Cliff Politte
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 27, 1974 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Vianney (Kirkwood, MO)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 54th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed August 13, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1998
Final Game: July 15, 2006
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 STL NL 24 P 8 8 37.0 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.70 0.88 .962 1.85 0.54
1999 PHI NL 25 P 13 0 17.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02 0.15 .950 1.73 0.48
2000 PHI NL 26 P 12 8 59.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.98 1.08 .962 1.74 0.48
2001 PHI NL 27 P 23 0 26.0 10 4 4 2 0 .800 2.77 0.35 .970 1.77 0.46
2002 TOT MLB 28 P 68 0 73.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.09 .950 1.72 0.48
2002 PHI NL 28 P 13 0 16.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.82 0.48
2002 TOR AL 28 P 55 0 57.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.11 .950 1.70 0.48
2003 TOR AL 29 P 54 0 49.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.06 .967 1.73 0.49
2004 CHW AL 30 P 54 0 51.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.70 0.07 .950 1.67 0.45
2005 CHW AL 31 P 68 0 67.1 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.94 0.10 .962 1.68 0.46
2006 CHW AL 32 P 30 0 30.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.90 0.10 .967 1.56 0.41
9 Seasons P 330 16 411.1 57 17 36 4 0 .930 1.16 0.16 .961 1.72 0.47
9 Seasons TOT 330 16 411.1 57 17 36 4 0 .930 1.16 0.16 .891 1.72 0.47

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 STL NL 24 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 PHI NL 25 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 PHI NL 26 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PHI NL 27 23 0 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TOR AL 28 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI NL 28 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TOR AL 29 54 0 4 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHW AL 30 54 0 4 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CHW AL 31 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CHW AL 32 30 0 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 330 16 87 330 330 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 STL NL 24 180 77% 26% 4 100% 0 3 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 PHI NL 25 89 66% 25% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 PHI NL 26 255 70% 27% 9 100% 0 5 1 4 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2001 PHI NL 27 117 73% 32% 3 67% 1 4 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2002 TOR AL 28 235 67% 20% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2002 PHI NL 28 81 69% 26% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TOR AL 29 226 74% 24% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHW AL 30 234 69% 27% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CHW AL 31 271 70% 21% 8 88% 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2006 CHW AL 32 155 80% 25% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1843 71% 25% 39 92% 1 16 2 13 36 30 1 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 86%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 91% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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