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Sidney Ponson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 225 lb.

Debut April 19, 1998

Born November 2, 1976 in Noord, Aruba

Cousin of Radhames Dykhoff

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 21 BAL AL   8   9  31  20   0   0   5  1  135.0  157   82   79  19   42   85   3   4   588   2   1  5.27  4.52   86 1.474 RoY-5
 1999 22 BAL AL  12  12  32  32   6   0   0  0  210.0  227  118  110  35   80  112   1   4   897   2   0  4.71  4.68   99 1.462
 2000 23 BAL AL   9  13  32  32   6   1   0  0  222.0  223  125  119  30   83  152   1   5   953   0   0  4.82  4.72   98 1.378
 2001 24 BAL AL   5  10  23  23   3   1   0  0  138.3  161   83   76  21   37   84   6   2   605   0   0  4.94  4.30   87 1.431
 2002 25 BAL AL   7   9  28  28   3   0   0  0  176.0  172   84   80  26   63  120   2   3   736   1   0  4.09  4.29  105 1.335
 2003 26 TOT     17  12  31  31   4   0   0  0  216.0  211   94   90  16   61  134   5   9   898   5   0  3.75  4.40  117 1.259
         BAL AL  14   6  21  21   4   0   0  0  148.0  147   65   62  10   43  100   4   6   622   2   0  3.77  4.48  119 1.284
         SFG NL   3   6  10  10   0   0   0  0   68.0   64   29   28   6   18   34   1   3   276   3   0  3.71  4.20  113 1.206
 2004 27 BAL AL  11  15  33  33   5   2   0  0  215.7  265  136  127  23   69  115   8   8   954   3   2  5.30  4.59   87 1.549
 2005 28 BAL AL   7  11  23  23   1   0   0  0  130.3  177   97   90  16   48   68   3  10   595   1   0  6.21  4.32   69 1.726
 2006 29 TOT      4   5  19  16   0   0   1  0   85.0  108   62   59  10   36   48   4   2   384   1   0  6.25  4.46   71 1.694
         STL NL   4   4  14  13   0   0   0  0   68.7   82   42   40   7   29   33   4   2   303   1   0  5.24  4.45   85 1.617
         NYY AL   0   1   5   3   0   0   1  0   16.3   26   20   19   3    7   15   0   0    81   0   0 10.47  4.52   43 2.020
 2007 30 MIN AL   2   5   7   7   0   0   0  0   37.7   54   31   29   7   17   23   3   0   181   1   0  6.93  4.33   63 1.885
 2008 31 TOT AL   6   1  13  13   1   0   0  0   78.3   99   47   35   6   27   36   5   3   354   1   0  4.02  4.14  103 1.609
         TEX AL   4   1   9   9   1   0   0  0   55.7   71   36   24   3   16   25   2   2   252   0   0  3.88  4.15  107 1.563
         NYY AL   2   0   4   4   0   0   0  0   22.7   28   11   11   3   11   11   3   1   102   1   0  4.37  4.11   94 1.721
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .463  88 102 272 258  29   4   6  1 1644.3 1854  959  894 209  563  977  41  50  7145  17   3  4.89  4.48   91 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  34  33   3   0   0  0  210.7  237  123  114  26   72  125   5   6   916   2   0  4.89  4.48   91 1.470
 Career High     17  15  33  33   6   2   5  1  222.0  265  136  127  35   83  152   8  10   954   5   2  3.75  4.72  117 1.259
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 BAL AL   2    4    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .500  .500  .500  165    2   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-5
 1999 22 BAL AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2000 23 BAL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 2001 24 BAL AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 25 BAL AL   2    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .667  163    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 26 TOT     12   27    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .074  .074  .111  -52    3   3   0   0   0   1
         BAL AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  10   22    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .091  .091  .136  -41    3   3   0   0   0   1
 2004 27 BAL AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 28 BAL AL  23    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .500   94    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 29 TOT     19   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  1   3   6  .231  .375  .231   62    3   5   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  14   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  1   3   6  .231  .375  .231   62    3   5   0   0   0   0
 2008 31 NYY AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      65   65    4    9   3  0   0    1   0  1   3  22  .138  .176  .185   -5   12  12   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        162   10   22   7  0   0    2   0  2   7  55  .138  .176  .185   -5   30  30   0   0   0   2
 Career High     23   27    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  1   3   6                           3   5   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 BAL AL    4    2    1  13.4   108| .500  .270| .500  .338| .500  .428|1.000  .766| 165  .849   0.4   0.0   0%
