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Elmer Ponder

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 178lb (183cm, 80kg)

Born: June 26, 1893 in Reed, OK us

Died: April 20, 1974 in Albuquerque, NM

Buried: Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM

High School: Blackwell HS (Blackwell, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Last Game: September 21, 1921 (Age 28-087d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Charles Elmer Ponder

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

ERA

3.21

378.2

113

WHIP

1.233

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1913	20	-6.4	Dallas	TL	B		10	8	.556		2.69	27						157.0	115	47			65							1.146	6.6		3.7
1914	21	-4.7	Grand Rapids	CENL	B		6	11	.353		4.95	22						147.1	149	81			56		95					1.391	9.1		3.4	5.8	1.70
1915	22	-4.0	San Antonio	TL	B		12	8	.600		2.93	24						172.0	137	56			43							1.047	7.2		2.3
1916	23	-2.1	Birmingham	SOUA	A		12	8	.600		3.41	30						182.0	150	69			59							1.148	7.4		2.9
1917	24	-1.7	Birmingham	SOUA	A		19	16	.543		3.05	38						266.0	224	90			93							1.192	7.6		3.1
1917	24	-3.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	1.69	2.11	3	2	1	1	1	0	21.1	12	5	4	0	6		11	1	0	1	80	0.844	5.1	0.0	2.5	4.6	1.83

1919	26	-1.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	5	.000	3.99	4.94	9	5	2	0	0	0	47.1	55	26	21	0	6		6	3	0	2	204	1.289	10.5	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.00
1920	27	-1.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	15	.423	2.62	3.49	33	23	10	14	2	0	196.0	182	76	57	3	40		62	2	0	10	803	1.133	8.4	0.1	1.8	2.8	1.55
1921	28		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-PIT	5	6	.455	4.18	5.21	24	12	5	6	0	0	114.0	146	66	53	8	20		34	3	0	0	495	1.456	11.5	0.6	1.6	2.7	1.70
1921	28	0.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	0	1.000	2.19	2.92	8	1	2	1	0	0	24.2	29	8	6	1	3		3	0	0	0	101	1.297	10.6	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00
1921	28	0.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	3	6	.333	4.74	5.84	16	11	3	5	0	0	89.1	117	58	47	7	17		31	3	0	0	394	1.500	11.8	0.7	1.7	3.1	1.82
1922	29	1.1	Los Angeles	PCL	AA		10	2	.833	2.14	2.43	16						122.0	108	33	29		24							1.082	8.0		1.8
1923	30	1.5	Los Angeles	PCL	AA		7	9	.438	3.61	4.92	27						172.0	191	94	69		50							1.401	10.0		2.6
1924	31	2.6	Salt Lake City	PCL	AA		10	14	.417	5.45	6.75	43						208.0	293	156	126		74							1.764	12.7		3.2
1925	32	3.5	Salt Lake City	PCL	AA		17	9	.654	5.09	5.79	39	34					244.0	282	157	138		59							1.398	10.4		2.2

1927	34	5.8	Portland	PCL	AA		10	15	.400	3.79	4.56	41						223.0	246	113	94		55							1.350	9.9		2.2
1928	35	6.6	Portland	PCL	AA		11	13	.458	4.10	4.82	43						226.0	251	121	103		59							1.372	10.0		2.3
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		17	27	.386	3.21	4.11	69	42	18	21	3	0	378.2	395	173	135	11	72		113	9	0	13	1582	1.233	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.7	1.57
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		124	113	.523		4.32	350	34					2119.1	2146	1017	559		637		95					1.313	9.1		2.7
All Levels (14 Seasons)							141	140	.502		4.29	419	76	18	21	3	0	2498.0	2541	1190	694	11	709		208	9	0	13	1582	1.301	9.2		2.6

AA (6 seasons)					Minors		65	62	.512	4.21	5.08	209	34					1195.0	1371	674	559		321							1.416	10.3		2.4
A (2 seasons)					Minors		31	24	.564		3.19	68						448.0	374	159			152							1.174	7.5		3.1
B (3 seasons)					Minors		28	27	.509		3.48	73						476.1	401	184			164		95					1.186	7.6		3.1