Sidney Ponson stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2009

Starting Pitcher · #47

Age 50 · 6' 1"

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Sidney Ponson played 12 MLB seasons, 1998 to 2009.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
298
W
91
L
113
ERA
5.03
IP
1,760.1
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.

Standard by season
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.
1998BAL31895.27135.085421.47
1999BAL3212124.71210.0112801.46
2000BAL329134.82222.0152831.38
2001BAL235104.94138.184371.43
2002BAL28794.09176.0120631.34
2003BAL/SF3117123.75216.0134611.26
2004BAL3311155.30215.2115691.55
2005BAL237116.21130.168481.73
2006STL/NYY19456.2585.048361.69
2007MIN7256.9337.223171.88
2008TEX/NYY25855.04135.258481.61
2009KC14177.3658.232251.77

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
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.
1998BAL8005.70004
1999BAL19604.80004
2000BAL13616.20005
2001BAL7315.50002
2002BAL16306.10003
2003BAL/SF18405.60009
2004BAL14524.83953671.18
2005BAL7104.72522241.110
2006STL/NYY6005.11581381.12
2007MIN1005.574641.20
2008TEX/NYY10103.82742251.24
2009KC4004.91101041.12

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
50 yearsNov 2, 1976
Height
6' 1"
Debut
1998
Birthplace
Noord, Aruba

Latest performance

Sidney Ponson

Jul 31 · @ TB · L 8-2

IP
4.1
H
8
R
7
ER
7
BB
3
K
2
HR
1
ERA
7.36

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Fri, Jul 31atTBL 8-24.18772
Sun, Jul 26vsTEXL 7-265004
Tue, Jul 21vsLAAL 8-558662
Fri, May 29vsCHWL 11-20.14440
Mon, May 25vsDETL 13-13.24332
Wed, May 20vsCLEL 6-51.12220

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

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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Playoff series

Sidney Ponson played 1 game across 1 MLB postseason in one series — 0 won, 1 lost.

Sidney Ponson's line in each playoff series
SeasonOppSeriesGIPIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.HH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ERER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.KK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2003MIALost 0-115.0743

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.