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

Summary of 56 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
CHW	22
TOR	16
PHI	12
STL	6

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	21

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	22

Outs
0	24
2	18
1	14

22 Opps
MON	6
NYY	5
KCR	5
NYM	5
BOS	5
CHC	4
DET	4
TOR	3
MIN	2
TEX	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
ARI	1
SFG	1
CIN	1
BAL	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
CHW	1

47 Batters
Mike Sweeney	2
Nick Johnson	2
Reggie Sanders	2
Vladimir Guerrero	2
Melvin Mora	2
Nomar Garciaparra	2
Matt Stairs	2
Ángel Pagán	2
Carlos Beltrán	2
Curtis Granderson	1
Trot Nixon	1
Gerald Laird	1
Lyle Overbay	1
Trent Hubbard	1
Derek Bell	1
Jason LaRue	1
Barry Bonds	1
Michael Young	1
Rondell White	1
Torii Hunter	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Andruw Jones	1
Rico Brogna	1
Reed Johnson	1
Vernon Wells	1
Jason Varitek	1
Orlando Cabrera	1
Carlos Lee	1
Jay Payton	1
Carlos Guillén	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Freddy Sanchez	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Alfonso Soriano	1
Bubba Crosby	1
Peter Bergeron	1
Kevin Millar	1
Marquis Grissom	1
Glenallen Hill	1
Nick Punto	1
Josh Phelps	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Brian McRae	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Plácido Polanco	1

18 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	9
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	14
8	11
78	5
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	13
3	12
4	8
5	8
1	6
6	5
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
-2-	5
1--	3
-23	2
12-	1
1-3	1

72 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	44
1 on	8
2 on	4
Any on	12

Inning
1	2
2	1
3	4
4	2
5	3
6	3
7	8
8	14
9	17
Extra	2

1-3	7
4-6	8
7-end	41

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	6
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	5
-2	7
-3	6
-4..	8

Ahead	19
Tied	11
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	7
2-2	7
3-2	6
1-2	6
0-0	6
0-1	6
0-2	4
1-1	4
3-1	4
2-0	4
2-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	11
RF	9
LF	9
2B	5
C	5
DH	5
SS	5
1B	3
PH	2
3B	2

