#71 Sidney Ponson, Starting Pitcher, 26 yrs, Chicago (C) Cubs

#71 Sidney Ponson, Starting Pitcher, 26 yrs, Chicago (C) Cubs
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Sidney Ponson

11/2/1976
26
Aruba,,Noord
6"1
220

Starting Pitcher
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R

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
2003 (Possible Arbitration)
2 Year(s), 128 Days (472 total Days)
74 Day(s)
3 Year(s), 54 Days (570 total Days)
11 Year(s)

2 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	7	7	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	6	7	7
Versus RHB	5	8	8
Talent	5	7	7

Pitching Ratings
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8
60
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Sinker
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	7	1	1	2
Versus LHP	5	7	1	1	2
Versus RHP	5	7	1	1	2
Talent	5	3	1	1	2

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/10	@SF	L 5-8	*	5.2	9	6	4	3	5	L
4/16	ATL	L 1-16	*	4	2	2	2	4	4	L
6/2	STL	L 0-13		3	1	3	3	6	3
6/8	CHW	L 4-14		1	0	0	0	0	1

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	4	2	0	2	0	5.93	13.2	12	11	9	13	13	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	10	5	0	5	0	5.93	35.0	31	28	23	33	33

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	2	2	16.5	7.9	8.6	8.6	2	0	.0	4	0	.0	6.83

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	29	7	1	0	3	7	7	8	8	0	0	0	.241	.405	.586	.992
vs. RHB	20	5	0	0	0	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	.250	.385	.250	.635

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	3	1	0	1	0	5.63	8.0	3	5	5	10	8
Road	1	1	0	1	0	6.35	5.2	9	6	4	3	5
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Last Week	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	3.0	1	3	3	6	3

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	2	2	0	2	0	5.59	9.2	11	8	6	7	9
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	2	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.0	1	3	3	6	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2000	10	10	1	6	0	7.22	52.1	73	45	42	14	19	34	0	0	1.76	.341	HOU
2001	40	40	5	24	0	7.07	220.1	293	181	173	49	92	172	0	0	1.75	.351	HOU
2002	36	30	8	12	0	5.08	179.0	199	109	101	23	67	140	0	0	1.49	.322	HOU CHC
2003	4	2	0	2	0	5.93	13.2	12	11	9	3	13	13	0	0	1.83	.273	CHC
Total	90	82	14	44	0	6.29	465.1	577	346	325	89	191	359	0	0	1.65	.337

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1993, A	29	0	8	6	13	6.14	29.1	34	22	20	3	19	19	0	0	1.81	.333
1994, A	19	19	7	4	0	4.09	110.0	106	55	50	13	53	71	0	0	1.45	.272
1995, A	18	18	10	3	0	2.90	114.2	94	40	37	8	56	88	1	0	1.31	.263
1996, A	6	6	3	1	0	4.22	32.0	36	16	15	4	20	26	0	0	1.75	.337
1996, AA	22	22	6	8	0	3.76	134.0	122	65	56	13	63	128	0	0	1.38	.296
1997, AA	29	29	14	5	0	2.89	177.2	147	61	57	17	82	157	0	0	1.29	.269
1998, AA	20	20	11	3	0	3.37	120.1	106	50	45	13	48	110	0	0	1.28	.284
1999, AA	19	19	14	2	0	2.77	120.1	88	37	37	11	33	118	0	0	1.01	.252
1999, AAA	7	7	0	3	0	2.82	44.2	43	16	14	6	17	41	0	0	1.34	.294
2000, AAA	23	23	8	8	0	3.53	150.1	154	69	59	23	42	125	0	0	1.30	.296

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2000	10	13	4	2	0	0	1	4	2	6	0	0	.308	.375	.462	.837	HOU
2001	40	67	12	2	0	0	7	3	5	32	0	0	.179	.236	.209	.445	HOU
2002	36	60	12	5	0	0	2	7	2	27	0	0	.200	.226	.283	.509	HOU CHC
2003	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHC
Total	90	144	28	9	0	0	10	14	9	67	0	0	.194	.240	.257	.497

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

13.2

1.32

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 3/4/1993 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 4/7/1994 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days...
Injured on 4/19/1997 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days...
Injured on 4/14/1998 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks...
Injured on 5/25/1998 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 4/28/1999 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 7/14/1999 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Traded from Los Angeles to Houston on 8/1/1999 (Going to LAD: P David Wells. Going to HOU: P Sidney Ponson, P Yoshinori Tateyama)...
Had first career hit (double) on 5/7/2000, off Mike Hampton (STL)...
Earned first career win on 9/20/2000...
Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (C) on 2/2/2002 (Going to CHC: P Sidney Ponson. Going to CIN: P Expansion Pick)...
Injured on 4/16/2003 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses
2001 - 24 - 4th

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