NAME     : Sidney Ponson
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : Aruba
 
  BIRTHDAY : 11/2/1976
  AGE      : 26
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 225
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Starter
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $3,750,000 through 2007
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : VERY inconsistent
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Suffers
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

  DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
 
  Range at Pitcher :    C  (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)

  PITCHING RATINGS :
  (Rated by an average league scout)
 
  Duration as Starter  : C
  Duration as Reliever : *
  Holding Runners      : C
  Groundball Pct.      : 54
 
  Avoiding Runs        : 7
  Avoiding Hits        : 6  (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
  Avoiding Doubles     : 5  (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
  Avoiding Homeruns    : 5  (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average)
  Avoiding BB's        : 8  (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good)
  Getting Strikeouts   : 3  (VS. RHB : 2, VS. LHB : 3, Talent Average)
 
  Throwing Velocity    : 5
  Pitch Assortment     : , Fastball, Curveball, Sinker

  PITCHING STATS :
 
  Category        ERA  W  L  S   G GS    IP  HA   R  ER  BB   K
  Overall        4.33  9 12  0  24 24 147.2 156  74  71  49  79 
  At Home        4.46  5  6  0  14 14  80.2  86  40  40  33  48 
  Away           4.16  4  6  0  10 10  67.0  70  34  31  16  31 
  Last Week      1.50  1  0  0   1  1   6.0   4   1   1   4   4 
  This Week      0.00  0  0  0   0  0   0.0   0   0   0   0   0 
  Apr/Mar        4.91  2  2  0   6  6  33.0  40  18  18  11  22 
  May            3.86  3  2  0   5  5  28.0  32  13  12  12  17 
  June           3.86  3  2  0   6  6  39.2  42  17  17   8  18 
  July           5.56  0  5  0   5  5  34.0  36  23  21  11  16 
  August         2.08  1  1  0   2  2  13.0   6   3   3   7   6 
 

  CAREER STATS :
 
  YEAR    ERA  W  L  S   G CG SHO    IP  ER  BB   K  TEAMS
  1998   5.27  8  9  1  31  0   0 135.0  79  42  85  BAL
  1999   4.71 12 12  0  32  6   0 210.0 110  80 112  BAL
  2000   4.82  9 13  0  32  6   1 222.0 119  83 152  BAL
  2001   4.96  5 10  0  23  3   1 138.0  76  37  84  BAL
  2002   3.80 13 15  0  35  0   0 220.1  93  66 133  BAL,FLO
 
  Total ERA   : 4.60
  Total Wins  : 56
  Total Losses: 71
  Total Saves : 1
  Total SHO   : 3
  Total CG    : 18
  Total K's   : 645
  Total BB's  : 357
 
  
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Baltimore to Florida on 6/10/2002... Hit first career homerun on 9/25/2002, off Masato Yoshii (MON)...