Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1998
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1998
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 298
- W
- 91
- L
- 113
- ERA
- 5.03
- IP
- 1760.1
- K
- 1,031
- BB
- 609
- WHIP
- 1.48
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BAL | 31 | 8 | 9 | 5.27 | 135.0 | 85 | 42 | 1.47 |
| 1999 | BAL | 32 | 12 | 12 | 4.71 | 210.0 | 112 | 80 | 1.46 |
| 2000 | BAL | 32 | 9 | 13 | 4.82 | 222.0 | 152 | 83 | 1.38 |
| 2001 | BAL | 23 | 5 | 10 | 4.94 | 138.1 | 84 | 37 | 1.43 |
| 2002 | BAL | 28 | 7 | 9 | 4.09 | 176.0 | 120 | 63 | 1.34 |
| 2003 |  BAL/SF | 31 | 17 | 12 | 3.75 | 216.0 | 134 | 61 | 1.26 |
| 2004 | BAL | 33 | 11 | 15 | 5.30 | 215.2 | 115 | 69 | 1.55 |
| 2005 | BAL | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6.21 | 130.1 | 68 | 48 | 1.73 |
| 2006 |  STL/NYY | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6.25 | 85.0 | 48 | 36 | 1.69 |
| 2007 | MIN | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6.93 | 37.2 | 23 | 17 | 1.88 |
| 2008 | TEX/NYY | 25 | 8 | 5 | 5.04 | 135.2 | 58 | 48 | 1.61 |
| 2009 | KC | 14 | 1 | 7 | 7.36 | 58.2 | 32 | 25 | 1.77 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 7.20
- IP
- 5.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 0
- WHIP
- 1.40
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 123
- CG
- 29
- SHO
- 4
- K/9
- 5.3
- GB
- 1,263
- FB
- 1,122
- G/F
- 1.10
- WP
- 53
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BAL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | BAL | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | BAL | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | BAL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | BAL | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | BAL/SF | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2004 | BAL | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4.8 | 395 | 367 | 1.1 | 8 |
| 2005 | BAL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 252 | 224 | 1.1 | 10 |
| 2006 | STL/NYY | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 158 | 138 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 2007 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 74 | 64 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2008 | TEX/NYY | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 274 | 225 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2009 | KC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 110 | 104 | 1.1 | 2 |
What were Sidney Ponson's career stats?
Sidney Ponson played 12 seasons for the Orioles, the Twins and the Royals. He had 91 wins and 1,031 strikeouts with a 5.03 ERA over 1,760.1 innings. His best season was 2003: 17 wins, a 3.75 ERA and 134 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1998 to 2009
Sidney Ponson finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships
- 2006 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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