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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 BAL AL 21 P 31 20 135.0 22 10 11 1 1 .955 1.40 0.68 .959 1.78 0.50 RoY-5
1999 BAL AL 22 P 32 32 210.0 40 12 26 2 6 .950 1.63 1.19 .952 1.69 0.47
2000 BAL AL 23 P 32 32 222.0 34 12 22 0 0 1.000 1.38 1.06 .953 1.62 0.46
2001 BAL AL 24 P 23 23 138.1 32 14 18 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.39 .953 1.75 0.49
2002 BAL AL 25 P 28 28 176.0 41 20 21 0 3 1.000 2.10 1.46 .956 1.69 0.48
2003 TOT MLB 26 P 31 31 216.0 50 21 28 1 5 .980 2.04 1.58 .956 1.77 0.49
2003 BAL AL 26 P 21 21 148.0 31 12 18 1 2 .968 1.82 1.43 .958 1.73 0.49
2003 SFG NL 26 P 10 10 68.0 19 9 10 0 3 1.000 2.51 1.90 .953 1.85 0.48
2004 BAL AL 27 P 33 33 215.2 50 21 28 1 4 .980 2.04 1.48 .946 1.66 0.45
2005 BAL AL 28 P 23 23 130.1 30 10 18 2 1 .933 1.93 1.22 .953 1.69 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 29 P 19 16 85.0 15 5 9 1 1 .933 1.48 0.74 .960 1.68 0.42
2006 STL NL 29 P 14 13 68.2 12 4 7 1 1 .917 1.44 0.79 .958 1.72 0.43
2006 NYY AL 29 P 5 3 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.60 .967 1.54 0.40
2007 MIN AL 30 P 7 7 37.2 8 4 3 1 0 .875 1.67 1.00 .962 1.60 0.41
2008 TOT AL 31 P 25 24 135.2 31 7 21 3 1 .903 1.86 1.12 .952 1.60 0.42
2008 TEX AL 31 P 9 9 55.2 11 4 5 2 0 .818 1.46 1.00 .955 1.60 0.42
2008 NYY AL 31 P 16 15 80.0 20 3 16 1 1 .950 2.14 1.19 .950 1.60 0.42
2009 KCR AL 32 P 14 9 58.2 21 4 16 1 1 .952 3.07 1.43 .952 1.53 0.40
12 Seasons P 298 278 1760.1 374 140 221 13 24 .965 1.85 1.21 .953 1.68 0.46
12 Seasons TOT 298 278 1760.1 374 140 221 13 24 .965 1.85 1.21 .919 1.68 0.46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 BAL AL 21 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BAL AL 22 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 BAL AL 23 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BAL AL 24 23 2 2 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BAL AL 25 28 2 2 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BAL AL 26 21 2 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SFG NL 26 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 BAL AL 27 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BAL AL 28 23 2 2 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 29 14 12 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 29 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 30 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 NYY AL 31 16 1 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 TEX AL 31 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 KCR AL 32 14 9 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 298 46 37 298 298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 BAL AL 21 617 79% 30% 16 69% 1 9 0 7 11 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1999 BAL AL 22 927 79% 31% 29 97% 0 12 1 9 26 19 5 2 0 2 0 1 6 5 6 0 1 100%
2000 BAL AL 23 978 76% 29% 21 100% 0 12 0 12 22 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2001 BAL AL 24 626 80% 34% 21 100% 0 14 1 11 19 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
2002 BAL AL 25 753 75% 32% 23 100% 0 4 3 1 25 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 100%
2003 BAL AL 26 638 77% 38% 24 79% 1 12 1 8 18 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0%
2003 SFG NL 26 284 81% 43% 10 90% 0 9 0 6 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 100%
2004 BAL AL 27 976 80% 39% 31 94% 0 21 1 18 28 22 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 5 100%
2005 BAL AL 28 617 81% 40% 21 86% 1 10 1 9 18 14 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
2006 STL NL 29 312 79% 40% 8 88% 0 4 0 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2006 NYY AL 29 86 74% 31% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 30 184 77% 40% 4 75% 0 4 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 NYY AL 31 368 81% 41% 21 76% 1 3 0 3 16 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 33%
2008 TEX AL 31 257 83% 44% 9 56% 1 4 1 3 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 KCR AL 32 278 79% 38% 17 94% 1 4 0 3 16 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
12 Seasons 7901 79% 35% 256 89% 6 123 9 98 226 172 21 13 2 4 7 5 25 13 21 4 28 82%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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