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Sidney Ponson

Sidney Alton Ponson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees/Royals/Cardinals/Giants/... 1998-2009
Agents: Barry Praver [*]
Final Game: July 31, 2009
Relatives: Cousin of Radhames Dykhoff
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1000. Curt Leskanic… #1001. Bobby Jones… #1002. Scott Perry… #1003. SIDNEY PONSON… #1004. Henry Porter… #1005. Stump Wiedman… #1006. Connie Marrero…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1000. Curt Leskanic… #1001. Bobby Jones… #1002. Scott Perry… #1003. SIDNEY PONSON… #1004. Henry Porter… #1005. Stump Wiedman… #1006. Connie Marrero…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1994	17	BAL-min	Rk	4	3	.571	2.96	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	OLS · GULF
1995	18	BAL-min	Rk	6	3	.667	4.17	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	BLD · APPY
1996	19	BAL-min	A+	7	6	.538	3.45	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	FDK · CARL
1997	20	BAL-min	AA,Rk	3	7	.300	5.28	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	BOW,OLS · EL,GULF
1998	21	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	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	ROC · IL
1998	21	BAL	AL	8	9	.471	5.27	31	20	5	0	0	1	135.0	157	82	79	19	42	2	85	3	1	4	588	86	1.474	10.5	1.3	2.8	5.7	2.02	RoY-5
1999	22	BAL	AL	12	12	.500	4.71	32	32	0	6	0	0	210.0	227	118	110	35	80	2	112	1	0	4	897	99	1.462	9.7	1.5	3.4	4.8	1.40
2000	23	BAL	AL	9	13	.409	4.82	32	32	0	6	1	0	222.0	223	125	119	30	83	0	152	1	0	5	953	98	1.378	9.0	1.2	3.4	6.2	1.83
2001	24	BAL-min	AA	0	0		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	2.2	4.5	2.00	BOW · EL
2001	24	BAL	AL	5	10	.333	4.94	23	23	0	3	1	0	138.1	161	83	76	21	37	0	84	6	0	2	605	87	1.431	10.5	1.4	2.4	5.5	2.27
2002	25	BAL	AL	7	9	.438	4.09	28	28	0	3	0	0	176.0	172	84	80	26	63	1	120	2	0	3	736	105	1.335	8.8	1.3	3.2	6.1	1.90
2003	26	TOT	MLB	17	12	.586	3.75	31	31	0	4	0	0	216.0	211	94	90	16	61	5	134	5	0	9	898	118	1.259	8.8	0.7	2.5	5.6	2.20
2003	26	BAL	AL	14	6	.700	3.77	21	21	0	4	0	0	148.0	147	65	62	10	43	2	100	4	0	6	622	119	1.284	8.9	0.6	2.6	6.1	2.33
2003	26	SFG	NL	3	6	.333	3.71	10	10	0	0	0	0	68.0	64	29	28	6	18	3	34	1	0	3	276	114	1.206	8.5	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.89
2004	27	BAL	AL	11	15	.423	5.30	33	33	0	5	2	0	215.2	*265*	136	127	23	69	3	115	8	2	8	954	87	1.549	11.1	1.0	2.9	4.8	1.67
2005	28	BAL	AL	7	11	.389	6.21	23	23	0	1	0	0	130.1	177	97	90	16	48	1	68	3	0	10	595	70	1.726	12.2	1.1	3.3	4.7	1.42
2006	29	TOT	MLB	4	5	.444	6.25	19	16	1	0	0	0	85.0	108	62	59	10	36	1	48	4	0	2	384	72	1.694	11.4	1.1	3.8	5.1	1.33
2006	29	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	10.47	5	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	26	20	19	3	7	0	15	0	0	0	81	44	2.020	14.3	1.7	3.9	8.3	2.14
2006	29	STL	NL	4	4	.500	5.24	14	13	0	0	0	0	68.2	82	42	40	7	29	1	33	4	0	2	303	85	1.617	10.7	0.9	3.8	4.3	1.14
2007	30	MIN	AL	2	5	.286	6.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.2	54	31	29	7	17	1	23	3	0	0	181	62	1.885	12.9	1.7	4.1	5.5	1.35
2008	31	TEX-NYY-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.29	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	OKC,SWB · PCL,IL
2008	31	TOT	AL	8	5	.615	5.04	25	24	1	1	0	0	135.2	170	89	76	14	48	2	58	7	0	4	612	89	1.607	11.3	0.9	3.2	3.8	1.21
2008	31	TEX	AL	4	1	.800	3.88	9	9	0	1	0	0	55.2	71	36	24	3	16	0	25	2	0	2	252	115	1.563	11.5	0.5	2.6	4.0	1.56
2008	31	NYY	AL	4	4	.500	5.85	16	15	1	0	0	0	80.0	99	53	52	11	32	2	33	5	0	2	360	76	1.638	11.1	1.2	3.6	3.7	1.03
2009	32	KCR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	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	OMA · PCL
2009	32	KCR	AL	1	7	.125	7.36	14	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	79	50	48	6	25	1	32	2	0	2	273	60	1.773	12.1	0.9	3.8	4.9	1.28
