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: 26-28

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 20

2004 Pitching Game Log

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2004 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	179	1	Apr 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,7-9	7-9		99	1.1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	13.50	4.55	7	30	16	7	3	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.024	.68	-0.02%	-0.20	7b 1-- 2 out a4	9b 12- 0 out a4
2	180	2	Apr 7	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.71	3.05	4	13	10	3	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	0.152	3.26	0.10%	0.57	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
3	181	8	Apr 14	CHW		KCR	W,10-9	7-8	H(2)	6	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.91	1.96	5	21	15	5	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.072	.82	0.05%	0.69	7t --- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a3
4	182	11	Apr 17	CHW	@	TBD	W,4-1	7-8	H(3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4.50	3.80	4	16	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	-0.066	3.10	-0.04%	-0.55	7b 12- 2 out a2	8b 12- 0 out a3
5	183	14	Apr 21	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	2.85	3	14	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.035	.51	0.02%	0.57	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	184	15	Apr 22	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	7-8	H(4)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	2.89	4	24	15	4	1	3	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	0.213	2.76	0.14%	1.05	7t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
7	185	18	Apr 25	CHW		TBD	W,6-5	8-8		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.90	2	10	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	0		2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.181	1.74	-0.12%	-1.53	8t 12- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d3
8	186	19	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,7-11	8-8	H(5)	1	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.14	5.19	4	17	10	4	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.206	3.13	-0.16%	-1.41	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 12- 1 out a1
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
9	187	22	May 1(1)	CHW		TOR	W,4-3	7-8	H(6)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.70	4.74	2	10	7	4	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.080	1.76	0.06%	0.39	7t --- 2 out a1	8t --- 1 out a1
10	188	24	May 2	CHW		TOR	W,3-2	8-8	H(7)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.67	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.061	2.49	0.04%	0.26	8t 1-- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
11	189	25	May 3	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	8-8		0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.61	4	10	9	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.107	1.12	-0.08%	-1.41	8b --- 0 out a4	8b 12- 1 out a3
12	190	28	May 7	CHW	@	TOR	L,4-5	9-GF	L(0-1)	3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.23	4.90	3	14	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	-0.346	3.64	-0.26%	-1.01	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
13	191	34	May 14	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	7-7	H(8)	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.83	1	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.047	2.88	0.04%	0.26	7t 1-- 2 out a1	7t 3 out a1
14	192	35	May 15	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.30	5.95	4	12	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.035	.29	-0.03%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
15	193	37	May 17	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	7-7		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	5.50	5	25	16	4	1	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
16	194	40	May 20	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-3	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.25	4.97	4	15	10	5	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.010	.27	0.01%	0.57	8b --- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a6
17	195	42	May 22	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.92	5.05	8	42	25	1	4	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.03	-0.01%	-2.43	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
18	196	44	May 25	CHW		TEX	L,4-7	8-9		2	1.2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	6.14	5.09	8	40	24	5	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	-0.002	.36	0.00%	-0.40	8t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 2 out d4
19	197	48	May 29	CHW		ANA	L,1-5	7-7		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.74	4.84	4	16	10	3	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.009	.30	0.01%	0.57	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
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
20	198	53	Jun 5	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.09	4.46	7	34	19	6	7	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.043	.40	0.03%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	199	55	Jun 8	CHW		PHI	W,14-11	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.82	4.28	3	19	13	5	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.64	0.03%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
22	200	58	Jun 12	CHW		ATL	W,10-8	8-8	H(9)	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.66	4.39	4	18	10	2	1	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	-0.011	3.51	-0.01%	-1.02	8t 12- 1 out a3	8t 3 out a1
23	201	60	Jun 15	CHW	@	FLA	W,7-5	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.37	1	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.003	.15	0.00%	0.23	7b 1-- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
24	202	62	Jun 17	CHW	@	FLA	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	L(0-2)	1	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.87	4.48	4	23	13	5	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.364	4.45	-0.30%	-0.73	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
25	203	64	Jun 19	CHW	@	MON	L,14-17	4-5		1	2.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.64	4.71	11	46	28	13	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.031	.12	-0.03%	-1.92	4b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d8
26	204	66	Jun 21	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	9-9		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	4.66	2	8	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.12	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t --- 2 out d4
27	205	69	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	6-6	H(10)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.25	4.51	3	14	8	2	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.149	2.60	0.14%	1.21	6t -2- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a2
