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Cliff Politte

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: February 27, 1974 in Kirkwood, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 54th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jefferson College (Hillsboro, MO).

High School: St. John Vianney HS (Kirkwood, MO)

Schools: Jefferson College (Hillsboro, MO), University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)

Debut: April 2, 1998 (Age 24-034d, 17,205th in major league history)
vs. LAD 5.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 15, 2006 (Age 32-138d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Clifford Anthony Politte

Pronunciation: \POH-leet\

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2005 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

4.40

330

411.1

342

WHIP

1.371

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Team Record in Appearances: 29-25

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 17

2003 Pitching Game Log

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2003 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	125	2	Apr 1	TOR		NYY	L,1-10	8-8		99	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	13.50	0.03	4	12	8	4	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.010	.07	-0.01%	-0.70	8t --- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d6
2	126	3	Apr 2	TOR		NYY	L,7-9	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.40	-0.57	4	16	10	4	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.022	.35	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
3	127	5	Apr 5	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-3	8-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.38	1.91	5	16	8	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.52	-0.081	3.07	-0.04%	-0.05	8b 1-- 0 out a1	8b 3 out tie
4	128	7	Apr 8	TOR		BOS	W,8-4	8-8	H(1)	2	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.45	1.94	6	26	16	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.049	2.11	0.03%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a3	8t 3 out a3
5	129	9	Apr 10	TOR		BOS	L,7-8	8-8	L(0-1)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.79	4.53	5	31	21	3	3	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.316	1.77	-0.23%	-1.43	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d2
6	130	11	Apr 12	TOR		MIN	L,6-9	8-8	BS(2)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.35	4.44	6	24	14	3	3	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.93	-0.117	2.80	-0.07%	-0.43	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out tie
7	131	15	Apr 16	TOR	@	NYY	W,7-6	8-8	H(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.93	3	18	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.147	1.65	0.08%	0.53	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
8	132	18	Apr 19	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-7	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	3.81	4	21	14	0	2	1	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.05	0.00%	0.57	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
9	133	19	Apr 20	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	L(0-2)	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.87	5.51	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.348	1.64	-0.15%	-1.00	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
10	134	20	Apr 21	TOR	@	BOS	W,11-6	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.19	5.92	5	20	9	4	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.035	.57	0.01%	0.57	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a4
11	135	23	Apr 24	TOR	@	TBD	W,5-3	8-8	H(3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.66	5.62	3	9	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.092	.54	0.03%	0.52	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
12	136	24	Apr 25	TOR		KCR	W,6-5	8-8	H(4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.22	5.47	5	25	15	5	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	0.128	1.80	0.04%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
13	137	26	Apr 27	TOR		KCR	W,10-9	9-GF	W(1-2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.09	5.21	1	6	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.54	9t 1-3 2 out d5	9t end d 5
14	138	28	Apr 30	TOR		TEX	L,3-11	7-8		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.65	4.49	4	19	15	6	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.005	.02	0.00%	0.82	7t 1-- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	139	29	May 1	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	4.35	4	12	10	2	1	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	0.238	1.42	0.06%	0.82	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
16	140	35	May 8	TOR	@	TEX	W,8-6	8-GF	S(2)	6	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.52	4.79	7	27	18	4	7	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.122	1.30	0.05%	0.22	8b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
17	141	38	May 11	TOR	@	ANA	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	4.53	4	19	13	1	2	0	3	1	2	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.143	.96	0.06%	0.78	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
18	142	40	May 14	TOR		TBD	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	4.33	4	17	10	3	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.177	2.07	0.07%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
19	143	43	May 17	TOR	@	KCR	W,7-4	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	4.26	3	13	9	3	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.051	.47	0.02%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	144	44	May 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.20	4.76	5	20	14	3	1	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.97	0.109	1.69	0.06%	-0.42	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
21	145	47	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BL(1-3)	2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.60	5.38	2	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.549	1.74	-0.30%	-1.65	8b -2- 2 out a1	8b end d 1
22	146	49	May 23	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-2	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.86	5.70	4	14	10	0	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.009	.29	0.01%	-0.47	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
23	147	50	May 24	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-2	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	5.62	4	13	8	1	4	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.108	1.74	0.08%	1.46	9b --3 0 out a3	9b end a 3
24	148	51	May 25	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-3	9-GF	S(8)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.91	5.99	5	14	10	2	3	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.045	1.86	0.04%	-0.47	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
