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Elmer Ponder
Charles Elmer Ponder

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 178 lb.
School University of Oklahoma

Debut September 18, 1917
Final Game September 21, 1921
Born June 26, 1893 in Reed, OK
Died April 20, 1974 in Albuquerque, NM

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 24 PIT NL   1   1   3   2   1   1   1  0   21.3   12    5    4   0    6   11   1   1    80       0  1.69  2.84  168 0.844
 1919 26 PIT NL   0   5   9   5   0   0   2  0   47.3   55   26   21   0    6    6   3   2   204       0  3.99  3.03   76 1.289
 1920 27 PIT NL  11  15  33  23  13   2  10  0  196.0  182   76   57   3   40   62   2  10   803       0  2.62  3.23  123 1.133
 1921 28 TOT NL   5   6  24  12   6   0   5  0  114.0  146   66   53   8   20   34   3   0   495       0  4.18  3.82   91 1.456
         PIT NL   2   0   8   1   1   0   2  0   24.7   29    8    6   1    3    3   0   0   101       0  2.19  3.82  174 1.297
         CHC NL   3   6  16  11   5   0   3  0   89.3  117   58   47   7   17   31   3   0   394       0  4.74  3.82   81 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .386  17  27  69  42  20   3  18  0  378.7  395  173  135  11   72  113   9  13  1582       0  3.21  3.36  105 1.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  16  42  25  12   1  11  0  231.7  241  105   82   6   44   69   5   7   969   0   0  3.21  3.36  105 1.233
 Career High     11  15  33  23  13   2  10  0  196.0  182   76   57   8   40   62   3  10   803   0   0  2.62  3.82  123 1.133

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 24 PIT NL   3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1919 26 PIT NL   9   15    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .133  .133  .133  -21    2   0           0    
 1920 27 PIT NL  33   59    2    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  24  .119  .148  .136  -19    8   3           0    
 1921 28 TOT NL  24   43    0    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  16  .093  .093  .116  -45    5   2           0    
         PIT NL   8   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CHC NL  16   33    0    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   9  .121  .121  .152  -28    5   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       69  124    2   13   2  0   0    5   0  0   2  50  .105  .119  .121  -33   15   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        291    5   31   5  0   0   12   0  0   5 117  .105  .119  .121  -33   35  12   0   0   0   0
 Career High     33   59    2    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  24                           8   3   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 24 PIT NL    7    7    0   0.0    81| .000  .260| .000  .318| .000  .343| .000  .661|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
 1919 26 PIT NL   15   13    0   0.0    85| .133  .269| .133  .324| .133  .353| .266  .677| -21  .000  -2.3  -0.3     
 1920 27 PIT NL   64   55    1   0.5    93| .119  .280| .148  .334| .136  .372| .284  .706| -19  .023  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1921 28 TOT NL   45   41    1   0.7   107| .093  .299| .093  .349| .116  .412| .209  .761| -45  .028  -9.0  -0.9   0%
         PIT NL   10   10    0   0.0   109| .000  .302| .000  .352| .000  .416| .000  .768|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         CHC NL   35   31    1   0.9   107| .121  .298| .121  .348| .152  .410| .273  .759| -28  .045  -6.1  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       131  116    2   0.5    96| .105  .284| .119  .337| .121  .382| .240  .719| -33  .019 -22.2  -2.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 24 PIT NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.77 0.42 2.83 2 21.3 1919 26 PIT NL P 9 1 12 3 0 .813 .963 1.44 1.89 2.47 2.93 5 47.3 1920 27 PIT NL P 33 13 55 3 2 .958 .956 2.06 1.75 3.12 2.82 23 196.0 1921 28 TOT NL P 24 3 38 2 3 .953 .953 1.71 1.52 3.24 2.67 12 114.0 PIT NL P 8 0 7 0 2 1.000 .959 0.88 1.52 2.55 2.66 1 24.7 CHC NL P 16 3 31 2 1 .944 .952 2.12 1.52 3.43 2.67 11 89.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 24 PIT NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.77 0.42 2.83 2 21.3 1919 26 PIT NL P 9 1 12 3 0 .813 .963 1.44 1.89 2.47 2.93 5 47.3 1920 27 PIT NL P 33 13 55 3 2 .958 .956 2.06 1.75 3.12 2.82 23 196.0 1921 28 TOT NL P 24 3 38 2 3 .953 .953 1.71 1.52 3.24 2.67 12 114.0 PIT NL P 8 0 7 0 2 1.000 .959 0.88 1.52 2.55 2.66 1 24.7 CHC NL P 16 3 31 2 1 .944 .952 2.12 1.52 3.43 2.67 11 89.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 69 17 106 8 5 .939 .956 1.78 1.69 2.92 2.79 42 378.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 69 17 106 8 5 .939 .956 1.78 1.69 2.92 2.79 42 379
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1920 NL-2.62-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1920 NL-1.133-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1920 NL-8.36-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1920 NL-1.84-9

Losses
1920 NL-15-9

Wild Pitches
1920 NL-10-1

Adjusted ERA+
1920 NL-123-6

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 1, 1921: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Robertson.

December 19, 1922: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Los Angeles (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1921. The Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later to the Los Angeles (PCL) for a player to be named later and Jigger Statz. The Chicago Cubs sent Elmer Ponder (December 19, 1922), John Sullivan (December 19, 1922), Babe Twombly (December 19, 1922), Tom Daly (December 19, 1922), and 4 other players (December 19, 1922) to the Los Angeles (PCL) to complete the trade. The Los Angeles (PCL) sent Vic Aldridge (December 19, 1922) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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