Ralph Erickson vs. Daniel Ponce de Leon — Career Comparison

Ralph Erickson
Greatest GenerationIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Daniel Ponce de Leon
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Daniel Ponce de Leon built a career as a starting pitcher and Ralph Erickson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daniel Ponce de Leon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 8.4 and 2.333 for Ralph Erickson. By the career numbers, Daniel Ponce de Leon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Erickson and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.8
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
3.47
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.34
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.4
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.33
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
13.8
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.01
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.8
13.8
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.28
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
4.94
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.26
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
46.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
38.76
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.79
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.45
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
2.333
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
39
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
32.85
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.2
46.2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Ralph Erickson and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.47
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.34
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.2
9
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.04
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.77
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.65
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.474
0.474
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.6
38.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Erickson and Daniel Ponce de Leon

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1200
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
1288.89
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
511.11
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.31
6.94
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-19.12
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
13
288.89
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.08
2.08
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
Daniel Ponce de Leon
Career
Per 600 PA