Tony Ponce
Anthony Martinez Ponce
Born: August 12, 1921
Rivera, CA US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
Career: 1941-1958
Tony Ponce compiled a career record of 172 wins and 136 losses and a 4.26 ERA in his 436-game pitching career with the Anaheim Aces, Oakland Oaks, Phoenix Senators, Ventura Oilers, San Francisco Seals, Miami Marlins, Louisville Colonels, Indianapolis Indians, Mexicali Aguilas, New Orleans Pelicans and Chattanooga Lookouts. He began playing during the 1941 season and last took the field during the 1958 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | C | CALL | Anaheim Aces | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.94 | 27 | 194.0 | 220 | 109 | 85 | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 22 | 6 | .786 | 4.48 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 239.0 | 285 | 151 | 119 | 73 | 143 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 1950 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 18 | 11 | .621 | 5.31 | 40 | 254.0 | 343 | 178 | 150 | 10 | 72 | |||||||||||
| 1951 | C | SUSE | Phoenix Senators | 25 | 16 | .610 | 3.45 | 49 | 38 | 352.0 | 369 | 164 | 135 | 75 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 19 | 12 | .613 | 5.27 | 37 | 29 | 234.0 | 334 | 178 | 137 | 73 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.31 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 62.0 | 58 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Ventura Oilers | 15 | 20 | .429 | 4.42 | 42 | 32 | 279.0 | 320 | 186 | 137 | 17 | 70 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 14 | 16 | .467 | 3.41 | 49 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 237.3 | 256 | 104 | 90 | 9 | 61 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.26 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 184.0 | 229 | 107 | 87 | 10 | 48 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 1956 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.46 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 105.0 | 139 | 64 | 52 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.92 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1957 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.55 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 176.0 | 203 | 102 | 89 | 19 | 52 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| 1958 | C | AZTX | Mexicali Aguilas | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.91 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 105.0 | 152 | 91 | 69 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | Chattanooga Lookouts | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 172 | 136 | .558 | 4.26 | 436 | 216 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 2476.3 | 2953 | 1463 | 1172 | 93 | 630 | 7 | 407 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | C | CALL | Anaheim Aces | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 54 | 116 | 116 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .397 | .672 | 46 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 50 | 131 | 116 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .336 | .403 | .431 | .834 | 50 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1950 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 53 | 117 | 117 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .419 | .726 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 1951 | C | SUSE | Phoenix Senators | 65 | 156 | 156 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .327 | .590 | 51 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 58 | 135 | 135 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .363 | .363 | .430 | .793 | 58 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Ventura Oilers | 64 | 114 | 114 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .430 | .754 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 10 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1954 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 49 | 87 | 80 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .150 | .190 | .162 | .353 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 42 | 59 | 56 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .268 | .281 | .268 | .549 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | 24 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .270 | .372 | .297 | .669 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 43 | 83 | 77 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .351 | .362 | .429 | .791 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | (+) Chattanooga Lookouts | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 | C | AZTX | Mexicali Aguilas | 23 | 64 | 57 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .228 | .302 | .421 | .723 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | (+) New Orleans Pelicans | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 557 | 1149 | 1102 | 61 | 316 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 85 | .287 | .308 | .367 | .675 | 404 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | C | CALL | Anaheim Aces | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | P | 35 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 1.029 |
| 1950 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| 1951 | C | SUSE | Phoenix Senators | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| 1952 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | C | CALL | Ventura Oilers | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | P | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | P | 49 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .934 | 1.163 |
| 1955 | Open | PCL | San Francisco Seals | P | 41 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 1.122 |
| 1956 | AAA | AA2 | Louisville Colonels | P | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.150 |
| 1956 | AAA | IL | Miami Marlins | P | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 |
| 1957 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | P | 32 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .906 |
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1958 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1958 | C | AZTX | Mexicali Aguilas | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .800 |
| 1958 | AA | SOUA | Chattanooga Lookouts | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 409 | 68 | 156 | 14 | 15 | .941 | .548 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | C | California League | Anaheim Aces | |||
| 1948 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Oakland Oaks | |||
| 1948 | C | Arizona-Texas League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1949 | C | Arizona-Texas League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1950 | C | Arizona-Texas League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1951 | C | Southwest International League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1952 | C | Arizona-Texas League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1953 | C | California League | Ventura Oilers | |||
| 1953 | Open | Pacific Coast League | San Francisco Seals | |||
| 1954 | Open | Pacific Coast League | San Francisco Seals | |||
| 1955 | Open | Pacific Coast League | San Francisco Seals | |||
| 1956 | AAA | International League | Miami Marlins | PHI | ||
| 1956 | AAA | American Association 2 | Louisville Colonels | WS1 | ||
| 1957 | AAA | American Association 2 | Indianapolis Indians | CHA | ||
| 1958 | C | Arizona-Mexico League | Mexicali Aguilas | |||
| 1958 | AA | Southern Association | New Orleans Pelicans | NYA | ||
| 1958 | AA | Southern Association | Chattanooga Lookouts | WS1 | ||
| 1958 | AAA | American Association 2 | Indianapolis Indians | CHA |
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