 1999 22 BAL AL    4    4    0   0.0   110| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .432| .000  .774|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2000 23 BAL AL    3    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .434| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2001 24 BAL AL    3    3    0   0.0   103| .000  .261| .000  .327| .000  .419| .000  .747|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2002 25 BAL AL    3    2    1  13.4   101| .333  .258| .333  .325| .667  .416|1.000  .741| 163  .861   0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 26 TOT      30   29    0   0.0   108| .074  .267| .074  .338| .111  .429| .185  .766| -52  .000  -6.0  -0.5   0%
         BAL AL    5    5    0   0.0   106| .000  .267| .000  .333| .000  .427| .000  .759|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         SFG NL   25   24    0   0.0   108| .091  .267| .091  .339| .136  .429| .227  .768| -41  .000  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 2004 27 BAL AL    5    5    0   0.0   108| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .430| .000  .766|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 2005 28 BAL AL    4    3    1   8.9   104| .250  .267| .250  .330| .500  .424| .750  .753|  94  .749   0.0   0.0   0%
 2006 29 TOT      21   16    2   3.4   112| .231  .271| .375  .342| .231  .440| .606  .782|  62  .317  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         STL NL   21   16    2   3.4   112| .231  .271| .375  .342| .231  .440| .606  .782|  62  .317  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2008 31 NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0   103| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .413| .000  .747|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       80   70    5   1.9   108| .138  .268| .176  .337| .185  .429| .361  .767|  -5  .144 -10.1  -1.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 BAL AL P 31 10 11 1 1 .955 .959 0.68 0.50 1.40 1.78 20 135.0 1999 22 BAL AL P 32 12 26 2 6 .950 .952 1.19 0.47 1.63 1.69 32 210.0 2000 23 BAL AL P 32 12 22 0 0 1.000 .955 1.06 0.46 1.38 1.62 32 222.0 2001 24 BAL AL P 23 14 18 0 1 1.000 .955 1.39 0.49 2.08 1.75 23 138.3 2002 25 BAL AL P 28 20 21 0 3 1.000 .958 1.46 0.48 2.10 1.69 28 176.0 2003 26 TOT P 31 21 28 1 5 .980 .957 1.58 0.49 2.04 1.77 31 216.0 BAL AL P 21 12 18 1 2 .968 .958 1.43 0.49 1.82 1.73 21 148.0 SFG NL P 10 9 10 0 3 1.000 .955 1.90 0.48 2.51 1.85 10 68.0 2004 27 BAL AL P 33 21 28 1 4 .980 .948 1.48 0.45 2.04 1.66 33 215.7 2005 28 BAL AL P 23 10 18 2 1 .933 .952 1.22 0.46 1.93 1.69 23 130.3 2006 29 TOT P 19 5 9 1 1 .933 .959 0.74 0.42 1.48 1.68 16 85.0 STL NL P 14 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.79 0.43 1.44 1.72 13 68.7 NYY AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.40 1.66 1.55 3 16.3 2007 30 MIN AL P 7 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 1.00 0.41 1.67 1.60 7 37.7 2008 31 TOT AL P 13 4 9 2 1 .867 .956 1.00 0.45 1.49 1.66 13 78.4 TEX AL P 9 4 5 2 0 .818 .957 1.00 0.44 1.45 1.66 9 55.7 NYY AL P 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 1.59 1.67 4 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 BAL AL P 31 10 11 1 1 .955 .959 0.68 0.50 1.40 1.78 20 135.0 1999 22 BAL AL P 32 12 26 2 6 .950 .952 1.19 0.47 1.63 1.69 32 210.0 2000 23 BAL AL P 32 12 22 0 0 1.000 .955 1.06 0.46 1.38 1.62 32 222.0 2001 24 BAL AL P 23 14 18 0 1 1.000 .955 1.39 0.49 2.08 1.75 23 138.3 2002 25 BAL AL P 28 20 21 0 3 1.000 .958 1.46 0.48 2.10 1.69 28 176.0 2003 26 TOT P 31 21 28 1 5 .980 .957 1.58 0.49 2.04 1.77 31 216.0 BAL AL P 21 12 18 1 2 .968 .958 1.43 0.49 1.82 1.73 21 148.0 SFG NL P 10 9 10 0 3 1.000 .955 1.90 0.48 2.51 1.85 10 68.0 2004 27 BAL AL P 33 21 28 1 4 .980 .948 1.48 0.45 2.04 1.66 33 215.7 2005 28 BAL AL P 23 10 18 2 1 .933 .952 1.22 0.46 1.93 1.69 23 130.3 2006 29 TOT P 19 5 9 1 1 .933 .959 0.74 0.42 1.48 1.68 16 85.0 STL NL P 14 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.79 0.43 1.44 1.72 13 68.7 NYY AL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.40 1.66 1.55 3 16.3 2007 30 MIN AL P 7 4 3 1 0 .875 .959 1.00 0.41 1.67 1.60 7 37.7 2008 31 TOT AL P 13 4 9 2 1 .867 .956 1.00 0.45 1.49 1.66 13 78.4 TEX AL P 9 4 5 2 0 .818 .957 1.00 0.44 1.45 1.66 9 55.7 NYY AL P 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.45 1.59 1.67 4 22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 272 133 193 11 23 .967 .955 1.20 0.47 1.78 1.70 258 1644.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 272 133 193 11 23 .967 .955 1.20 0.47 1.78 1.70 258 1644
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  SFG FLA     L   1   1   7.20  0  0  0  0   5     7   4   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2003   NLDS  SFG FLA     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
2003 AL-.700-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
2000 AL-9.04-10

