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Sidney Alton Ponson

First name: Sidney

Last name: Ponson

Birthdate: 1976-11-02

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 132260

Retro ID: ponss001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1998BAL0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
1999BAL0.00.00.00.00.00.00
2000BAL0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
2001BAL0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
2002BAL0.00.00.00.00.00.00
2003SFN0.30.00.30.00.10.30
2003BAL0.10.00.10.00.00.00
2004BAL0.10.00.10.00.00.00
2005BAL0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
2006SLN0.30.00.30.20.20.01
2008NYA0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career0.80.00.80.30.40.21

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1998BAL40000000001110.30.10.00.00.10
1999BAL4-1-100000001010.60.00.00.00.00
2000BAL30000000001110.80.10.00.00.10
2001BAL3-1-100000000-19.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
2002BAL3000000000009.60.00.00.00.00
2003SFN25-4-400000003-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
2003BAL5-1-100000001010.10.00.00.00.00
2004BAL5-1-100000001010.60.00.00.00.00
2005BAL40000000001110.00.10.00.00.10
2006SLN21-1-10-1000003110.10.10.00.00.10
2008NYA3-1-100000000-19.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career80-10-100-100000121-0.10.00.00.10

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1998 BAL AL 31 6.1 135.0 81 75 -2 4.35 10.5 0.14 0.01 -2 0.94 -2 -0.2 2.8 3.2 1.0 8
1999 BAL AL 32 9.6 210.0 118 116 3 6.56 10.5 0.25 0.01 2 1.00 2 0.2 5.0 4.6 2.2 15
2000 BAL AL 32 10.1 222.0 125 122 3 6.94 10.4 0.21 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 15
2001 BAL AL 23 6.3 138.3 83 71 -4 6.01 10.1 0.16 0.00 -6 1.00 -6 -0.6 2.6 3.8 0.7 8
2002 BAL AL 28 7.9 176.0 84 91 5 6.29 9.8 0.21 0.00 7 1.00 7 0.7 4.7 3.3 2.4 14
2003 BAL AL 21 6.6 148.0 65 80 0 7.05 9.6 0.18 0.00 19 1.00 19 2.0 5.3 1.3 3.4 16
2003 SFN NL 10 3.0 68.0 29 35 2 6.80 9.5 0.19 0.00 5 1.00 5 0.5 2.0 1.0 1.1 6
2004 BAL AL 33 9.7 215.7 136 120 -5 6.54 10.6 0.19 0.00 -7 1.00 -7 -0.7 4.1 5.5 1.3 12
2005 BAL AL 23 6.0 130.3 97 68 -6 5.67 10.7 0.13 0.08 -20 1.00 -20 -1.9 1.1 4.9 -0.7 3
2006 SLN NL 14 3.1 68.7 42 34 -2 4.91 9.9 0.24 -0.08 -5 0.97 -5 -0.5 1.0 2.0 0.1 3
2006 NYA AL 5 0.7 16.3 20 9 -2 3.26 11.7 -0.08 0.08 -9 0.88 -8 -0.7 -0.4 1.0 -0.6 -1
2007 MIN AL 7 1.7 37.7 31 20 -2 5.39 11.0 0.11 0.08 -9 1.00 -9 -0.8 0.1 1.7 -0.4 0
2008 NYA AL 16 3.7 80.0 53 45 -1 5.00 10.8 0.09 0.08 -6 0.99 -6 -0.6 1.2 2.4 0.1 4
2008 TEX AL 9 2.5 55.7 36 29 -2 6.19 10.3 0.09 0.08 -3 1.00 -3 -0.3 1.0 1.6 0.3 3
2009 KCA AL 14 2.7 58.7 50 31 -3 4.19 10.9 0.10 0.08 -14 1.00 -14 -1.3 0.1 2.7 -0.7 0
Career 298 79.7 1760.4 1050 946 -16 -48 -47 -4.2 35.6 44 12.2 106

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1998 BAL 18 -2.0 -2
1999 BAL 36 0.0 0
2000 BAL 29 0.0 0
2001 BAL 26 2.0 2
2002 BAL 29 1.0 1
2003 BAL 25 0.0 0
2003 SFN 11 0.0 0
2004 BAL 39 0.0 0
2005 BAL 26 -1.0 -1
2006 NYA 2 0.0 0
2006 SLN 11 -2.0 -2
2007 MIN 6 -1.0 -1
2008 NYA 20 2.0 2
2008 TEX 10 -2.0 -2
2009 KCA 19 2.0 2
307 -1.0 -1

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2003SFN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.00.00.00.00.00.00

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2003SFN1000000000009.60.00.00.00.00
Career100000000000-0.00.00.00.00

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2003 SFN MLB 1 0.2 5.0 4 3 0 5.00 11.2 0.18 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Career 1 0.2 5 4 3 0 -1 -1 -0.1 0 0.2 0 0

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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