Sidney Ponson | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Noord, Aruba | November 2, 1976|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 19, 1998, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 31, 2009, for the Kansas City Royals | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 91–113 |
Earned run average | 5.03 |
Strikeouts | 1,031 |
Teams | |
Sidney Alton Ponson (Papiamento pronunciation: [ˈsidni ponˈsoŋ]; born November 2, 1976) is an Aruban former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and weighed 260 lb (120 kg). He threw right-handed with a fastball that clocked out at 95 mph. When he made his major league debut for the Orioles in 1998, he became the third player from Aruba to play in the major leagues.[1] After the 2003 season, he was decorated as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau, along with fellow former Baltimore Orioles players Eugene Kingsale and Calvin Maduro.[2]