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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 24 STL NL 2 3 .400 6.32 8 8 0 0 0 0 37.0 45 32 26 6 18 0 22 1 1 2 172 67 1.703 10.9 1.5 4.4 5.4 1.22
1999 25 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 7.13 13 0 0 0 0 0 17.2 19 14 14 2 15 0 15 0 0 2 85 67 1.925 9.7 1.0 7.6 7.6 1.00
2000 26 PHI NL 4 3 .571 3.66 12 8 1 0 0 0 59.0 55 24 24 8 27 1 50 0 0 3 251 128 1.390 8.4 1.2 4.1 7.6 1.85
2001 27 PHI NL 2 3 .400 2.42 23 0 7 0 0 0 26.0 24 8 7 2 8 3 23 1 0 1 109 176 1.231 8.3 0.7 2.8 8.0 2.88
2002 28 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 3.67 68 0 20 0 0 1 73.2 57 33 30 5 28 2 72 2 0 2 304 122 1.154 7.0 0.6 3.4 8.8 2.57
2002 28 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 3.86 13 0 7 0 0 0 16.1 19 10 7 0 9 1 15 1 0 1 77 100 1.714 10.5 0.0 5.0 8.3 1.67
2002 28 TOR AL 1 3 .250 3.61 55 0 13 0 0 1 57.1 38 23 23 5 19 1 57 1 0 1 227 129 0.994 6.0 0.8 3.0 8.9 3.00
2003 29 TOR AL 1 5 .167 5.66 54 0 30 0 0 12 49.1 52 32 31 11 17 4 40 1 0 1 216 83 1.399 9.5 2.0 3.1 7.3 2.35
2004 30 CHW AL 0 3 .000 4.38 54 0 9 0 0 1 51.1 52 26 25 6 22 5 48 2 0 2 225 108 1.442 9.1 1.1 3.9 8.4 2.18
2005 31 CHW AL 7 1 .875 2.00 68 0 14 0 0 1 67.1 42 15 15 7 21 4 57 3 0 1 262 224 0.936 5.6 0.9 2.8 7.6 2.71
2006 32 CHW AL 2 2 .500 8.70 30 0 13 0 0 0 30.0 47 30 29 9 15 7 15 1 0 0 151 55 2.067 14.1 2.7 4.5 4.5 1.00
9 Seasons 22 23 .489 4.40 330 16 94 0 0 15 411.1 393 214 201 56 171 26 342 11 1 14 1775 104 1.371 8.6 1.2 3.7 7.5 2.00
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .489 4.40 65 3 18 0 0 3 81 77 42 40 11 34 5 67 2 0 3 349 104 1.371 8.6 1.2 3.7 7.5 2.00
PHI (4 yrs) 9 6 .600 3.93 61 8 15 0 0 0 119.0 117 56 52 12 59 5 103 2 0 7 522 114 1.479 8.8 0.9 4.5 7.8 1.75
CHW (3 yrs) 9 6 .600 4.18 152 0 36 0 0 2 148.2 141 71 69 22 58 16 120 6 0 3 638 111 1.339 8.5 1.3 3.5 7.3 2.07
TOR (2 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.56 109 0 43 0 0 13 106.2 90 55 54 16 36 5 97 2 0 2 443 103 1.181 7.6 1.4 3.0 8.2 2.69
STL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.32 8 8 0 0 0 0 37.0 45 32 26 6 18 0 22 1 1 2 172 67 1.703 10.9 1.5 4.4 5.4 1.22
AL (5 yrs) 11 14 .440 4.34 261 0 79 0 0 15 255.1 231 126 123 38 94 21 217 8 0 5 1081 107 1.273 8.1 1.3 3.3 7.6 2.31
NL (5 yrs) 11 9 .550 4.50 69 16 15 0 0 0 156.0 162 88 78 18 77 5 125 3 1 9 694 99 1.532 9.3 1.0 4.4 7.2 1.62

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 31 CHW AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 31 CHW AL WS W HOU 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 10 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 2.70 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 14 0.900 2.7 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 10 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 24 STL NL 8 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 1 0 0 /1
1999 25 PHI NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 26 PHI NL 12 19 15 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .133 .176 .200 .376 -5 3 0 0 2 1 0 1
2001 27 PHI NL 22 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 TOT MLB 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 PHI NL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 29 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 30 CHW AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 CHW AL 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 431 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 32 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 87 40 33 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .121 .189 .152 .341 -10 5 1 0 3 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 74 61 6 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 26 .121 .189 .152 .341 -10 9 2 0 6 2 0
PHI (4 yrs) 60 23 18 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .111 .190 .167 .357 -8 3 0 0 2 1 0
CHW (3 yrs) 11 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 431 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 8 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 1 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 19 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 431 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 68 39 32 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .094 .167 .125 .292 -23 4 1 0 3 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 31 CHW AL WS HOU W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1093), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 54th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 1995.

November 19, 1998: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jeff Brantley and Ron Gant to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ricky Bottalico and Garrett Stephenson.

May 26, 2002: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dan Plesac.

December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

July 20, 2006: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

March 27, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

December 29, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998St. Louis Cardinals$170,000
2001Philadelphia Phillies$225,000
2002Philadelphia Phillies$245,000
2003Toronto Blue Jays$845,000
2004Chicago White Sox$800,000
2005Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
2006Chicago White Sox$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,485,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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