Elmer Ponder
[edit] Biography
Born on June 26, 1893 in Reed, Oklahoma, Elmer Ponder (Charles Elmer Ponder) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career. Ponder broke into the bigs on September 18, 1917 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.62 ERA in 196 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Elmer Ponder's best season was 1920, when he posted a 2.62 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 62 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1.69
| 11
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 21.1
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 3.99
| 6
| 26
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 47.1
| 55
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 23
| 11
| 15
| 2.62
| 62
| 76
| 57
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 196
| 182
| 3
| 40
| 0
| 10
| 2
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2.19
| 3
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 24.2
| 29
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 11
| 3
| 6
| 4.74
| 31
| 58
| 47
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 89.1
| 117
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1921
| TOT
| N
| 24
| 12
| 5
| 6
| 4.18
| 34
| 66
| 53
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 146
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 42
| 17
| 27
| 3.21
| 113
| 173
| 135
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 378.2
| 395
| 11
| 72
| 0
| 13
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 55
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| P
| 8
| 1
| 24.2
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 11
| 89.1
| 3
| 31
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1921
| TOT
| N
| P
| 24
| 12
| 114
| 3
| 38
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 69
| 12
| 114
| 17
| 106
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1917
| PIT
| N
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 59
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .119
| .148
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PIT
| N
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 33
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .121
| .121
| .152
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| TOT
| N
| 24
| 43
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .093
| .093
| .116
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 124
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .105
| .119
| .121
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 50
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dave Robertson (July 1, 1921).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with John Sullivan, Babe Twombly, Tom Daly and 4 other players to Los Angeles (PCL) (December 19, 1922) completing trade in which Los Angeles (PCL) traded Jigger Statz and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for 5 players to be named later (December 19, 1921); Chicago Cubs received Vic Aldridge (December 19, 1922).
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