Daniel Ponce de Leon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: January 16, 1992 in Anaheim, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 24th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from La Mirada HS (La Mirada, CA), the Cincinnati Reds in the 38th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cypress College (Cypress, CA), the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Houston (Houston, TX) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL).

High School: La Mirada HS (La Mirada, CA)

Schools: Cypress College (Cypress, CA), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL), University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), University of Houston (Houston, TX)

Debut: July 23, 2018 (Age 26-188d, 19,331st in MLB history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 1.086 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2026

Full Name: Daniel Robert Ponce de Leon

Pronunciation: \PAHNSE DAY lee-OHN\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.7

0.3

W

L

ERA

6.97

4.27

G

GS

SV

IP

20.2

135.0

SO

143

WHIP

1.645

1.304

6/2 The Cardinals will place Jack Flaherty on the 10-day injured list, but the news is much worse than just that, per MLB.com’s Jeff Jones (via Twitter). Flaherty suffered a “significant”
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2014	22	STL-min	A-	3	3	.500	2.44	12	10	0	0	0	0	44.1	38	13	12	0	14	0	52	1	5	183			1.173	7.7	0.0	2.8	10.6	3.71	SCS NYPL
2015	23	STL-min	A,A+	11	2	.846	2.12	20	19	0	1	0	0	119.0	101	36	28	5	30	0	87	5	4	485			1.101	7.6	0.4	2.3	6.6	2.90	PEO,PLM MIDW,FLOR
2016	24	STL-min	AA	9	8	.529	3.52	27	27	0	1	0	0	151.0	128	71	59	10	56	1	122	15	10	642			1.219	7.6	0.6	3.3	7.3	2.18	SPD TL
2017	25	STL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.17	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	20	7	7	2	13	0	25	2	0	119			1.138	6.2	0.6	4.0	7.8	1.92	MEM PCL
2018	26	STL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.24	19	18	0	1	1	0	96.1	69	37	24	4	50	0	110	6	3	409			1.235	6.4	0.4	4.7	10.3	2.20	MEM PCL
2018	26	STL	NL	0	2	.000	2.73	11	4	2	0	0	1	33.0	24	10	10	2	13	0	31	1	0	132	144	3.34	1.121	6.5	0.5	3.5	8.5	2.38
2019	27	STL-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.88	16	16	0	0	0	0	84.1	62	30	27	7	43	1	86	6	6	358			1.245	6.6	0.7	4.6	9.2	2.00	MEM PCL
2019	27	STL	NL	1	2	.333	3.70	13	8	1	0	0	0	48.2	36	21	20	6	26	3	52	2	2	203	114	4.41	1.274	6.7	1.1	4.8	9.6	2.00
2020	28	STL	NL	1	3	.250	4.96	9	8	1	0	0	0	32.2	23	18	18	8	20	0	45	2	0	143	86	5.64	1.316	6.3	2.2	5.5	12.4	2.25
2021	29	STL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	13			1.333	0.0	0.0	12.0	9.0	0.75	MEM AAAE
2021	29	STL	NL	1	1	.500	6.97	13	2	7	0	0	2	20.2	22	17	16	3	12	1	15	5	1	100	55	6.04	1.645	9.6	1.3	5.2	6.5	1.25
4 Yrs				3	8	.273	4.27	46	22	11	0	0	3	135.0	105	66	64	19	71	4	143	10	3	578	96	4.69	1.304	7.0	1.3	4.7	9.5	2.01
162 Game Avg.				3	8	.273	4.27	46	22	11	0	0	3	135	105	66	64	19	71	4	143	10	3	578	96	4.69	1.304	7.0	1.3	4.7	9.5	2.01