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Name	Team	Age
Sam Ponder	Retired (1969, Age 35)	Died (2012, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 66 (1956)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ashburn Crawford League	0	13 years (118 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	F	F
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	B-	A-
Leadership	Mentor Value
D-	C-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	6/26/1934
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	4
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1956	Minors	6.00	0 / 0	1 / 2	2 / 4	3 / 6
1956	Majors	30.79	0 / 1	3 / 15	6 / 14	9 / 30
1957	Minors	3.00	0 / 0	1 / 3	0 / 0	1 / 3
1957	Majors	36.99	1 / 1	6 / 17	6 / 18	13 / 36
1958	Majors	47.43	2 / 7	6 / 18	5 / 22	13 / 47
1959	Majors	47.91	1 / 6	8 / 25	4 / 16	13 / 47
1960	Majors	33.50	0 / 5	1 / 10	4 / 18	5 / 33
1961	Majors	45.46	1 / 6	5 / 20	3 / 19	9 / 45
1962	Majors	44.71	2 / 7	0 / 20	2 / 17	4 / 44
1963	Majors	38.73	0 / 9	1 / 14	3 / 15	4 / 38
1964	Majors	49.81	1 / 11	0 / 19	0 / 19	1 / 49
1965	Majors	45.22	0 / 12	0 / 18	0 / 15	0 / 45
1966	Majors	41.59	0 / 7	0 / 18	0 / 16	0 / 41
1967	Majors	28.97	0 / 2	0 / 12	0 / 14	0 / 28
1968	Majors	37.80	-1 / 4	-5 / 17	-4 / 16	-10 / 37
1969	Majors	23.55	-2 / 0	-2 / 13	-4 / 10	-8 / 23
Total			5 / 78	25 / 241	27 / 233	57 / 552

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Sam Ponder has retired from the Chicago Bulldogs
1967-10-03	Sam Ponder of the Chicago Bulldogs is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1958-03-05	The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Sam Ponder to the major league team.
1957-09-02	The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Kirk Ulrich to the major league team. The Chicago Bulldogs have sent Sam Ponder to the minors.
1956-05-29	The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Sam Ponder to the major league team. The Chicago Bulldogs have designated Chris Anderson for assignment.