college softball games, including the game in which Monica Abbott surpassed her own career strikeout record.
Professional career
On February 15, 2006, Osterman was the first overall pick in the
On May 29, 2007, Osterman pitched her professional debut, striking out 24 batters in a 12-inning, 1–0, win over the Chicago Bandits, which tied the league single game strikeout record. Opposing pitcher Jennie Finch struck out 17 to combine for another NPF record 41 strikeouts.[51] In June 2007, Osterman went 3–2 with four complete games, striking out 69 batters in 36.2 innings, while giving up 5 runs on 16 hits and 8 walks. In July, Osterman took a leave from the Thunder to travel with the US National Team, returning to the NPF following the Women's Pan-Am Games. In August, Osterman went 1–4 with two complete games, striking out 57 batters in 33.2 innings, while giving up 10 runs on 14 hits and 21 walks.
In her rookie professional season, Osterman struck out 126 batters while walking 29, and surrendered 15 runs (12 earned) on 30 hits. She set a then league record with career best strikeout ratio of 12.5. She also had her first career no-hitter on August 26, 2007, over the New England Riptide, which got her team into the Cowles Cup Championship.[52]
In 2009, Osterman set career bests in ERA and WHIP and from June 6-August 9 she had a career best shutout streak of at least 55 innings that was snapped by the USSSA Pride in a 7-0 loss.[53] She accomplished a no-hitter on June 13 over the Akron Racers. She won the Cowles Cup Championship in shutout fashion on August 23, 2009. She was named an All-Star and MVP for her efforts.[54]
After announcing her retirement, Osterman went on to have arguably her best season ever. She won the pitching
Osterman pitched her team through to the Cowles Cup Championship on August 24, 2013. She got the save in the finale and threw a shutout and two wins en route to the title and an MVP award.[57][58][59] The victories would start a career best win streak that would stretch into her final season.
For the 2014 season, Osterman was named Pitcher of the Year, earned her second consecutive pitching Triple Crown with a perfect season, extending her win streak to 18 straight games.[60] On August 23 The Pride won the Cowles Cup championship, and she helped throwing two shutout wins resulting in back-to-back MVP awards on August 23.[61] She also threw her fifth career no-hitter on July 5.[62]
Osterman opened the 2015 season with three wins for 21 consecutive victories dating back to 2013, a career highlight. The Akron Racers broke through on June 22 with a 2-0 decision. For the streak, Osterman completed 149.0 innings and surrendered 63 hits, 11 earned runs and 40 walks while fanning 237 hitters for a 0.51 ERA and 0.69 WHIP.[63] On July 10, 2015, Osterman pitched the sixth no-hitter of her NPF career, beating the Pennsylvania Rebellion 2-1.[64]
On June 8, 2017, the Pride announced that Osterman's jersey number 8 had been retired, commemorating it with a banner on the outfield fence.[65] Osterman currently is tops in career strikeout ratio and no-hitters, while ranking second in ERA and strikeouts overall; the first pitcher to reach 1,000 career strikeouts.
US National Team
On July 11, Osterman threw a no-hitter in the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 10 batters to defeat Team Canada, 8–0; on July 12, Osterman pitched her second no-hitter of the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 16 of 24 batters to defeat the Stratford Brakettes, 5–0.
On August 15, Osterman threw a perfect game to win the Gold-Medal game of the 2003 Pan American Games against Canada 4–0, securing Team USA's fifth consecutive PanAm Gold Medal. She struck out 14 batters in a game that was delayed three-and-a-half hours due to rain.
On June 12, Osterman picked up the win in Team USA's Gold-Medal 9–0 victory over Australia in the 2005 International Sports Invitational; she gave up one hit and struck out ten batters over five innings.
Osterman continued to pitch for USA Softball Women's National team in 2007. In the Canada's Cup, she struck out 18 batters in 8-innings over four games from July 1–7 and gave up 1 run on three hits and four walks. In the World Cup, she struck out 21 batters in two complete game wins on July 13 and July 16, giving up four hits, two walks, and no runs.
In the Women's Pan-Am Games, Osterman threw a 5-inning no-hitter against Cuba on July 26, giving up just one walk and striking out 15. In the Japan Cup, she struck out 20 batters in 9-innings over three games from November 16–18, giving up three hits, one walk, and one unearned run.
