You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > P Listing > Sidney Ponson Statistics and History

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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
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 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 9 898 117 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 3 276 113 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 69 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 71 1.694 11.4 1.1 3.8 5.1 1.33
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
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 43 2.020 14.3 1.7 3.9 8.3 2.14
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 63 1.885 12.9 1.7 4.1 5.5 1.35
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 88 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 2 252 113 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 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 59 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 89 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 89 1.484 10.2 1.1 3.1 5.3 1.69
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 67 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 59 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 63 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 3 276 113 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 2 252 113 1.563 11.5 0.5 2.6 4.0 1.56
AL (12 yrs) 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) 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

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 TOT MLB 12 21 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .231 .375 .231 .606 62 3 0 0 5 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 TOT AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 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
11 Seasons 37 80 65 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 14 .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 61 .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 9 .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

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
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 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
Active--1760.3--33rd

Games Started s c a p y
2004 AL--33--8th
Active--278--27th

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
Active--29--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 AL--1--4th
2001 AL--1--10th
2004 AL--2--1st
Active--4--40th

Home Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--35--2nd
2000 AL--30--7th
Active--223--22nd
Career--223--144th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active--609--33rd

Hits s c a p y
2000 AL--223--8th
2004 AL--265--1st
Active--2004--18th

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL--13--8th
2004 AL--15--3rd
Active--113--18th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL--110--10th
2000 AL--119--2nd
2004 AL--127--1st
Active--983--14th
Career--983--238th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 AL--10--7th
Active--53--40th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 AL--953--6th
2004 AL--954--2nd
Active--7676--30th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1492), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Jeff Weaver (957)
  2. Brett Tomko (946)
  3. Jose Lima (941)
  4. Frank Castillo (941)
  5. Jack Knott (937)
  6. Herm Wehmeier (935)
  7. Rick Helling (933)
  8. Jim Abbott (931)
  9. Eric Milton (927)
  10. Vic Sorrell (926)
Similar Pitchers through 31 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Steve Trachsel (952)
  2. Herm Wehmeier (935)
  3. Jim Abbott (931)
  4. Eric Milton (927)
  5. Esteban Loaiza (925)
  6. Jaime Navarro (925)
  7. Alex Kellner (923)
  8. Jeff Suppan (922)
  9. Todd Stottlemyre (919)
  10. Andy Hawkins (914)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Joe Haynes (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Bagby (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Bagby (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jeff Weaver (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Don Cardwell (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Livan Hernandez (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Livan Hernandez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Weaver (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Suppan (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Steve Trachsel (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Trachsel (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     CNN/SI     ESPN     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Sidney Ponson    

Viewed 99,627 times through November 7, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Sidney sydney Ponson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.