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

Born: November 2, 1976 in Noord, Aruba
High School: Noord (Noord, AW)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1998
Relatives: Cousin of Radhames Dykhoff
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 21 BAL AL 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 165 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-5
1999 22 BAL AL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2000 23 BAL AL 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2001 24 BAL AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 25 BAL AL 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 163 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 26 TOT MLB 12 30 27 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .074 .074 .111 .185 -52 3 1 0 3 0 0 1
2003 26 BAL AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 26 SFG NL 10 25 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .136 .227 -41 3 1 0 3 0 0 1
2004 27 BAL AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 28 BAL AL 2 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 94 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 STL NL 12 21 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 .231 .375 .231 .606 62 3 0 0 5 0 0 1
2008 31 NYY AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 37 80 65 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 22 .138 .176 .185 .361 -5 12 1 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 350 285 18 39 13 0 0 4 0 4 13 96 .138 .176 .185 .361 -5 53 4 0 53 0 0
BAL (8 yrs) 14 31 28 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .214 .357 -7 6 0 0 3 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 10 25 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .136 .227 -41 3 1 0 3 0 0
STL (1 yr) 12 21 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 .231 .375 .231 .606 62 3 0 0 5 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 15 34 30 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .133 .133 .200 .333 -13 6 0 0 4 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 22 46 35 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 11 .143 .211 .171 .382 1 6 1 0 8 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1998 21 BAL AL 4 2 1 13.4 108 1.000 .500 .270 .500 .338 .500 .428 1.000 .766 165 .849 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1999 22 BAL AL 4 4 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .432 .000 .774 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2000 23 BAL AL 3 3 0 0.0 111 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .434 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2001 24 BAL AL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .327 .000 .419 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2002 25 BAL AL 3 2 1 13.4 101 .500 .333 .258 .333 .325 .667 .416 1.000 .741 163 .861 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
2003 26 TOT MLB 30 29 0 0.0 108 .091 .074 .267 .074 .338 .111 .429 .185 .766 -52 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .115 .037 .037
2003 26 BAL AL 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .267 .000 .333 .000 .427 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2003 26 SFG NL 25 24 0 0.0 108 .118 .091 .267 .091 .339 .136 .429 .227 .768 -41 .000 -4.6 -0.4 .143 .045 .045
2004 27 BAL AL 5 5 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .430 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2005 28 BAL AL 4 3 1 8.9 104 .250 .250 .267 .250 .330 .500 .424 .750 .753 94 .749 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .250
2006 29 STL NL 21 16 2 3.4 112 .429 .231 .271 .375 .342 .231 .440 .606 .782 62 .317 -0.6 -0.1 .455 .154 .000
2008 31 NYY AL 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .426 .000 .766 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
13 Seasons 80 70 5 1.9 108 .209 .138 .268 .176 .337 .185 .430 .361 .767 -5 .144 -10.1 -1.0 .241 .077 .046
162 Game Avg. 350 306 22 1.9 108 .209 .138 .268 .176 .337 .185 .430 .361 .767 -5 .144 -10.1 -1.0 .241 .077 .046
BAL (8 yrs) 31 27 3 3.0 106 .211 .143 .266 .143 .333 .214 .426 .357 .759 -7 .267 -4.3 -0.4 .250 .071 .071
SFG (1 yr) 25 24 0 0.0 108 .118 .091 .267 .091 .339 .136 .429 .227 .768 -41 .000 -4.6 -0.4 .143 .045 .045
STL (1 yr) 21 16 2 3.4 112 .429 .231 .271 .375 .342 .231 .440 .606 .782 62 .317 -0.6 -0.1 .455 .154 .000
NYY (2 yrs) 3 3 0 0.0 108 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .426 .000 .766 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (11 yrs) 34 30 3 2.7 106 .211 .133 .267 .133 .334 .200 .426 .333 .760 -13 .232 -4.9 -0.5 .231 .067 .067
NL (2 yrs) 46 40 2 1.3 110 .208 .143 .269 .211 .340 .171 .433 .382 .773 1 .082 -5.2 -0.5 .250 .086 .029

