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	5-36 / in Starts: 4-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	29 (15-7-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (25-15-8)

Most Driven In
B Jordan	1

Most Driven In By
T Thompson	1
J Tyler	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	251	4 (3)	Apr 20	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.62	-0.023	1.40	-0.03%	0.66	P
2	252	6 (1)	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8						PR
3	253	8 (1)	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.98	-0.050	1.88	-0.06%	-0.42	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
4	254	13 (4)	May 4	BSN		STL	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	1.52	-0.077	2.81	-0.09%	-0.56	P
5	255	20 (6)	May 13	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	1.33	-0.071	1.12	-0.04%	-0.29	P
6	256	26 (5)	May 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.74	-0.019	.49	-0.01%	-0.18	P
7	257	28 (1)	May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-11	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	.87	-0.022	.40	-0.01%	-0.18	P
8	258	31 (2)	May 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-13	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.60	-0.015	.12	0.00%	-0.24	P
9	259	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-11	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9						P
10	260	34	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8						PR
11	261	36 (1)	May 31 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	9	1.07	-0.053	.12	0.00%	-0.46	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	262	40 (3)	Jun 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	1.60	-0.163	.18	-0.01%	-1.45	P
13	263	43 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	BSN		STL	L,4-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9						P
14	264	45 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	BSN		STL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	9	1.71	-0.086	.04	0.00%	-0.99	P
15	265	46	Jun 14 (2)	BSN		STL	L,7-8	8-13	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	9	2.00	0.031	.04	0.00%	0.23	P
16	266	55 (8)	Jun 22 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.88	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
17	267	57 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,4-7	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9						P
18	268	59 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.207	.440	9	.74	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
19	269	66 (6)	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,5-15	GS-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.233	.258	.233	.491	9						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
20	270	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,8-10	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.273	.250	.523	9						P
21	271	80 (10)	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.250	.229	.479	9	1.55	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
22	272	83 (2)	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.222	.243	.222	.465	9						P
23	273	87 (3)	Jul 22	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.243	.263	.243	.506	9	1.65	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
24	274	90 (2)	Jul 27	BSN		PHI	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.275	.256	.531	9	.77	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
25	275	92 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.256	.549	8	2.27	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	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
26	276	95 (2)	Aug 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9	1.57	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
27	277	99 (3)	Aug 4 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9						P
28	278	102 (2)	Aug 9	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.311	.279	.590	9	.24	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
29	279	105 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.304	.638	9	2.26	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
30	280	109 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.314	.286	.599	9	1.24	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
31	281	113 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	BSN		STL	L,4-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.314	.286	.599	9						P
32	282	116 (2)	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.286	.314	.286	.599	9						P
33	283	120 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	9	.79	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.73	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	284	124 (3)	Sep 1	BSN		BRO	L,4-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	9						P
35	285	125	Sep 4	BSN	@	STL	L,3-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	9						P
36	286	128 (2)	Sep 7	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.291	.264	.555	9	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
37	287	131 (2)	Sep 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.293	.268	.561	9	1.09	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
38	288	136 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.279	.254	.533	9	1.15	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
39	289	141 (4)	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.274	.250	.524	9	.51	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
40	290	145 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-0	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.288	.266	.554	9						P
41	291	151 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.304	.299	.603	9	.41	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.84	P
							5-36		74	67	4	19	1	0	0	2	2	1	8	0	5		0	1	0	0	.284	.304	.299	.603		1.20	-1.143	.32	-0.24%	-7.16

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