Sidney Ponson

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: November 2, 1976 in Noord, Aruba aw

High School: Noord (Noord, Aruba)

Last Game: July 31, 2009 (Age 32-271d)
vs. TBR 4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Barry Praver

Full Name: Sidney Alton Ponson

Pronunciation: \PON-sohn\

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Relatives: Cousin of Radhames Dykhoff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

113

ERA

5.03

298

278

1760.1

1031

WHIP

1.484

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1994	17	-2.1	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	4	3	.571	2.96	3.70	12	10	0	1	0	0	73.0	68	30	24	5	17	0	53	2	4	2	300	1.164	8.4	0.6	2.1	6.5	3.12
1995	18	-2.2	Bluefield	APPY	Rk	BAL	6	3	.667	4.17	5.10	13	13	0	0	0	0	77.2	79	44	36	7	16	0	56	1	3	4	324	1.223	9.2	0.8	1.9	6.5	3.50
1996	19	-3.6	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	7	6	.538	3.45	4.71	18	16	2	3	0	0	107.0	98	56	41	6	28	0	110	5	3	6	443	1.178	8.2	0.5	2.4	9.3	3.93
1997	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	BAL	3	7	.300	5.28	5.99	14	13	0	1	1	0	76.2	77	51	45	11	32	2	57	3	1	1	334	1.422	9.0	1.3	3.8	6.7	1.78
1997	20	-3.9	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	2	7	.222	5.42	6.15	13	13	0	1	1	0	74.2	77	51	45	11	32	2	56	3	1	1	328	1.460	9.3	1.3	3.9	6.8	1.75
1997	20	0.5	Orioles	GULF	Rk	BAL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
1998	21	-5.6	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	20	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
1998	21	-8.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	8	9	.471	5.27	5.47	31	20	5	0	0	1	135.0	157	82	79	19	42	2	85	3	1	4	588	1.474	10.5	1.3	2.8	5.7	2.02
1999	22	-7.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	12	12	.500	4.71	5.06	32	32	0	6	0	0	210.0	227	118	110	35	80	2	112	1	0	4	897	1.462	9.7	1.5	3.4	4.8	1.40
2000	23	-5.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	9	13	.409	4.82	5.07	32	32	0	6	1	0	222.0	223	125	119	30	83	0	152	1	0	5	953	1.378	9.0	1.2	3.4	6.2	1.83
2001	24	-0.2	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
2001	24	-4.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	5	10	.333	4.94	5.40	23	23	0	3	1	0	138.1	161	83	76	21	37	0	84	6	0	2	605	1.431	10.5	1.4	2.4	5.5	2.27
2002	25	-3.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	9	.438	4.09	4.30	28	28	0	3	0	0	176.0	172	84	80	26	63	1	120	2	0	3	736	1.335	8.8	1.3	3.2	6.1	1.90
2003	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	SFG	17	12	.586	3.75	3.92	31	31	0	4	0	0	216.0	211	94	90	16	61	5	134	5	0	9	898	1.259	8.8	0.7	2.5	5.6	2.20
2003	26	-2.6	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	14	6	.700	3.77	3.95	21	21	0	4	0	0	148.0	147	65	62	10	43	2	100	4	0	6	622	1.284	8.9	0.6	2.6	6.1	2.33
2003	26	-2.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	3	6	.333	3.71	3.84	10	10	0	0	0	0	68.0	64	29	28	6	18	3	34	1	0	3	276	1.206	8.5	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.89
2004	27	-2.0	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	11	15	.423	5.30	5.68	33	33	0	5	2	0	215.2	265	136	127	23	69	3	115	8	2	8	954	1.549	11.1	1.0	2.9	4.8	1.67
2005	28	-1.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	11	.389	6.21	6.70	23	23	0	1	0	0	130.1	177	97	90	16	48	1	68	3	0	10	595	1.726	12.2	1.1	3.3	4.7	1.42
2006	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	4	5	.444	6.25	6.56	19	16	1	0	0	0	85.0	108	62	59	10	36	1	48	4	0	2	384	1.694	11.4	1.1	3.8	5.1	1.33
2006	29	-0.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	4	.500	5.24	5.50	14	13	0	0	0	0	68.2	82	42	40	7	29	1	33	4	0	2	303	1.617	10.7	0.9	3.8	4.3	1.14
