Sidney Ponson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: November 2, 1976 in Noord, Aruba aw

High School: Noord (Noord, Aruba)

Debut: April 19, 1998 (Age 21-168d, 17,232nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: July 31, 2009 (Age 32-271d)
vs. TBR 4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 7 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Barry Praver

Full Name: Sidney Alton Ponson

Pronunciation: \PON-sohn\

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Relatives: Cousin of Radhames Dykhoff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

113

ERA

5.03

298

278

1760.1

1031

WHIP

1.484

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.71	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	98	5.39	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	4.66	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	2.3	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	4.74	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	4.63	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	3.67	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	3.51	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	4.02	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	86	4.44	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	4.75	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	4.96	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	4.95	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	44	4.98	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	62	6.03	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	88	4.83	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	3.90	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	5.48	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	4.72	1.773	12.1	0.9	3.8	4.9	1.28
12 Yrs				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	4.67	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	4.67	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.63	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	5.40	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	4.72	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	6.03	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	4.02	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	4.95	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	3.90	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	4.69	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	4.49	1.412	9.6	0.9	3.1	4.4	1.43

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