Sidney Ponson
Baltimore Orioles 1998–2003; San Francisco Giants 2003; Baltimore Orioles 2004–2005; New York Yankees 2006; St. Louis Cardinals 2006; Minnesota Twins 2007; New York Yankees 2008; Texas Rangers 2008; Kansas City Royals 2009
Percentile snapshot
2004 season — qualified pitchers
of 89 qualified 2004 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 172.8 | 165.5 | .449 | 0.4 |
| 1999 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -113.3 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -114.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 165.2 | 165.4 | .421 | 2.0 |
| 2003 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .111 | .185 | -71.3 | -52.1 | .081 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118.2 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 90.3 | 93.8 | .315 | -1.4 |
| 2006 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .375 | .231 | .606 | 76.9 | 62.7 | .306 | -0.7 |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.7 |
| 2008 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.6 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 79 | 42 | 85 | 19 | 135.0 | 5.27 | 1.474 | 5.67 | 4.79 | 105.3 | 86.4 | 0.4 |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 227 | 110 | 80 | 112 | 35 | 210.0 | 4.71 | 1.462 | 4.80 | 5.46 | 116.3 | 99.6 | 2.0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 119 | 83 | 152 | 30 | 222.0 | 4.82 | 1.378 | 6.16 | 4.75 | 102.6 | 95.9 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 161 | 76 | 37 | 84 | 21 | 138.3 | 4.94 | 1.431 | 5.47 | 4.79 | 114.3 | 84.8 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 172 | 80 | 63 | 120 | 26 | 176.0 | 4.09 | 1.335 | 6.14 | 4.72 | 112.5 | 102.6 | 2.0 |
| 2003 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 211 | 90 | 61 | 134 | 16 | 216.0 | 3.75 | 1.259 | 5.58 | 3.70 | 83.9 | 117.8 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 265 | 127 | 69 | 115 | 23 | 215.7 | 5.30 | 1.549 | 4.80 | 4.55 | 100.0 | 85.8 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 90 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 130.3 | 6.21 | 1.726 | 4.70 | 4.78 | 110.3 | 69.7 | -1.4 |
| 2006 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 59 | 36 | 48 | 10 | 85.0 | 6.25 | 1.694 | 5.08 | 4.94 | 110.7 | 71.4 | -0.7 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 37.7 | 6.93 | 1.885 | 5.50 | 6.10 | 140.3 | 62.8 | -0.7 |
| 2008 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 76 | 48 | 58 | 14 | 135.7 | 5.04 | 1.607 | 3.85 | 4.87 | 110.5 | 87.5 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 48 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 58.7 | 7.36 | 1.773 | 4.91 | 4.76 | 106.3 | 60.8 | -1.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-06-14 | BAL @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003-09-01 | SF @ AZ Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005-06-12 | BAL @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006-05-07 | STL @ MIA Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998-06-09 | BAL @ PHI Gameday | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-09-06 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000-08-05 | BAL @ TB Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2001-04-04 | BOS @ BAL Gameday | 7.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 2000-07-01 | TOR @ BAL Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 2003-05-03 | KC @ BAL Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.