Elmer Ponder stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1917
Bio
- Debut
- 1917
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 69
- W
- 17
- L
- 27
- ERA
- 3.21
- IP
- 378.2
- K
- 113
- BB
- 72
- WHIP
- 1.23
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | PIT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.69 | 21.1 | 11 | 6 | 0.84 |
| 1919 | PIT | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3.99 | 47.1 | 6 | 6 | 1.29 |
| 1920 | PIT | 33 | 11 | 15 | 2.62 | 196.0 | 62 | 40 | 1.13 |
| 1921 |  PIT/CHC | 24 | 5 | 6 | 4.18 | 114.0 | 34 | 20 | 1.46 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 20
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 2.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | PIT/CHC | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Elmer Ponder's career stats?
Elmer Ponder played 4 seasons for the Pirates. He had 17 wins and 113 strikeouts with a 3.21 ERA over 378.2 innings. His best season was 1920: 11 wins, a 2.62 ERA and 62 strikeouts.
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