Jose Alvarez vs. Elmer Ponder — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Ponder
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Elmer Ponder built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Alvarez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.441 compared to 3.21 and 1.233 for Elmer Ponder. By the career numbers, Jose Alvarez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Elmer Ponder

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.5
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.87
60.87
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.48
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.21
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1136
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
9.39
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.67
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.71
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
2.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1582
37.6
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1501
35.68
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Elmer Ponder

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
27
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162.1
9
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.5
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.38
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.89
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.439
0.439
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.783
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Elmer Ponder

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
69
316.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
567.94
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
59.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
50.38
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.76
8.05
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
68.7
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
68.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.06
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.02
-13.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.16
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
50
229.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
2.62
2.62
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Elmer Ponder
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Ponder
Career
Per 600 PA