2008: XXIX Olympiad
Bound 4 Beijing
Osterman went undefeated in 28 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 60-game tour, contributing 15 wins to Team USA's 59–1 record. She struck out 247 batters in 116.2 innings, giving up 9 runs on 37 hits and 18 walks, and throwing 9 complete games.
On February 22, she struck out 7 batters in three perfect innings and combined with Abbott and Finch for a 9–0
On the 24th, Osterman struck out 7 batters in the final three innings of a combined perfect game; Abbott struck out 7 in the opening three innings of a 15–0 rout of Hawaii.[68] On May 16, Osterman struck out 14 batters in a complete-game 13–0 no-hit victory over the Visalia All-Stars, missing the perfect game by hitting Lindsey Herrin with a pitch.[69]
On July 10, Osterman struck out 22 batters in 9.1-innings, leading Team USA to a 31–0 victory over the Spokane All-Stars.[70] She struck out 10 or more batters 11 times during the tour, and topped 15 strikeouts four times.
Olympic Games
On August 13, Osterman struck out 13 batters in a no-hitter against the Australian national team.[71] She issued three walks in the 3–0 victory, which was Team USA's 16th consecutive Olympic win.[72] The 7-inning no-hitter was just the second in U.S. Olympic history, following Lori Harrigan's 6–0 perfect game against Canada on September 17, 2000,[73] and was Osterman's 100th game-played with the U.S. Women's National Team.
On August 15, following Team USA's 7–0 victory over Japan, Osterman pitched the final 4-innings of the suspended match against Canada, postponed from the previous day due to rain and lightning. Osterman struck out 8 batters and allowed one hit, enabling the line-up to mount a comeback for an 8–1 win, Team's USA's 18th consecutive victory and Osterman's second of the 2008 Games.[74]
On August 18, Osterman pitched the first three innings of a 5-inning 9–0 win over China, giving up a hit, a walk, and hitting a batter, while striking out three. Osterman's third win of the tournament was Team USA's 21st consecutive Olympic victory.
On August 20, Osterman earned a save—her first for Team USA since the Athens Olympics—in a 9-inning 4–1 win over Japan. She inherited a runner from Abbott before retiring three batters for a perfect ninth to preserve the victory and advance to the Gold Medal Match, where Team USA faced Japan once again following Japan's 12-inning 4–3 win over Australia in the Bronze Medal Match.
On August 21, Osterman pitched the first 5 innings of a 3–1 loss to Japan in the Gold Medal Match, ending Team USA's winning streak at 22 consecutive games and clinching the silver medal of the 2008 Summer Games. The loss was Team USA's first since a 2–1 loss to Australia on 21 September 2000, and marks the first time in four Olympiads that the US National Team has failed to win the gold. Osterman gave up two runs on three hits while striking out 9 batters; the runs and the loss was the first in her Olympic career.[75]
Return for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Osterman retired after the 2008 games. In 2018, she announced that should would be un-retiring once softball was reintroduced for the 2020 games. Osterman made the team for the 2019 season. She helped Team USA win a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[76] Osterman did not allow a run in 14 innings of work and won two games for Team USA. She started the gold medal game against Team Japan but eventually the team was defeated in a 2–0 loss on July 27, 2021.[77][78]
Miscellaneous
Among her favorite athletes are fellow Texans Roger Clemens and Nolan Ryan, as well as NBA player Hakeem Olajuwon and actor/ director Kevin Costner. She was the first softball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated (the 7 October 2002 "America's Best Sports Colleges" issue), and made a second SI cover with the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Softball team to become one of two softball players to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice.
In the bonus features of the "Bad News Bears" DVD, Billy Bob Thornton admits to having a crush on Cat Osterman.
Osterman is a spokesperson for Under Armour as well as having an endorsement contract and signature glove with Wilson.