12 Seasons				91	113	.446	5.03	298	278	7	29	4	1	1760.1	2004	1051	983	223	609	19	1031	45	3	53	7676	90	1.484	10.2	1.1	3.1	5.3	1.69
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.446	5.03	35	33	1	3	0	0	208	237	124	116	26	72	2	122	5	0	6	906	90	1.484	10.2	1.1	3.1	5.3	1.69
			Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
BAL (8 yrs)				73	85	.462	4.86	223	212	5	28	4	1	1375.1	1529	790	743	180	465	11	836	28	3	42	5950	93	1.450	10.0	1.2	3.0	5.5	1.80
NYY (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	6.63	21	18	2	0	0	0	96.1	125	73	71	14	39	2	48	5	0	2	441	68	1.702	11.7	1.3	3.6	4.5	1.23
KCR (1 yr)				1	7	.125	7.36	14	9	0	0	0	0	58.2	79	50	48	6	25	1	32	2	0	2	273	60	1.773	12.1	0.9	3.8	4.9	1.28
MIN (1 yr)				2	5	.286	6.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.2	54	31	29	7	17	1	23	3	0	0	181	62	1.885	12.9	1.7	4.1	5.5	1.35
SFG (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.71	10	10	0	0	0	0	68.0	64	29	28	6	18	3	34	1	0	3	276	114	1.206	8.5	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.89
STL (1 yr)				4	4	.500	5.24	14	13	0	0	0	0	68.2	82	42	40	7	29	1	33	4	0	2	303	85	1.617	10.7	0.9	3.8	4.3	1.14
TEX (1 yr)				4	1	.800	3.88	9	9	0	1	0	0	55.2	71	36	24	3	16	0	25	2	0	2	252	115	1.563	11.5	0.5	2.6	4.0	1.56

AL (12 yrs)			AL	84	103	.449	5.07	274	255	7	29	4	1	1623.2	1858	980	915	210	562	15	964	40	3	48	7097	89	1.490	10.3	1.2	3.1	5.3	1.72
NL (2 yrs)			NL	7	10	.412	4.48	24	23	0	0	0	0	136.2	146	71	68	13	47	4	67	5	0	5	579	97	1.412	9.6	0.9	3.1	4.4	1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1998	21	BAL	AL	135.0	20	82	90	-1	.9	8	0.6	$170,000	RoY-5
1999	22	BAL	AL	210.0	32	118	135	6	1.0	17	1.6	$250,000
2000	23	BAL	AL	222.0	32	125	152	-3	1.0	27	2.7	$400,000
2001	24	BAL	AL	138.1	23	83	87	-1	1.0	4	0.4	$2,100,000
2002	25	BAL	AL	176.0	28	84	107	5	1.1	23	2.4	$2,650,000
2003	26	BAL	AL	148.0	21	65	105	-6	.9	40	3.8	$4,250,000
2003	26	SFG	NL	68.0	10	29	38	2	1.1	9	0.9	$
2004	27	BAL	AL	215.2	33	136	152	-5	1.0	16	1.5	$3,000,000
2005	28	BAL	AL	130.1	23	97	84	0	.9	-13	-1.3	$8,500,000
2006	29	STL	NL	68.2	13	42	39	2	1.0	-3	-0.3	$1,000,000
2006	29	NYY	AL	16.1	3	20	11	0	.8	-9	-0.9	$
2007	30	MIN	AL	37.2	7	31	24	0	.9	-7	-0.6	$1,000,000
2008	31	TEX	AL	55.2	9	36	36	-1	1.0	0	0.0	$
2008	31	NYY	AL	80.0	15	53	53	1	1.1	0	0.0	$
2009	32	KCR	AL	58.2	9	50	41	-3	.8	-9	-0.9	$
12 Seasons				1760.1	278	1051	1154	-4	1.0	103	9.9	$23,320,000

BAL (8 yrs)				1375.1	212	790	912	-5	1.0	122	11.7	$21,320,000
NYY (2 yrs)				96.1	18	73	64	1	1.0	-9	-0.9	$
KCR (1 yr)				58.2	9	50	41	-3	.8	-9	-0.9	$
MIN (1 yr)				37.2	7	31	24	0	.9	-7	-0.6	$1,000,000
SFG (1 yr)				68.0	10	29	38	2	1.1	9	0.9	$
STL (1 yr)				68.2	13	42	39	2	1.0	-3	-0.3	$1,000,000
TEX (1 yr)				55.2	9	36	36	-1	1.0	0	0.0	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2003	26	SFG	NL	NLDS	L	FLA	0	0		7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	1.400	12.6	0.0	0.0	5.4
1 NLDS							0	0		7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	1.400	12.6	0.0	0.0	5.4

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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
1994	17	BAL-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OLS · GULF
1995	18	BAL-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BLD · APPY
1996	19	BAL-min	A+	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	FDK · CARL
1997	20	BAL-min	Rk,AA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OLS,BOW · GULF,EL
1998	21	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
1998	21	BAL	AL	31	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	32	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	32	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-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BOW · EL
