Ben Cantwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 168lb (185cm, 76kg)

Born: April 13, 1902 in Milan, TN us

Died: December 4, 1962 in Salem, MO

Buried: North Lawn Cemetery, Salem, MO

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: August 19, 1927 (Age 25-128d, 6,587th in major league history)
vs. PIT 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1937 (Age 35-163d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.8

108

ERA

3.91

316

163

1534.0

348

WHIP

1.318

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-17 / in Starts: 5-4
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 51 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	15 (7-6-2) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 51 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	33 (17-10-6)

Most Driven In
F Knothe	2
W Berger	1
B Urbanski	0

Most Driven In By
R Worthington	1
B Urbanski	1
W Berger	1
R Maranville	0

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	136	3 (2)	Apr 16	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.14	0.128	2.96	0.20%	1.29	P
2	137	7 (3)	Apr 21	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	5-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.39	0.015	1.22	0.03%	0.38	P
3	138	11 (3)	Apr 25	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9						P
4	139	13 (1)	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,7-4	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.24	-0.016	.90	-0.04%	-0.51	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	140	18 (4)	May 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-14	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	9	.46	0.014	1.89	0.03%	0.12	P
6	141	21 (2)	May 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	9						P
7	142	23 (1)	May 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	9						P
8	143	29 (5)	May 21	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	8-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.81	-0.132	7.90	-0.35%	-0.56	P
9	144	32 (2)	May 23	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	2.25	-0.057	10.31	-0.16%	-0.23	P
10	145	35 (2)	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,13-17	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9						P
11	146	41 (5)	May 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.37	-0.035	5.79	-0.09%	-0.10	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	147	45 (3)	Jun 3	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
13	148	49 (3)	Jun 5 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	9	.82	0.045	4.29	0.14%	-0.20	P
14	149	51 (1)	Jun 9	BSN		STL	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	8						P
15	150	54 (2)	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	GS-0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9						P
16	151	58 (3)	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.261	.522	9	1.21	-0.015	4.80	-0.04%	-0.18	P
17	152	62 (3)	Jun 23	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	1-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.296	.296	.593	9	1.08	0.179	4.13	0.41%	0.99	P
18	153	68 (5)	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	4-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.276	.276	.552	9	.23	-0.012	.92	-0.03%	-0.34	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	154	72 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	.29	0.010	1.18	0.02%	0.28	P
20	155	75 (2)	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.290	.290	.581	9	.70	-0.018	2.79	-0.04%	-0.25	P
21	156	80 (4)	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.281	.281	.563	9	1.15	-0.029	5.75	-0.09%	-0.16	P
22	157	86 (5)	Jul 16 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	.67	-0.017	3.17	-0.05%	-0.16	P
23	158	87	Jul 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	9	.65	0.024	1.92	0.04%	0.38	P
24	159	90 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9	2.02	-0.101	8.52	-0.26%	-0.39	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	160	101 (10)	Aug 1	BSN		STL	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9						P
26	161	102	Aug 2	BSN		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9						P
27	162	108 (5)	Aug 7 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,7-6	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.256	.256	.256	.513	9						P
28	163	115 (6)	Aug 14 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.256	.513	9						P
29	164	117 (1)	Aug 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.256	.513	9						P
30	165	120 (2)	Aug 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.90	0.020	1.37	0.01%	0.13	P
31	166	121	Aug 20	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
32	167	126 (4)	Aug 23	BSN	@	STL	W,6-3	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.268	.250	.518	9	.06	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.13	P
33	168	129 (2)	Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.268	.250	.518	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	169	134 (4)	Sep 4	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.268	.250	.518	9						P
35	170	138 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.273	.256	.529	9	.73	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
36	171	144 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.298	.313	.298	.610	9						P
37	172	149 (4)	Sep 18 (1)	BSN		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.280	.294	.280	.574	9						P
							20-17		51	50	3	14	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0		1		0	1	.280	.294	.280	.574		.97	0.004	3.61	-0.24%	0.63

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