2006	29	0.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	10.47	11.02	5	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	26	20	19	3	7	0	15	0	0	0	81	2.020	14.3	1.7	3.9	8.3	2.14
2007	30	1.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	2	5	.286	6.93	7.41	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.2	54	31	29	7	17	1	23	3	0	0	181	1.885	12.9	1.7	4.1	5.5	1.35
2007-08	30	2.3	Escogido	DOWL	FgW		1	1	.500	1.23	1.23	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	55	0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
2008	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	TEX	1	2	.333	3.29	3.62	6	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	28	11	10	3	12	0	14	0	0	2	117	1.463	9.2	1.0	4.0	4.6	1.17
2008	31		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-TEX	8	5	.615	5.04	5.90	25	24	1	1	0	0	135.2	170	89	76	14	48	2	58	7	0	4	612	1.607	11.3	0.9	3.2	3.8	1.21
2008	31	4.1	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	2	.333	3.47	3.47	5	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	25	9	9	3	9	0	12	0	0	2	100	1.457	9.6	1.2	3.5	4.6	1.33
2008	31	3.9	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		2.25	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	17	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
2008	31	2.7	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	4	1	.800	3.88	5.82	9	9	0	1	0	0	55.2	71	36	24	3	16	0	25	2	0	2	252	1.563	11.5	0.5	2.6	4.0	1.56
2008	31	2.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	4	.500	5.85	5.96	16	15	1	0	0	0	80.0	99	53	52	11	32	2	33	5	0	2	360	1.638	11.1	1.2	3.6	3.7	1.03
2009	32	5.0	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	2	1	.667	2.18	2.18	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	34	8	8	2	5	0	19	0	0	1	127	1.182	9.3	0.5	1.4	5.2	3.80
2009	32	3.9	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	7	.125	7.36	7.67	14	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	79	50	48	6	25	1	32	2	0	2	273	1.773	12.1	0.9	3.8	4.9	1.28
2010	33	3.6	Long Island	ATLL	Ind		4	5	.444	5.64	6.04	11	11	0	1	1	0	67.0	85	45	42	6	20	0	29	6	0	2	298	1.567	11.4	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.45
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		91	113	.446	5.03	5.37	298	278	7	29	4	1	1760.1	2004	1051	983	223	609	19	1031	45	3	53	7676	1.484	10.2	1.1	3.1	5.3	1.69
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		24	22	.522	3.66	4.46	71	65	2	5	1	0	403.2	391	200	164	34	112	2	314	11	11	16	1679	1.246	8.7	0.8	2.5	7.0	2.80
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		1	1	.500	1.23	1.23	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	55	0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
Other (1 season)					Other		4	5	.444	5.64	6.04	11	11	0	1	1	0	67.0	85	45	42	6	20	0	29	6	0	2	298	1.567	11.4	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.45
All Levels (17 Seasons)							120	141	.460	4.77	5.20	383	357	9	35	6	1	2245.2	2488	1298	1191	263	745	21	1382	62	14	71	9708	1.440	10.0	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.86

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	2.48	2.62	13	12	0	0	0	0	65.1	66	19	18	5	18	0	36	0	0	3	264	1.286	9.1	0.7	2.5	5.0	2.00
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		2	7	.222	5.15	5.83	14	14	0	1	1	0	78.2	80	51	45	11	33	2	58	3	1	1	342	1.436	9.2	1.3	3.8	6.6	1.76
A+ (1 season)					Minors		7	6	.538	3.45	4.71	18	16	2	3	0	0	107.0	98	56	41	6	28	0	110	5	3	6	443	1.178	8.2	0.5	2.4	9.3	3.93
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		11	6	.647	3.54	4.36	26	23	0	1	0	0	152.2	147	74	60	12	33	0	110	3	7	6	630	1.179	8.7	0.7	1.9	6.5	3.33