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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-23 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 11

1931 Pitching Game Log

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1931 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	93	1	Apr 14	BSN		BRO	W,7-4	1-5		99	4.2	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.93	2.71	20	6	8	1	0	5		3	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.054	1.92	0.08%	1.52	1t 123 1 out d2	5t 3 out d3
2	94	5	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	L,2-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	4	2.1	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	5.14	2.85	12	4	2	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.272	3.46	-0.54%	-3.20	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d4
3	95	13	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS-2		8	1.1	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	6.48	3.26	10	4	3	1	0	2	35			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.26	-0.292	4.40	-0.61%	-2.89	1b start a 1	2b --3 1 out a1
4	96	14	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.79	3.03	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	1.51	0.07%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	97	18	May 5	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	W(1-1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.23	3.33	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.037	1.97	0.06%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	98	24	May 17	BSN		PIT	L,3-5	8-8		11	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.76	3.31	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.027	1.41	0.05%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
7	99	26	May 19	BSN		CHC	W,9-5	GS-7	W(2-1)	1	7.0	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.14	29	13	7	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.22	0.048	.60	0.08%	-1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
8	100	31	May 26(2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	6	6.0	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.55	3.38	26	7	11	2	1	6	40			2	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.214	1.32	-0.36%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	101	35	May 30(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-10	3-5		3	2.1	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	6.75	3.77	14	3	4	2	0	6		3	0	0	0	0	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.020	.38	-0.03%	-3.10	3b 123 2 out d5	5b 3 out d10
10	102	36	May 30(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-12	5-7		-1	2.2	6	4	3	2	0	1	0	7.06	4.36	15	7	0	0	0	6		1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-2.35	5b 1-- 1 out d8	7b 3 out d11
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	103	41	Jun 4	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	9-9	H(1)	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.98	4.45	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	-0.203	10.80	-0.23%	-0.69	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b 123 1 out a1
12	104	43	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-9	BL(2-3)	1	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.28	4.55	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.358	5.27	-0.39%	-1.43	9b --3 0 out a1	9b 1-3 0 out tie
13	105	47	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,13-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.34	4.51	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9b --- 0 out a10	9b end a 9
14	106	55	Jun 19	BSN		STL	L,3-11	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.89	4.42	6	2	3	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.46	6t -23 0 out d8	7t 3 out d8
15	107	61	Jun 23(2)	BSN		CIN	L,4-8	6-GF(6)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.82	4.41	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.007	.38	0.01%	0.43	6t 12- 2 out d5	6t end d 5
16	108	65	Jun 26	BSN		CHC	W,7-3	6-GF	S(2)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.08	4.16	15	6	5	1	1	2		3	2	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	0.190	1.18	0.15%	1.80	6t 123 0 out a4	9t end a 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	109	71	Jul 1	BSN		PIT	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.92	4.14	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
18	110	78	Jul 11(1)	BSN		BRO	L,3-7	3-GF		9	6.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.48	4.06	24	15	4	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.032	.15	-0.02%	1.17	3t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end d 4
19	111	87	Jul 18(2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-3)	6	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.56	3.81	33	9	13	0	1	6	78			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.800	.73	0.23%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	112	90	Jul 24	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	5	8.0	5	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.40	3.90	33	12	9	2	1	5	57			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.091	.77	0.04%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	113	97	Aug 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-5)	7	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.21	3.84	27	13	7	0	1	5	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.034	.24	0.01%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	114	103	Aug 6	BSN		BRO	L,3-7	CG	L(3-6)	4	9.0	13	7	5	1	1	0	0	4.31	3.77	40	13	13	0	1	12	37			0	1	0	39	3	1	1	1	0	1	.76	-0.328	.09	-0.02%	-2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
23	115	112	Aug 16(1)	BSN		CHC	L,1-7	GS-	L(3-7)	9	4.0	7	6	4	2	1	0	0	4.54	3.79	22						27						20					0
24	116	114	Aug 17(1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-6	5-GF		0	4.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.29	3.76	17	7	5	1	1	3		1	1	0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.89	5t --3 1 out d5	9t end d 6
25	117	119	Aug 21	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	6	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.88	3.75	36	17	10	0	3	6	72			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	2	2.21	0.632	.00	0.00%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	118	121	Aug 23(1)	BSN		STL	L,1-16			1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.72	8												8					0
27	119	124	Aug 26(1)	BSN		STL	L,1-6	1-8		2	8.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.70	3.72	33	14	8	2	1	6		1	0	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.26	0.087	.00	0.00%	2.54	1t -2- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	120	130	Sep 1	BSN		NYG	L,0-4	CG	L(4-8)	5	9.0	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.64	3.75	38	16	12	3	1	7	56			0	1	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	2	.54	-0.140	.00	0.00%	0.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
29	121	136	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.69	31	13	13	2	2	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.46	0.244	.00	0.00%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
30	122	141	Sep 11	BSN	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	W(6-8)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.65	35	10	12	3	2	8	60			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.274	.00	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	123	146	Sep 16(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-8		4	7.2	13	7	7	3	3	2	0	3.62	3.83	37	13	7	1	1	11	25			0	1	0	34	4	2	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-2.32	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
32	124	152	Sep 20(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(6-9)	3	8.0	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.78	34	16	6	1	0	11	41			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
33	125	156	Sep 27(2)	BSN		PHI	W,12-2	CG	W(7-9)	6	9.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.63	3.73	38						63						36	1	2			0
							10-23		W-L:7-9,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	4.0	156.1	160	73	63	35	32	4	0	3.63	3.73	659	1.39		6%	5%	135	50	19	37%	3	9	0	612	35	13	1	9	0	13	.78	0.352	.56	-1.45%	6.02

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