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 26 SFG NL NLDS FLA L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 21 BAL AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 50% 100% 0.0% 0%
1999 22 BAL AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 75% 0%
2000 23 BAL AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
2001 24 BAL AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 0.00 67% 0% 0.0% 50%
2002 25 BAL AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 0.00 0.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0%
2003 26 TOT MLB 30 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 3.3% 50% 5.4 1.57 2.13 73% 8% 0.0% 0%
2003 26 BAL AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.67 0.67 100% 20% 0.0% 0%
2003 26 SFG NL 25 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 4.0% 50% 4.4 2.25 3.00 68% 5% 0.0% 0%
2004 27 BAL AL 5 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20% 0%
2005 28 BAL AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 3.00 100% 25% 0.0% 0%
2006 29 STL NL 21 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.2 13.0 1.33 1.75 33% 8% 0.0% 33%
2008 31 NYY AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
11 Seasons 80 0.0% 27.5% 3.8% 3.8% 33% 7.33 3.0 65.0 1.29 2.33 54% 13% 0.0% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 21 BAL AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 BAL AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 24 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 SFG NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 BAL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 28 BAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2006 29 STL NL 0 0 17% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 0 0 33% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1998 21 BAL AL 4 50% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 BAL AL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 23 BAL AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2001 24 BAL AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 30 23% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 8 1 13% 9 1 11% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2003 26 BAL AL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2003 26 SFG NL 25 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 8 1 13% 8 1 13% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2004 27 BAL AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 28 BAL AL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 STL NL 21 67% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 8 0 0% 7 4 57% 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2008 31 NYY AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 80 35% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 63% 24 1 4% 25 8 32% 56 1 2% 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 21 BAL AL 4 14 3.50 10 71% 30% 0% 50% 20% 70% 0% 50% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1999 22 BAL AL 4 6 1.50 6 100% 0% 17% 17% 67% 100% 100% 83% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 BAL AL 3 7 2.33 7 100% 14% 14% 43% 29% 86% 86% 83% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 24 BAL AL 3 6 2.00 6 100% 17% 50% 0% 33% 83% 83% 40% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 25 BAL AL 3 10 3.33 7 70% 14% 43% 14% 29% 86% 0% 60% 50% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 30 81 2.70 60 74% 15% 15% 28% 42% 85% 0% 63% 82% 70% 7% 2 0 13% 4 2 7% 2 1 60% 0 0 0
2003 26 BAL AL 5 16 3.20 11 69% 36% 18% 0% 45% 64% 0% 44% 71% 40% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2003 26 SFG NL 25 65 2.60 49 75% 10% 14% 35% 41% 90% 0% 68% 84% 76% 4% 1 0 12% 3 2 4% 1 1 60% 0 0 0
2004 27 BAL AL 5 16 3.20 13 81% 23% 46% 23% 8% 77% 0% 63% 40% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2005 28 BAL AL 4 11 2.75 8 73% 13% 25% 13% 50% 88% 0% 64% 71% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 STL NL 21 67 3.19 42 63% 19% 19% 33% 29% 81% 0% 51% 76% 52% 10% 2 0 10% 2 0 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 31 NYY AL 3 8 2.67 7 88% 43% 14% 29% 14% 57% 0% 50% 75% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 80 226 2.83 166 73% 18% 20% 28% 33% 82% 0% 60% 75% 65% 5% 4 0 8% 6 2 4% 3 1 32% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 21 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 165 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 3 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 51 2 0 0 1 0 0
2000 23 4 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 2 0 0 3 0 0
2001 24 6 14 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 -3 2 0 0 3 0 0
2002 25 8 17 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 3 0 0
2003 26 20 47 41 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .122 .122 .171 .293 -24 7 1 0 6 0 0
2004 27 22 52 46 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .109 .109 .152 .261 -32 7 1 0 6 0 0
2005 28 24 56 50 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .120 .120 .180 .300 -22 9 1 0 6 0 0
2006 29 72 154 126 8 18 6 0 0 2 0 2 6 40 .143 .182 .190 .372 -2 24 2 0 22 0 0
2007 30 36 77 63 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 20 .143 .182 .190 .372 -2 12 1 0 11 0 0
2008 31 74 160 130 8 18 6 0 0 2 0 2 6 44 .138 .176 .185 .361 -5 24 2 0 24 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 21 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
1999 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2000 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
2001 24 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
2002 25 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
2003 26 12 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
2004 27 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
2005 28 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2
2006 29 12 16 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 .231 .375 .231 .606 1 12
2008 31 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
10 Seasons 37 68 65 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 22 .046 .088 .046 .134 4 37
162 Game Avg. 162 298 285 13 13 0 0 0 4 0 13 96 .046 .088 .046 .134 18 37

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL--born 1976-11-02--7th

                                         

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