25	149	57	May 31	TOR		BOS	W,10-7	9-GF	S(9)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	5.86	3	8	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.72	0.03%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	150	58	Jun 1	TOR		BOS	W,11-8	9-GF		0	1.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.96	5.79	6	24	17	2	5	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.05	0.018	3.20	0.02%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
27	151	61	Jun 5	TOR	@	STL	L,5-13	8-8		3	0.2	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.91	5.64	6	26	21	4	2	0	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.82	8b --- 0 out d10	8b -2- 2 out d13
28	152	63	Jun 7	TOR	@	CIN	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(1-4)	1	0.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	6.23	6.26	7	32	17	5	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.960	2.96	-0.71%	-4.41	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end d 1
29	153	65	Jun 10	TOR		PIT	W,13-8	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	6.07	4	12	7	1	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.12	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
30	154	67	Jun 12	TOR		PIT	W,5-4	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.11	6.42	4	10	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.084	2.23	0.07%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
31	155	69	Jun 14	TOR		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.90	6.24	3	9	8	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.022	.41	0.02%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
32	156	72	Jun 19	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-1	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.70	6.06	4	15	12	3	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.16	0.01%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
33	157	74	Jun 21	TOR	@	MON	L,5-8	8-GF(8)	BL(1-5)	1	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.46	6.52	5	24	10	3	0	2	2	2	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.77	-0.712	5.55	-0.63%	-4.38	8b 123 1 out a3	8b end d 3
34	158	75	Jun 22	TOR	@	MON	W,4-2	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.25	6.41	4	11	8	1	1	1	3	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.93	0.216	4.26	0.19%	0.89	9b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 2
35	159	78	Jun 25	TOR		BAL	L,2-9	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.34	6.70	4	16	12	0	1	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
36	160	81	Jun 28	TOR		MON	L,2-4	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.42	6.60	4	14	10	2	1	2	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.071	1.09	-0.06%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	161	103	Jul 25	TOR		BAL	W,5-3	8-8	H(5)	26	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.29	6.53	2	7	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.067	.54	0.02%	0.45	8t --- 0 out a2	8t --- 2 out a2
38	162	107	Jul 30	TOR		TBD	L,3-5	8-GF		4	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	6.39	5	20	11	2	3	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.097	.16	0.02%	1.82	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	163	109	Aug 1	TOR	@	ANA	L,0-5	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.94	6.36	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.63	7b -23 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
40	164	111	Aug 3	TOR	@	ANA	W,4-0	9-GF	S(12)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.89	6.28	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.015	.11	0.00%	0.52	9b 1-3 2 out a4	9b end a 4
41	165	113	Aug 5	TOR	@	TBD	L,4-5	9-9	BS(6)	1	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.27	6.30	5	26	16	1	4	0	4	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.471	.38	-0.05%	-1.72	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 1-- 2 out tie
42	166	117	Aug 10	TOR		TEX	L,4-5	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.10	6.16	3	16	13	1	3	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.047	.06	0.00%	1.59	8t 12- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
43	167	120	Aug 13	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-13	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.80	5.86	8	35	22	4	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
44	168	122	Aug 15	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-5	8-8	H(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.66	5.69	3	13	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.057	.07	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
45	169	124	Aug 17	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.53	5.58	3	12	8	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
46	170	128	Aug 22	TOR		OAK	W,6-3	8-8		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.53	5.65	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.062	.18	0.00%	-0.35	8t 12- 2 out a2	8t 123 2 out a2
47	171	129	Aug 23	TOR		OAK	L,5-11	8-9		0	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	5.61	5	10	7	0	1	0	4	3	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.018	.01	0.00%	-0.94	8t 12- 2 out d4	9t 12- 1 out d5
48	172	131	Aug 25	TOR		OAK	L,6-8	7-8		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.24	5.52	6	21	16	4	4	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.87	7t --- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
49	173	139	Sep 4	TOR		NYY	L,2-3	9-9		9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.20	5.50	1	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.26	9t --- 0 out d1	9t --- 1 out d1
50	174	140	Sep 5	TOR		DET	W,8-6	7-7	H(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.09	5.40	3	13	9	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.57	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
51	175	144	Sep 9	TOR	@	TBD	L,6-11	7-7		3	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.67	5.53	4	17	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	.25	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-3.42	7b --- 1 out d3	7b -2- 1 out d6
52	176	148	Sep 13	TOR		BAL	W,6-1	7-8	H(8)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.51	5.42	4	17	11	2	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.21	7t -23 2 out a4	8t 3 out a5
53	177	152	Sep 18	TOR	@	DET	W,10-6	9-GF		4	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.77	5.49	6	26	13	6	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.003	.00	0.00%	-1.49	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 4
54	178	160	Sep 26	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.66	5.40	3	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							29-25		W-L:1-5,Sv:12,BSv:6,Hld:8	1.9	49.1	52	32	31	17	40	11	1	5.66	5.40	216	860	65%	14%	12%	0.55		20%	11%	0		28	25%	5	2	0	193	11	1	4	2	3	1	1.27	-1.406	1.10	-1.23%	-4.47

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