Elmer Ponder
1917–1921 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates
69G
.105AVG
.119OBP
.121SLG
More career statistics
13H
0HR
5RBI
0SB
17–27W–L
378.2IP
113K
3.21ERA
42GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,582 | 1,581 |
| Pitching · p cg | 20 | 21 |
| Pitching · p er | 135 | 134 |
| Pitching · p r | 173 | 171 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 131 | 124 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .105 | .119 | .121 | .240 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378.7 | 69 | 42 | 20 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 395 | 173 | 135 | 11 | 72 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 3.21 | 1.233 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1920-04-17 to 1920-05-23
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1920-04-17 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1921-07-27 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1920-08-20 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 11 |
| 1919 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | .133 | 47 | 6 |
| 1920 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 59 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .119 | 196 | 62 |
| 1921 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 43 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .093 | 114 | 34 |