Sidney Ponson
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[edit] Biography
Born on November 2, 1976 in Noord, Aruba, Sidney Ponson (Sidney Alton Ponson) played for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Ponson broke into the bigs on April 19, 1998 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 5.27 ERA in 135 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sidney Ponson's best season was 2003, when he posted a 3.75 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 134 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BAL | A | 31 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5.27 | 85 | 82 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 157 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1999 | BAL | A | 32 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 4.71 | 112 | 118 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 227 | 35 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2000 | BAL | A | 32 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 4.82 | 152 | 125 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 222 | 223 | 30 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2001 | BAL | A | 23 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 4.94 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 138.1 | 161 | 21 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2002 | BAL | A | 28 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 4.09 | 120 | 84 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 172 | 26 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | SF | N | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3.71 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 64 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | BAL | A | 21 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3.77 | 100 | 65 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 147 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2003 | Total | 31 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 3.75 | 134 | 94 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 211 | 16 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2004 | BAL | A | 33 | 33 | 11 | 15 | 5.30 | 115 | 136 | 127 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 215.2 | 265 | 23 | 69 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 2005 | BAL | A | 23 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6.21 | 68 | 97 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.1 | 177 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 2006 | STL | N | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5.24 | 33 | 42 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.2 | 82 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | NY | A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.47 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Total | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6.25 | 48 | 62 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 108 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | MIN | A | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6.93 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 54 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | NL | 24 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4.48 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136.2 | 146 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | AL | 235 | 222 | 75 | 91 | 4.98 | 874 | 841 | 791 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1429.1 | 1609 | 190 | 489 | 12 | 42 | 31 | |
| Total | 259 | 245 | 82 | 101 | 4.96 | 941 | 912 | 859 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1566 | 1755 | 203 | 536 | 16 | 47 | 36 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1998 | BAL | A | P | 31 | 20 | 135 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .955 |
| 1999 | BAL | A | P | 32 | 32 | 210 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | .950 |
| 2000 | BAL | A | P | 32 | 32 | 222 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2001 | BAL | A | P | 23 | 23 | 138.1 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2002 | BAL | A | P | 28 | 28 | 176 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 2003 | SF | N | P | 10 | 10 | 68 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2003 | BAL | A | P | 21 | 21 | 148 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .968 |
| 2003 | Total | P | 31 | 31 | 216 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .980 | |
| 2004 | BAL | A | P | 33 | 33 | 215.2 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .980 |
| 2005 | BAL | A | P | 23 | 23 | 130.1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 |
| 2006 | STL | N | P | 14 | 13 | 68.2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .917 |
| 2006 | NY | A | P | 5 | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2006 | Total | P | 19 | 16 | 85 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .933 | |
| 2007 | MIN | A | P | 7 | 7 | 37.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .875 |
| Total | P | 259 | 245 | 1566 | 129 | 184 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 102 | 46 | 8 | .972 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
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| 1998 | BAL | A | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | BAL | A | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | BAL | A | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | BAL | A | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | BAL | A | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | SF | N | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | BAL | A | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Total | 31 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | BAL | A | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | BAL | A | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | STL | N | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .375 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NY | A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Total | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .375 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | MIN | A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 24 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .211 | .171 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 235 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 259 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .182 | .190 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Baltimore Orioles (August 17, 1993).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Kurt Ainsworth, Damian Moss and Ryan Hannaman (July 31, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 26, 2004).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (September 1, 2005).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 21, 2005).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 7, 2006).
- Signed by New York Yankees (July 14, 2006).
- Released by New York Yankees (August 23, 2006).
- Signed with the Twins during the 2006 off-season.
- Let go by the Twins mid-way through the 2007 season.
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