OrderPos
3rd	14
1st	8
5th	8
6th	8
7th	5
4th	4
9th	4
2nd	4
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1998-04-02	Trent Hubbard	LAD	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	8	8	11%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1998-04-17	Rico Brogna	PHI	@	STL	behind 4-5	t 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	1	4	3	14%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1998-04-23	Vladimir Guerrero	MON		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	10%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	2	1998-04-23	Rondell White	MON		STL	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	5	7	8%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive)
5	5	5	1	1998-05-03	Sammy Sosa	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1998-05-08	Brian McRae	NYM		STL	behind 1-2	b 4	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	32%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Becker Scores; L. López Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1999-06-27	Glenallen Hill	CHC		PHI	ahead 9-6	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
8	8	2	1	1999-09-23	Marquis Grissom	MIL		PHI	ahead 8-5	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2000-06-17	Reggie Sanders	ATL	@	PHI	behind 0-3	t 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	7	7%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	2	2	2000-06-17	Andruw Jones	ATL	@	PHI	behind 1-3	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	2	8	9%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	3	1	2000-06-22	Derek Bell	NYM		PHI	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	9	9%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
12	12	4	2	2000-06-22	Melvin Mora	NYM		PHI	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	1	6	15%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	5	3	2000-06-22	Jay Payton	NYM		PHI	tied 2-2	b 6	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	8	26%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Ventura Scores
14	14	6	1	2000-09-11 (1)	Vladimir Guerrero	MON	@	PHI	behind 0-5	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	4	9	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	7	2	2000-09-11 (1)	Peter Bergeron	MON	@	PHI	behind 1-5	t 8	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	1	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	8	1	2000-09-23	Edgardo Alfonzo	NYM	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CBBSX	1	3	4	10%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2001-08-26	Reggie Sanders	ARI	@	PHI	tied 3-3	t 10	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	6	9	38%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
18	18	2	1	2001-09-28	Kevin Millar	FLA		PHI	tied 5-5	b 10	1	---	6,(2-2) FBCFBX	1	6	7	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2002-05-27	Nomar Garciaparra	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	6	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Offerman Scores
20	20	2	1	2002-06-12	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	TOR	ahead 5-3	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	7	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	2002-07-16	Nick Johnson	NYY	@	TOR	tied 6-6	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) BBFCX	1	9	DH	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	2002-07-31	Carlos Beltrán	KCR		TOR	behind 1-9	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	5	1	2002-09-08	Cliff Floyd	BOS		TOR	behind 3-8	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2003-04-10	Trot Nixon	BOS	@	TOR	tied 4-4	t 8	2	-2-	8,(3-2) CS*BFBBFX	2	7	9	36%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Hillenbrand Scores
25	25	2	1	2003-04-20	Nomar Garciaparra	BOS		TOR	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	3	6	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	2003-05-08	Michael Young	TEX		TOR	behind 5-8	b 9	0	---	4,(1-2) CSBX	1	9	4	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	2003-05-18	Carlos Beltrán	KCR		TOR	behind 2-4	b 9	2	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	9	PH	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
28	28	5	1	2003-05-21	Carlos Lee	CHW		TOR	behind 4-5	b 8	2	-2-	6,(2-2) .C*BFFBX	2	5	7	56%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores
29	29	6	1	2003-05-23	Raúl Mondesí	NYY		TOR	behind 1-6	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
30	30	7	1	2003-05-25	Alfonso Soriano	NYY		TOR	behind 2-5	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	4	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	8	1	2003-06-07	Jason LaRue	CIN		TOR	behind 5-8	b 9	0	12-	4,(1-2) CS*BX	3	7	2	46%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Boone Scores; R. Branyan Scores
32	32	9	1	2003-06-12	Matt Stairs	PIT	@	TOR	behind 3-5	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	7	PH	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	10	1	2003-06-21	Orlando Cabrera	MON		TOR	tied 5-5	b 8	2	-23	6,(3-2) BBFFBX	3	3	6	35%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Chávez Scores; E. Guzmán Scores
34	34	11	1	2003-06-25	Melvin Mora	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 8-2	t 9	0	---	10,(3-2) .BTBFFBFFFX	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2004-04-27	Víctor Martínez	CLE	@	CHW	behind 5-7	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .BCSX	1	6	2	12%	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36	36	2	1	2004-05-15	Torii Hunter	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BFX	1	5	8	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	3	1	2004-06-19	Nick Johnson	MON		CHW	ahead 11-6	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) .SCBBX	1	5	3	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	4	1	2004-08-21	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 9-5	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) .CBBBCX	1	5	2	3%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
39	39	5	1	2004-08-25	Carlos Guillén	DET		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	2	6	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	6	1	2004-08-26	Josh Phelps	CLE		CHW	behind 8-14	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) SSX	1	7	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2005-04-24	Matt Stairs	KCR		CHW	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	4	DH	20%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
42	42	2	1	2005-07-18	Iván Rodríguez	DET	@	CHW	behind 4-7	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	2005-07-27	Mike Sweeney	KCR		CHW	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1-3	4,(1-2) .FBSX	3	3	DH	35%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. DeJesus Scores; T. Long Scores/unER
44	44	4	1	2005-08-09	Alex Rodriguez	NYY		CHW	behind 0-2	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	4	5	11%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	5	1	2005-08-24	Nick Punto	MIN		CHW	behind 1-6	b 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	1	4	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Bartlett Scores
46	46	6	1	2005-09-03	Plácido Polanco	DET	@	CHW	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	1	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	7	1	2005-09-26	Curtis Granderson	DET		CHW	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	1	8	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	2006-04-08	Mike Sweeney	KCR		CHW	behind 2-3	b 8	0	1--	7,(2-2) SBFBFFX	2	3	DH	44%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grudzielanek Scores
49	49	2	1	2006-04-14	Vernon Wells	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 7-5	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	12%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Johnson Scores
50	50	3	2	2006-04-14	Lyle Overbay	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 9-5	t 7	2	---	7,(3-2) CBBFBFX	1	5	3	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
51	51	4	1	2006-05-26	Reed Johnson	TOR		CHW	ahead 7-2	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	5	1	2006-06-04	Gerald Laird	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	9	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	6	1	2006-06-29	Freddy Sanchez	PIT		CHW	tied 6-6	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	5	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	7	1	2006-07-02	Ángel Pagán	CHC		CHW	ahead 11-7	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	6	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	8	2	2006-07-02	Ángel Pagán	CHC		CHW	ahead 13-10	b 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Barrett Scores
56	56	9	1	2006-07-15	Bubba Crosby	NYY		CHW	ahead 11-3	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) .BFSX	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)