Cody Joe Ponce (born April 25, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League.
[13] Ponce split the 2019 season between Biloxi, the Altoona Curve, and the Indianapolis Indians, going a combined 2–6 with a 4.14 ERA in 62+1⁄3 innings.
[citation needed] He had an 0–6 record and a 7.04 ERA in 38+1⁄3 innings in 15 games for the Pirates in 2021, while spending the rest of the season with Indianapolis.
[17] On December 5, 2021, Ponce signed with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
[18] On August 27, 2022, Ponce pitched a no-hitter against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Sapporo Dome, making himself the seventh foreign-born player to achieve it after the NPB introduced the 2-league system when it was reorganized from the JBL in the 1950 season.
On April 5, 2023, Ponce was diagnosed with a partially torn quadriceps tendon in his left leg that would sideline him for 4 weeks.
[21] On December 26, 2023, Ponce signed with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball.