Cliff Politte stats
Bio
- Age
- 52 yearsFeb 27, 1974
- Height
- 5' 11"
Cliff Politte played 9 MLB seasons, 1998 to 2006.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 330
- W
- 22
- L
- 23
- ERA
- 4.40
- IP
- 411.1
- K
- 342
- BB
- 171
- WHIP
- 1.37
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | STL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6.32 | 37.0 | 22 | 18 | 1.70 |
| 1999 | PHI | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7.13 | 17.2 | 15 | 15 | 1.92 |
| 2000 | PHI | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3.66 | 59.0 | 50 | 27 | 1.39 |
| 2001 | PHI | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2.42 | 26.0 | 23 | 8 | 1.23 |
| 2002 |  PHI/TOR | 68 | 3 | 3 | 3.67 | 73.2 | 72 | 28 | 1.15 |
| 2003 | TOR | 54 | 1 | 5 | 5.66 | 49.1 | 40 | 17 | 1.40 |
| 2004 | CHW | 54 | 0 | 3 | 4.38 | 51.1 | 48 | 22 | 1.44 |
| 2005 | CHW | 68 | 7 | 1 | 2.00 | 67.1 | 57 | 21 | 0.94 |
| 2006 | CHW | 30 | 2 | 2 | 8.70 | 30.0 | 15 | 15 | 2.07 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 7
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.5
- GB
- 162
- FB
- 292
- G/F
- 0.60
- WP
- 14
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | PHI | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | PHI/TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 62 | 91 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 2005 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 60 | 121 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2006 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 40 | 80 | 0.5 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 52 yearsFeb 27, 1974
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1998
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, MO
- College
- Jefferson
Latest performance
Cliff Politte
Jul 15 · @ NYY · L 14-3
- IP
- 2.0
- H
- 4
- R
- 4
- ER
- 4
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 1
- ERA
- 8.70
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jul 15 | at NYYL 14-3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun, Jul 09 | vs BOSW 6-5 F/19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fri, Jul 07 | vsBOSL 7-2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thu, Jul 06 | vs BALW 11-8 | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Mon, Jul 03 | vsBALL 8-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jul 02 | at CHCL 15-11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
What were Cliff Politte's career stats?
Cliff Politte played 9 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies, the Blue Jays and the White Sox. He had 22 wins and 342 strikeouts with a 4.40 ERA over 411.1 innings. His best season was 2005: 7 wins, a 2.00 ERA and 57 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1998 to 2006
Championships
- 2005 World Series with the Chicago White Sox
More on Cliff Politte
Playoff series
Cliff Politte played 4 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 2 won, 0 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | BOS | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 |  HOU | Won 3-0 | 3 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cliff Politte’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Cliff Politte against each club
- vs Boston Red Sox (26)
- vs Kansas City Royals (26)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (25)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (20)
- vs Minnesota Twins (19)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (18)
- vs Detroit Tigers (16)
- vs New York Yankees (16)
- vs Texas Rangers (14)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (13)
- vs Athletics (12)
- vs Washington Nationals (11)
- vs Chicago Cubs (10)
- vs Seattle Mariners (9)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (7)
- vs Miami Marlins (7)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (7)
- vs Houston Astros (6)
- vs Atlanta Braves (5)
- vs New York Mets (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (4)
- vs San Diego Padres (4)
- vs Chicago White Sox (3)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (3)
- vs Colorado Rockies (3)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (3)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (3)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (2)
- vs San Francisco Giants (2)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (1)
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