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: 20-17 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 14

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	126	3	Apr 16	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	6-GF	W(1-0)	99	4.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.25	5.79	16	5	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	0.212	3.30	0.33%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
2	127	7	Apr 21	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	5-GF	W(2-0)	4	4.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.08	3.87	14	5	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.269	3.06	0.51%	2.28	5t -2- 2 out a1	9t end a 3
3	128	11	Apr 25	BSN		PHI	L,3-4		L(2-1)	3	2.0	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.74	4.15	10												6					0
4	129	13	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,7-4	5-GF	W(3-1)	4	5.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	3.77	16	8	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.212	2.60	0.48%	2.46	5t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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	130	18	May 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-14	GS-5	L(3-2)	5	5.0	10	8	8	3	0	0	0	4.43	3.97	27	7	8	1	0	9	12			0	0	0	22	3	2	1	1	0	0	.88	-0.225	3.63	-0.56%	-5.55	1b start tie	5b 3 out d8
6	131	21	May 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	12-GF(12)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	3.96	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.82	0.271	35.20	0.53%	0.77	12b 123 2 out a1	12b end a 1
7	132	23	May 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(3-3)	3	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.64	3.92	4	1	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	-0.337	20.70	-0.98%	-0.75	9b 1-3 0 out a1	9b end d 1
8	133	29	May 21	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	8-GF(14)	W(4-3)	7	7.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	3.57	24	14	7	2	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.12	0.919	9.27	2.41%	3.44	8t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
9	134	32	May 23	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	W(5-3)	1	3.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	3.09	3.70	14	7	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	0.499	12.54	1.37%	2.15	7t -2- 1 out tie	10t end tie
10	135	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,13-17	7-GF(8)	BL(5-4)	2	2.0	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.97	3.74	15	6	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	-0.537	12.52	-1.52%	-3.86	7b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 4
11	136	41	May 30(2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	L(5-5)	3	2.0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.68	11	4	2	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.394	6.63	-1.00%	-1.02	9t --- 0 out d2	10t end d 2
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
12	137	45	Jun 3	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	8-GF	W(6-5)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.82	3.67	6	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.371	16.04	1.03%	1.41	8b 12- 1 out tie	9b end a 1
13	138	49	Jun 5(2)	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	GS-9	W(7-5)	1	8.0	11	6	6	2	1	0	1	4.34	3.67	38	16	8	1	0	10	35			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.154	6.54	-0.48%	-2.06	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
14	139	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	L,1-2	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	3.65	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	1.13	0.05%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
15	140	54	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	GS-	L(7-6)	2	12.1	12	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.12	3.42	47						61						46					0
16	141	58	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	L(7-7)	6	7.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	4.09	3.81	28	13	6	2	1	6	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.056	2.86	-0.13%	0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
17	142	62	Jun 23	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	1-9		3	8.2	11	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.86	3.76	38	13	10	1	1	10		1	1	0	0	0	35	3	0	0	3	0	3	1.79	-0.222	6.81	-0.51%	0.55	1t -2- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 2 out tie
18	143	68	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	4-GF(8)		6	4.2	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.86	3.90	18	8	5	1	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.027	.55	-0.07%	-0.42	4b 123 1 out d4	8b end d 5
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
19	144	72	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.76	3.91	7	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.208	5.46	0.51%	1.15	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
20	145	75	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,5-4	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.89	4	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	0.334	12.83	0.80%	0.99	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
21	146	80	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	6-GF	L(7-8)	4	3.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.85	13	8	3	2	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	0.012	10.20	0.04%	1.12	6b 1-3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
22	147	86	Jul 16(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS-4		3	4.0	5	4	3	0	0	0	2	3.80	3.87	19	6	6	1	0	5	38			1	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.207	3.82	-0.59%	-2.02	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
23	148	87	Jul 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	3.85	4	3	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	0.481	7.48	0.85%	2.05	8b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 2
24	149	90	Jul 23(1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF(14)	L(7-9)	5	5.2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.61	3.76	19	9	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.456	8.89	1.16%	2.36	9t 12- 1 out tie	14t end d 1
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
25	150	101	Aug 1	BSN		STL	L,2-4	9-GF		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.75	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.008	.24	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
26	151	102	Aug 2	BSN		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	W(8-9)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	3.74	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.136	4.34	0.13%	0.49	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
27	152	108	Aug 7(2)	BSN		PIT	W,7-6		W(9-9)	4	8.2	5	2	2	0	5	1	1	3.42	3.72	31												28					0
28	153	115	Aug 14(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	3.68	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.016	1.16	-0.02%	-0.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
29	154	117	Aug 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(9-10)	1	0.1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	3.68	5	1	1	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.58	-0.716	10.21	-0.96%	-2.09	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
30	155	120	Aug 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-3		2	3.0	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	3.41	3.72	15	5	2	0	0	4	37			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.301	.98	-0.13%	-2.47	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
31	156	121	Aug 20	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	L(9-11)	0	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.44	3.76	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	-0.213	2.63	-0.11%	-0.46	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
32	157	126	Aug 23	BSN	@	STL	W,6-3	8-GF	S(5)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.73	5	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.096	.58	0.03%	0.99	8b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
33	158	129	Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.72	8	5	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.034	.05	-0.01%	-0.83	7b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 5
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
34	159	134	Sep 4	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	9-GF	W(10-11)	7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.69	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
35	160	138	Sep 7(2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-11)	2	9.0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.16	3.68	33	10	14	4	2	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.46	0.652	.00	0.00%	4.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	161	144	Sep 11(2)	BSN		CIN	W,10-1	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.02	3.62	33						65						33	0	0			0
37	162	149	Sep 18(1)	BSN		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	6	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.96	3.64	34						71						32	0	1			0
							20-17		W-L:13-11,Sv:5,BSv:3	3.3	146.0	133	56	48	33	34	6	5	2.96	3.64	589	1.72		6%	3%	95	49	26	23%	3	2	0	539	23	3	4	15	0	9	1.52	1.751	5.31	3.16%	7.99

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