In 2009, Osterman posed nude along with three of her Olympic teammates for the first annual The Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine. Of the shoot, Osterman said that it was a "surprisingly emotional experience"[79] and that "even though I was terrified on set at first, I'm glad I did it. Sometimes it's necessary to push yourself to see what you are made of."[80]
In 2012 Osterman was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.[81]
In 2014 Osterman signed on as an assistant softball coach at Texas State University.[82]
Career statistics
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
1998 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 14.0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | — |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
1998 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146.0 | — | — | — | — | 312 | — |
2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 176.0 | — | — | — | — | 394 | — |
2001 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | — | 184.0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 451 | 0.00 |
TOTALS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 507.0 | — | — | 7 | 22 | 1158 | — |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
1999 | 20 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 182 | — | — | 2 | — | 299 | = |
2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 106 | — |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2001 | 4 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 0 | 30.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 0.00 | 0.46 |
2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 | — | 6 | — | 0 | 38.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 0.55 | 0.23 |
TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 12 | — | 10 | — | 0 | 68.0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 137 | 0.31 | 0.34 |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2001 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 68.2 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 111 | 0.71 | 0.77 |
2003 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 51.2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 99 | 0.27 | 0.33 |
2004 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74.2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 170 | 0.00 | 0.31 |
Olympics | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0.00 | 0.49 |
2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0.74 | 0.21 |
2006 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 0.52 | 0.52 |
2007 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 74 | 0.21 | 0.53 |
2008 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 116.1 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 247 | 0.42 | 0.47 |
Olympics | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 0.71 | 0.47 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 0.69 | 0.39 |
2021 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 97 | 0.96 | 0.76 |
Olympics | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.00 | 0.42 |
TOTALS | 74 | 5 | 129 | 80 | 35 | 42 | 5 | 519.0 | 159 | 46 | 33 | 99 | 1030 | 0.44 | 0.49 |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2002 | 36 | 8 | 51 | 40 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 304.1 | 130 | 43 | 36 | 62 | 554 | 0.83 | 0.63 |
2003 | 32 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 242.2 | 72 | 18 | 13 | 39 | 488 | 0.37 | 0.46 |
2005 | 30 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 0 | 272.2 | 68 | 23 | 14 | 48 | 593 | 0.36 | 0.42 |
2006 | 38 | 4 | 47 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 286.0 | 78 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 630 | 0.41 | 0.42 |
TOTALS | 136 | 25 | 180 | 148 | 121 | 85 | 5 | 1105.2 | 348 | 103 | 80 | 192 | 2265 | 0.50 | 0.49 |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2007 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70.1 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 126 | 1.20 | 0.84 |
2009 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 84.1 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 148 | 0.41 | 0.63 |
2010 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39.0 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 1.25 | 0.64 |
2011 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 102.0 | 51 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 166 | 1.10 | 0.82 |
2012 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 106.0 | 57 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 148 | 1.12 | 0.81 |
2013 | 19 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 155.0 | 77 | 26 | 21 | 53 | 255 | 0.94 | 0.84 |
2014 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 113.0 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 180 | 0.49 | 0.69 |
2015 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 139.2 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 183 | 1.00 | 0.65 |
TOTAL | 95 | 24 | 142 | 115 | 82 | 38 | 12 | 809.1 | 381 | 136 | 106 | 225 | 1260 | 0.91 | 0.75 |
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2020 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 95 | 1.53 | 0.86 |
2021 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 1.75 | 0.95 |
TOTAL | 17 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 124.0 | 68 | 38 | 29 | 44 | 145 | 1.63 | 0.90 |
Career records
- 2,265 career NCAA Division I strikeouts(2nd all-time)
- 14.34 NCAAstrikeouts per 7 innings (1st all-time)
- 3-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2003, 2005, 2006) (1st all-time)
- 136 career NCAA Division I wins(6th all-time)
- 0.50 ERA NCAA NCAA Division I sub-1.00 ERAs
- 85 career NCAA Division I shutouts (third all-time)
- 25 career Big 12Pitcher of the Week awards (1st all-time)
- 20 career no-hitters(third all-time)
- 7 career NCAA Division I perfect games (2nd all-time)
- 4-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Year (T-1st all-time)
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External links
- Official website
- Athletes Unlimited Softball Season 2 Game 4 Highlights on YouTube
- Texas vs. Arizona: 2005 Women's College World Series FULL REPLAY on YouTube
- Cat Osterman explains how to throw rise, drop, and curve balls on YouTube
- Finch vs Osterman Round 1 on YouTube
- Cat Osterman's no-hitter pitch sequence against Australia during the 2008 Olympics on YouTube