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| Name | Team | Age |
| Menke Ponder | Retired (1989, Age 35) | Died (2019, Age 65) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 3, Pick 39 (1975) |
RP | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Jim Edmonds League | 0 | 7 years (52 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 6/3/1954 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1975 | Minors | 66.00 | 1 / 5 | 5 / 32 | 3 / 29 | 9 / 66 |
| 1976 | Minors | 65.00 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 23 | 4 / 38 | 9 / 65 |
| 1977 | Minors | 73.00 | 0 / 8 | 2 / 33 | 2 / 32 | 4 / 73 |
| 1978 | Minors | 62.00 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 25 | 5 / 30 | 5 / 62 |
| 1979 | Minors | 34.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 14 | 2 / 19 | 2 / 34 |
| 1979 | Majors | 13.52 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 7 | 3 / 6 | 4 / 13 |
| 1980 | Minors | 46.00 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 22 | 2 / 22 | 4 / 46 |
| 1980 | Majors | 17.93 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 10 | 2 / 17 |
| 1981 | Majors | 36.01 | 0 / 9 | 2 / 12 | 2 / 15 | 4 / 36 |
| 1982 | Majors | 41.79 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 18 | 1 / 41 |
| 1983 | Majors | 47.34 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 22 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 47 |
| 1984 | Majors | 35.27 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 35 |
| 1985 | Majors | 22.81 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 15 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 22 |
| 1986 | Majors | 16.94 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 16 |
| 1987 | Minors | 25.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 25 |
| 1987 | Majors | 0.95 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| 1988 | Minors | 13.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 13 |
| 1988 | Majors | 22.52 | -1 / 0 | -2 / 10 | -1 / 12 | -4 / 22 |
| 1989 | Majors | 18.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 18 |
| Total | 3 / 57 | 15 / 285 | 24 / 309 | 42 / 651 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1989-11-01 | Menke Ponder has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1989-04-12 | The Chicago Blues have waived Menke Ponder. |
| 1989-04-01 | The Chicago Blues have promoted Cookie Pounds to the major league team. The Chicago Blues have designated Menke Ponder for assignment. |
| 1988-08-31 | Menke Ponder of the Chicago Blues is injured and is expected to be out 26 days. |
| 1988-07-28 | Menke Ponder of the Chicago Blues is injured and is expected to be out 19 days. |
| 1988-05-15 | Menke Ponder of the Chicago Blues is injured and is expected to be out 15 days. |
| 1988-05-12 | The Chicago Blues have promoted Menke Ponder to the major league team. The Chicago Blues have sent Sweet Corn Hennderson to the minors. |
| 1988-05-12 | The Chicago Blues have acquired Menke Ponder from the waiver wire. |
| 1988-05-01 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have waived Menke Ponder. |
| 1987-07-23 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Menke Ponder for assignment. |
| 1985-07-09 | Menke Ponder of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days. |
| 1985-04-01 | Menke Ponder of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days. |
| 1980-08-03 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Menke Ponder to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Tim Leverette for assignment. |
| 1980-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Menke Ponder to the minors. The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Gene Rigney to the minors. |
| 1979-09-12 | Menke Ponder of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 5 days. |
| 1979-08-13 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Menke Ponder to the major league team. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Panthers have renamed Manny Widner to Menke Ponder. |