2001	24	BAL	AL	23	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	28	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	31	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	21	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
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	11
2004	27	BAL	AL	33	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	23	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	TOT	MLB	19	21	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	.231	.375	.231	.606	62	3	0	0	5	0	0	1
2006	29	NYY	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/1
2006	29	STL	NL	14	21	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	.231	.375	.231	.606	62	3	0	0	5	0	0	1/1
2007	30	MIN	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	31	TEX-NYY-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC,SWB · PCL,IL
2008	31	TOT	AL	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2008	31	TEX	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2008	31	NYY	AL	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2009	32	KCR-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · PCL
2009	32	KCR	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				298	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	43	35	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	12	.138	.176	.185	.361	-5	7	1	0	7	0	0
				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
BAL (8 yrs)				223	31	28	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.214	.357	-7	6	0	0	3	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	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)				14	21	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	.231	.375	.231	.606	62	3	0	0	5	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				274	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)				24	46	35	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	11	.143	.211	.171	.382	1	6	1	0	8	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1998	21	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$170,000	1	RoY-5
1999	22	BAL	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$250,000	1
2000	23	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$400,000	1
2001	24	BAL	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,100,000	1
2002	25	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$2,650,000	1
2003	26	BAL	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,250,000	11
2003	26	SFG	NL	25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	11
2004	27	BAL	AL	5	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,000,000	1
2005	28	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$8,500,000	1
2006	29	STL	NL	21	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$1,000,000	1/1

2008	31	NYY	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
10 Seasons				80	-11	-1	0	0	0	6	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	-0.0	$22,320,000

BAL (8 yrs)				31	-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$21,320,000
SFG (1 yr)				25	-5	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				21	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$1,000,000
NYY (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1998	BAL	AL	21	P	31			135.0	22	10	11	1	1	.955			1.40	0.68	.958	1.78	1.76					RoY-5
1999	BAL	AL	22	P	32			210.0	40	12	26	2	6	.950			1.63	1.19	.952	1.69	1.66
2000	BAL	AL	23	P	32			222.0	35	13	22	0	0	1.000			1.42	1.09	.956	1.62	1.60
2001	BAL	AL	24	P	23			138.1	33	14	19	0	2	1.000			2.15	1.43	.955	1.75	1.74
2002	BAL	AL	25	P	28			176.0	41	20	21	0	3	1.000			2.10	1.46	.957	1.69	1.67
2003	TOT	MLB	26	P	31			216.0	50	21	28	1	5	.980	1	0	2.04	1.58	.957	1.76	1.75
2003	BAL	AL	26	P	21			148.0	31	12	18	1	2	.968	1	1	1.82	1.43	.957	1.73	1.71
2003	SFG	NL	26	P	10			68.0	19	9	10	0	3	1.000	0	0	2.51	1.90	.957	1.84	1.83
2004	BAL	AL	27	P	33			215.2	50	21	28	1	4	.980	-5	-5	2.04	1.48	.948	1.66	1.65
