Sidney Ponson

Full Name: Sidney Alton Ponson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/220	First Game: April 19, 1998
Birthdate: November 2, 1976	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Noord, Aruba
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[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	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	BAL	A	P	31	20	135	10	11	1	1	2	18	4	1	.955
1999	BAL	A	P	32	32	210	12	26	2	6	0	12	14	0	.950
2000	BAL	A	P	32	32	222	12	22	0	0	2	17	5	1	1.000
2001	BAL	A	P	23	23	138.1	14	18	0	1	1	13	5	1	1.000
2002	BAL	A	P	28	28	176	20	21	0	3	4	6	5	3	1.000
2003	SF	N	P	10	10	68	9	10	0	3	0	4	2	1	1.000
2003	BAL	A	P	21	21	148	12	18	1	2	1	8	2	0	.968
2003	Total		P	31	31	216	21	28	1	5	1	12	4	1	.980
2004	BAL	A	P	33	33	215.2	21	28	1	4	2	9	3	0	.980
2005	BAL	A	P	23	23	130.1	10	18	2	1	2	9	1	0	.933
2006	STL	N	P	14	13	68.2	4	7	1	1	0	2	3	0	.917
2006	NY	A	P	5	3	16.1	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	1.000
2006	Total		P	19	16	85	5	9	1	1	2	5	3	1	.933
2007	MIN	A	P	7	7	37.2	4	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.875
Total			P	259	245	1566	129	184	9	22	16	102	46	8	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1998	BAL	A	31	4	1	2	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	2	0	0
1999	BAL	A	32	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
2000	BAL	A	32	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	0
2001	BAL	A	23	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
2002	BAL	A	28	3	1	1	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1	0	0
2003	SF	N	10	22	1	2	0	.091	.091	.136	1	0	5	3	1
2003	BAL	A	21	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Total		31	27	1	2	0	.074	.074	.111	1	0	5	3	1
2004	BAL	A	33	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	0	0
2005	BAL	A	23	4	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
2006	STL	N	14	13	1	3	1	.231	.375	.231	0	3	6	5	0
2006	NY	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Total		19	13	1	3	1	.231	.375	.231	0	3	6	5	0
2007	MIN	A	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		24	35	2	5	1	.143	.211	.171	1	3	11	8	1
Total	AL		235	28	2	4	0	.143	.143	.214	2	0	9	3	0
Total			259	63	4	9	1	.143	.182	.190	3	3	20	11	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.