28	206	71	Jun 26	CHW		CHC	W,6-3	7-8	H(11)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.97	4.35	4	12	8	2	1	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.104	1.22	0.08%	0.84	7t --- 0 out a2	8t --- 1 out a3
29	207	72	Jun 27	CHW		CHC	W,9-4	7-8		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.61	4.11	5	21	14	6	1	0	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.055	.38	0.04%	1.55	7t 1-- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a5
30	208	74	Jun 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-6	7-7	H(12)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	4.00	3	12	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.064	1.57	0.08%	0.57	7b --- 0 out a3	7b 3 out a3
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
31	209	76	Jul 2	CHW	@	CHC	L,2-6	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.34	4.08	4	14	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.31	0.002	.44	0.00%	0.08	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d3
32	210	79	Jul 6	CHW		ANA	L,2-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.20	3.92	4	15	10	1	2	1	1	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.008	.52	0.01%	1.42	9t 123 0 out d3	9t end d 4
33	211	81	Jul 8	CHW		ANA	W,9-8	6-6		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.11	3.99	4	12	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.099	1.73	-0.09%	-0.75	6t 1-3 1 out d1	6t 3 out d3
34	212	86	Jul 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-5	7-7		7	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.26	4.06	6	26	11	4	0	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.27	-0.023	.42	-0.02%	-0.44	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
35	213	89	Jul 19	CHW	@	TEX	W,12-6	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	4.03	3	15	9	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.05	0.00%	0.61	8b --- 0 out a8	8b 3 out a8
36	214	90	Jul 20	CHW	@	TEX	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	4.02	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.020	1.05	0.02%	0.67	8b -23 2 out d2	8b end d 2
37	215	92	Jul 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	8-8	H(13)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.99	3	14	8	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	0.106	3.79	0.12%	0.92	8b 1-- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
38	216	93	Jul 23	CHW		DET	W,6-4	7-8	H(14)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.90	4	14	9	5	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.118	1.95	0.12%	0.84	7t --- 0 out a2	8t --- 1 out a2
39	217	96	Jul 26	CHW		MIN	L,2-6	7-8		2	1.1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.17	3.92	7	33	17	4	4	1	2	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.47	-0.024	1.11	-0.03%	-1.08	7t -2- 1 out d3	8t --3 2 out d5
40	218	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(0-3)	4	0.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.34	4.01	6	23	9	2	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.84	-0.357	5.30	-0.30%	-1.26	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
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
41	219	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,12-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.23	4.01	4	19	11	5	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.015	.48	0.01%	0.57	7b --- 0 out a6	7b 3 out a6
42	220	106	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	7-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.12	3.94	3	11	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.086	1.37	0.07%	1.00	7t 1-3 2 out d2	8t --- 2 out d1
43	221	107	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	L,5-6	8-8	H(15)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	3.88	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.038	1.62	0.03%	0.26	8t 1-- 2 out a2	8t 3 out a2
44	222	109	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	L,11-13	8-9		1	1.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.83	3.88	9	36	23	4	3	3	4	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.131	1.00	-0.10%	-3.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-3 1 out d4
45	223	111	Aug 11	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	8-8		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.75	3.82	3	11	7	2	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.006	.34	0.00%	0.22	8t --- 0 out d3	8t -2- 2 out d3
46	224	112	Aug 12	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	8-8	H(16)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.64	3.75	3	19	13	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.129	2.01	0.07%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
47	225	113	Aug 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	8-8	H(17)	0	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.60	3.82	4	18	11	2	1	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.079	1.11	-0.05%	-0.52	8b --- 1 out a3	8b 123 2 out a3
48	226	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	8-8	H(18)	1	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.53	3.76	4	17	11	2	3	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.008	1.24	0.01%	0.11	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 12- 2 out a3
49	227	119	Aug 20	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	7-8		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.34	3.64	6	27	16	3	3	1	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	1.15	7t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d9
50	228	120	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	6-7		0	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.47	3.87	4	16	11	4	2	1	2	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.070	.38	-0.03%	-1.26	6t 12- 2 out d3	7t --- 1 out d5
51	229	121	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,5-6	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	3.85	2	7	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.097	.52	0.03%	0.97	8t 1-- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
52	230	124	Aug 25	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	7-7		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.47	4.02	4	18	12	4	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.041	.12	-0.01%	-0.47	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
53	231	125	Aug 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-9	7-8		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.47	4.16	7	26	19	7	3	2	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.029	.10	0.01%	0.45	7b 1-- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a5
54	232	129	Aug 30	CHW		PHI	W,9-8	8-8	H(19)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	4.10	5	23	15	2	5	0	4	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.129	1.00	0.03%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
							26-28		W-L:0-3,Sv:1,Hld:19	1.8	51.1	52	26	25	22	48	6	2	4.38	4.10	225	968	61%	18%	9%	0.70		20%	8%	0		30	27%	7	2	0	199	9	2	5	3	2	1	.99	-0.265	1.21	-0.27%	0.43

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