2005	BAL	AL	28	P	23			130.1	30	10	18	2	1	.933	-3	-5	1.93	1.22	.954	1.70	1.68
2006	TOT	MLB	29	P	19			85.0	15	5	9	1	1	.933	-2	-4	1.48	0.74	.958	1.68	1.66
2006	STL	NL	29	P	14			68.2	12	4	7	1	1	.917	-1	-3	1.44	0.79	.958	1.72	1.71
2006	NYY	AL	29	P	5			16.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-12	1.65	0.60	.957	1.54	1.54
2007	MIN	AL	30	P	7			37.2	8	4	3	1	0	.875	1	5	1.67	1.00	.955	1.60	1.59
2008	TOT	AL	31	P	25	24	1	135.2	31	7	21	3	1	.903	0	0	1.86	1.12	.952	1.60	1.59	3	5	63%	0
2008	TEX	AL	31	P	9	9	1	55.2	11	4	5	2	0	.818	-2	-7	1.46	1.00	.952	1.60	1.59	1	2	67%	0
2008	NYY	AL	31	P	16	15	0	80.0	20	3	16	1	1	.950	2	5	2.14	1.19	.952	1.60	1.59	2	3	60%	0
2009	KCR	AL	32	P	14			58.2	21	4	16	1	1	.952	2	7	3.07	1.43	.953	1.53	1.51
	12 Seasons			P	298	24	1	1760.1	376	141	222	13	25	.965	-6	-1	1.86	1.22	.954	1.68	1.67	3	5	63%	0
	12 Seasons			TOT	298	24	1	1760.1	376	141	222	13	25	.965	-6	-8	1.86	1.22	.954	1.68	1.67	3	5	63%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 2003 AL .700 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2000 AL 9.041 (10th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1999 AL 210.0 (10th) 2000 AL 222.0 (5th) 2004 AL 215.7 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 2004 AL 33 (8th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1999 AL 6 (2nd) 2000 AL 6 (3rd) 2001 AL 3 (9th) 2002 AL 3 (9th) 2003 AL 4 (4th) 2004 AL 5 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 2000 AL 1 (4th) 2001 AL 1 (10th) 2004 AL 2 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1999 AL 35 (2nd) 2000 AL 30 (7th) Career 223 (152nd)	Hits s c a p y 2000 AL 223 (8th) 2004 AL 265 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 2000 AL 13 (8th) 2004 AL 15 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1999 AL 110 (10th) 2000 AL 119 (2nd) 2004 AL 127 (1st) Career 983 (244th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2005 AL 10 (7th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2000 AL 953 (6th) 2004 AL 954 (2nd)
Putouts as P s c a p y 2004 AL 21 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1998 AL born 1976-11-02 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 30 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1553), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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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 Ryan Hannaman (minors), Kurt Ainsworth and Damian Moss.
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 10, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
May 18, 2007: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
March 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
June 16, 2008: Released by the Texas Rangers.
June 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
March 17, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
August 12, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	21	Baltimore Orioles	$170,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	22	Baltimore Orioles	$250,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	23	Baltimore Orioles	$400,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	24	Baltimore Orioles	$2,100,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	25	Baltimore Orioles	$2,650,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	26	Baltimore Orioles	$4,250,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	27	Baltimore Orioles	$3,000,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	28	Baltimore Orioles	$8,500,000
2006	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,000,000
2007	30	Minnesota Twins	$1,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$23,320,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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