{"id":8460,"date":"2015-08-22T02:03:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T08:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=8460"},"modified":"2015-08-15T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T15:24:45","slug":"140-cliff-politte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/140-cliff-politte\/","title":{"rendered":"#140 – Cliff Politte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Cliff Politte<\/p>\n

Rank:<\/strong> 140<\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong>\u00a0P<\/p>\n

Years With White Sox:<\/strong>\u00a02004-2006<\/p>\n

Cliff Politte joined the White Sox as a free agent in January 2004. \u00a0Politte was serviceable coming out of the bullpen in ’04, putting up a 0-3 record with a 4.38 ERA.<\/p>\n

Things improved greatly in 2005, both for Politte and for the White Sox. \u00a0En route to a Central Division title, Politte put up the best numbers of his career, going 7-1 with an impressive 2.00 ERA in 68 appearances. \u00a0He continued to shine in the post-season, making 4 appearances between the ALDS and the World Series, giving up 1 run in 3 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Sadly, things went horribly awry for Politte in 2006. \u00a0Trying to match or improve upon the best numbers of his career, he ignored a throbbing shoulder as his ERA skyrocketed. \u00a0On July 15, he walked off of the mound at Yankee Stadium, having given up four runs, four hits, one walk and one home run in only two innings. \u00a0His ERA stood at 8.70, and the White Sox, attempting to defend their World Series title, decided to cut bait and release the struggling pitcher. \u00a0It would mark the end of his major league career.<\/p>\n

Politte\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0Cliff Politte Rank: 140 Position:\u00a0P Years With White Sox:\u00a02004-2006 Cliff Politte joined the White Sox as a free agent in January 2004. \u00a0Politte was serviceable coming out of the bullpen in ’04, putting up a 0-3 record with a 4.38 ERA. Things improved greatly in 2005, both for Politte and for the White Sox. \u00a0En […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[78,2180,2207,49,3353],"class_list":["post-8460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-2005-world-series","tag-alds","tag-cliff-politte","tag-white-sox","tag-yankee-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8571,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions\/8571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Career Pitching<\/b><\/caption>\n
Wins<\/span><\/th>\nLosses<\/span><\/th>\nERA<\/span><\/th>\nSaves<\/span><\/th>\nIP<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nER<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nHBP<\/span><\/th>\nAppearances<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n5.06<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n26.667<\/span><\/td>\n31<\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n9<\/span><\/td>\n23<\/span><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n27<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n4.18<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n148.667<\/span><\/td>\n141<\/span><\/td>\n71<\/span><\/td>\n69<\/span><\/td>\n58<\/span><\/td>\n120<\/span><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/td>\n6<\/span><\/td>\n152<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n