Carlos Ponce

Carlos Ponce is one of those guys who never became a household name but clearly earned the respect of everyone who worked with him — the kind of career that tells you more about grit than glory. Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico in 1959, he came up through a baseball culture where the sport is practically religion, and he carved out a professional path as a first baseman that eventually led him far beyond U.S. shores. What I find genuinely cool is that instead of fading out after his playing days, he took his knowledge to Taiwan and became a coach for the Wei Chuan Dragons in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. That's a guy who loves the game enough to chase it across the Pacific — and that kind of commitment to the craft deserves a lot more attention than it usually gets.

Name (English)

Carlos Ponce

Name (Japanese)

カルロス・ポンセ

Reading

かるろす・ぽんせ

Born

February 7, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

Río Piedras, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/Ponce07Whales
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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