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Jumbo Brown League
10-12-2128
Y.A. Ponder Catcher
Retired (1972, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .252 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .695 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 690 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 07-22-1936
HR 68 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1954)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(96 games)
RBI 369
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR C-
Speed C- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 0
1B (17.6%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1962 Away 9 7 2 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 1.587 .444 1.143 .857 .286
1962 Home 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .000 .000 .000
1963 Away 35 78 10 20 1 1 3 12 11 16 0 0 1 .758 .348 .410 .154 .256
1963 Home 34 85 11 27 5 1 3 19 10 18 0 0 0 .898 .392 .506 .188 .318
1964 Away 40 110 16 29 2 1 3 22 14 22 0 0 1 .726 .344 .382 .118 .264
1964 Home 38 101 16 29 6 0 2 17 14 23 0 0 3 .780 .374 .406 .119 .287
1965 Away 42 119 10 23 5 1 2 13 16 22 0 0 0 .597 .294 .303 .109 .193
1965 Home 35 93 14 27 9 0 3 20 7 14 0 0 0 .814 .330 .484 .194 .290
1966 Away 38 129 11 32 3 0 2 19 10 27 0 0 0 .616 .298 .318 .070 .248
1966 Home 39 130 20 31 4 1 3 14 18 25 0 0 2 .683 .329 .354 .115 .238
1967 Away 72 276 26 71 10 1 7 42 25 66 0 0 1 .694 .317 .377 .120 .257
1967 Home 70 246 19 60 5 1 5 35 23 56 0 0 1 .641 .308 .333 .089 .244
1968 Away 71 244 28 62 10 0 2 23 36 49 0 0 4 .675 .356 .320 .066 .254
1968 Home 71 255 26 56 7 0 7 30 27 52 0 0 2 .624 .294 .329 .110 .220
1969 Away 63 205 17 55 10 0 5 19 19 40 0 0 1 .724 .333 .390 .122 .268
1969 Home 52 181 13 40 4 1 3 18 14 39 0 0 2 .583 .279 .304 .083 .221
1970 Away 58 157 20 42 7 1 7 18 16 30 0 0 0 .796 .337 .459 .191 .268
1970 Home 60 179 24 51 7 0 4 22 12 26 0 0 1 .724 .333 .391 .106 .285
1971 Away 18 42 3 8 1 0 1 3 1 8 0 0 4 .495 .209 .286 .095 .190
1971 Home 19 38 5 11 1 0 2 7 5 8 0 0 1 .846 .372 .474 .184 .289
1972 Away 10 29 2 6 2 0 0 4 5 6 0 0 0 .599 .324 .276 .069 .207
1972 Home 10 26 4 8 3 0 2 8 3 2 0 0 0 1.033 .379 .654 .346 .308
Total Away 456 1396 145 350 51 5 34 179 155 287 0 0 12 .694 .327 .367 .117 .251
Total Home 436 1340 152 340 51 4 34 190 135 264 0 0 12 .696 .322 .374 .120 .254
Total 892 2736 297 690 102 9 68 369 290 551 0 0 24 .695 .324 .371 .118 .252
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Y.A. Ponder has retired from the Detroit Drillers
1972-07-02The Detroit Drillers have promoted Y.A. Ponder to the major league team. The Detroit Drillers have sent Rob Freehan to the minors.
1972-07-02The Detroit Drillers have acquired Y.A. Ponder from the waiver wire.
1972-05-01The San Francisco Shock have waived Y.A. Ponder.
1972-04-01The San Francisco Shock have renamed Steve Ponder to Y.A. Ponder.
1971-09-02The Arizona Wranglers have promoted Joe Clark to the major league team. The Arizona Wranglers have designated Steve Ponder for assignment.
1966-09-22Steve Ponder of the Miami Pelicans is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1962-08-23The Miami Pelicans have promoted Steve Ponder to the major league team.
1954-04-01The Miami Pelicans have renamed Steve Pasley to Steve Ponder.
1953-06-01Trade #1228537 has been completed between the Miami Pelicans and the Washington Gridlock. The Washington Gridlock receive Robby Graham, Mike McCabe from the Miami Pelicans in exchange for Tom Hancken, Dave Styles, Draft Pick 1954 Round 1 WAS (Steve Ponder), Draft Pick 1955 Round 1 SD (Wild Bill Holmes), Draft Pick 1955 Round 2 WAS (George Chapman).