Innings
1999 AL-210.0-10
2000 AL-222.0-5
2004 AL-215.7-9

Games Started
2004 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
1999 AL-6-2
2000 AL-6-3
2001 AL-3-9
2002 AL-3-9
2003 AL-4-4
2004 AL-5-1
2008 AL-1-10
Act-29-14

Shutouts
2000 AL-1-4
2001 AL-1-10
2004 AL-2-1

Home Runs Allow.
1999 AL-35-2
2000 AL-30-7
Act-209-30

Hits Allowed
2000 AL-223-8
2004 AL-265-1
Act-1854-26

Losses
2000 AL-13-8
2004 AL-15-3
Act-102-26

Earned Runs Allow.
1999 AL-110-10
2000 AL-119-2
2004 AL-127-1
Act-894-25

Wild Pitches
2005 AL-10-7

Batters Faced
2000 AL-953-6
2004 AL-954-2

Youngest Player
1998 AL-21-7

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1633) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.5 (1445) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 17, 1993: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

July 31, 2003: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Kurt Ainsworth, Damian Moss, and Ryan Hannaman (minors).

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

September 1, 2005: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

December 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 7, 2006: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 14, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 23, 2006: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 3, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Baltimore Orioles$170,000
1999Baltimore Orioles$250,000
2000Baltimore Orioles$400,000
2001Baltimore Orioles$2,100,000
2002Baltimore Orioles$2,650,000
2003Baltimore Orioles$4,250,000
2004Baltimore Orioles$3,000,000
2005Baltimore Orioles$8,500,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$1,000,000
2007Minnesota Twins$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,320,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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