Cliff Politte

Full Name: Clifford Anthony Politte	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: April 2, 1998
Birthdate: February 27, 1974	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Kirkwood, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on February 27, 1974 in Kirkwood, Missouri, Cliff Politte (Clifford Anthony Politte) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Politte broke into the bigs on April 2, 1998 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.66 ERA in 59 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cliff Politte's best season was 2005, when he posted a 2.00 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	STL	N	8	8	2	3	6.32	22	32	26	0	37	45	6	18	0	2	1
1999	PHI	N	13	0	1	0	7.13	15	14	14	0	17.2	19	2	15	0	2	0
2000	PHI	N	12	8	4	3	3.66	50	24	24	0	59	55	8	27	1	3	0
2001	PHI	N	23	0	2	3	2.42	23	8	7	0	26	24	2	8	3	1	1
2002	TOR	A	55	0	1	3	3.61	57	23	23	1	57.1	38	5	19	1	1	1
2002	PHI	N	13	0	2	0	3.86	15	10	7	0	16.1	19	0	9	1	1	1
2002	Total		68	0	3	3	3.67	72	33	30	1	73.2	57	5	28	2	2	2
2003	TOR	A	54	0	1	5	5.66	40	32	31	12	49.1	52	11	17	4	1	1
2004	CHI	A	54	0	0	3	4.38	48	26	25	1	51.1	52	6	22	5	2	2
2005	CHI	A	68	0	7	1	2.00	57	15	15	1	67.1	42	7	21	4	1	3
2006	CHI	A	30	0	2	2	8.70	15	30	29	0	30	47	9	15	7	0	1
Total	NL		69	16	11	9	4.50	125	88	78	0	156	162	18	77	5	9	3
Total	AL		261	0	11	14	4.34	217	126	123	15	255.1	231	38	94	21	5	8
Total			330	16	22	23	4.40	342	214	201	15	411.1	393	56	171	26	14	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	STL	N	P	8	8	37	3	4	1	0	2	2	0	.875
1999	PHI	N	P	13	0	17.2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
2000	PHI	N	P	12	8	59	5	8	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
2001	PHI	N	P	23	0	26	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	.800
2002	TOR	A	P	55	0	57.1	1	5	0	2	4	2	0	1.000
2002	PHI	N	P	13	0	16.1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	.000
2002	Total		P	68	0	73.2	1	5	0	2	8	3	0	1.000
2003	TOR	A	P	54	0	49.1	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	1.000
2004	CHI	A	P	54	0	51.1	0	4	0	1	7	2	0	1.000
2005	CHI	A	P	68	0	67.1	1	6	1	0	6	2	0	.875
2006	CHI	A	P	30	0	30	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	330	16	411.1	17	36	4	7	37	13	2	.930

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1998	STL	N	8	14	0	1	0	.071	.133	.071	0	1	8	1	1
1999	PHI	N	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2000	PHI	N	12	15	1	2	2	.133	.176	.200	1	1	4	2	0
2001	PHI	N	23	2	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	1	0	0
2002	TOR	A	55	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2002	PHI	N	13	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
2002	Total		68	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
2003	TOR	A	54	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2004	CHI	A	54	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2005	CHI	A	68	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2006	CHI	A	30	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		69	32	2	3	2	.094	.167	.125	1	3	14	3	1
Total	AL		261	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			330	33	3	4	3	.121	.189	.152	1	3	14	3	1

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Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 54th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed August 13, 1995).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jeff Brantley and Ron Gant to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ricky Bottalico and Garrett Stephenson (November 19, 1998).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dan Plesac (May 26, 2002).
Granted free agency (December 21, 2003).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 7, 2004).
Released by Chicago White Sox (July 20, 2006).

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