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: 25-14 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 4

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 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	163	4	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.90	9	3	4	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.79	0.217	5.06	0.24%	0.85	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
2	164	7	Apr 24	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	12-GF(12)	L(0-1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.86	5.47	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.363	8.40	-0.51%	-2.07	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
3	165	11	Apr 28	BSN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.38	3.61	33	20	3	2	0	6	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.228	1.04	0.23%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	166	14	Apr 30(2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-4	8-8	H(1)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	3.55	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.108	5.32	0.15%	0.41	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
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	167	16	May 3	BSN		CIN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-1)	2	8.0	8	4	2	3	0	0	0	2.21	3.74	35	10	15	3	2	7	51			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.72	-0.297	3.84	-0.40%	-0.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
6	168	21	May 7(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	GS-	L(2-2)	3	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.70	4.71	20						28						19					0
7	169	27	May 14(1)	BSN		STL	L,0-4			6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	4.64	4												4					0
8	170	28	May 14(2)	BSN		STL	W,8-4		W(3-2)	-1	5.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.26	4.38	20												19					0
9	171	33	May 20(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.97	4.02	36	11	13	1	2	9	62			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.357	2.08	0.41%	2.02	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
10	172	36	May 23	BSN	@	STL	W,3-1	10-GF(10)	S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	4.00	2	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.041	1.28	0.04%	0.25	10b --- 1 out a2	10b end a 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
11	173	43	Jun 2(2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-7	GS-8	L(4-3)	9	7.1	11	6	5	2	0	1	0	3.42	4.23	35	15	7	0	0	11	32			1	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.425	1.04	-0.20%	-3.16	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d4
12	174	47	Jun 4(2)	BSN		PHI	W,9-6		W(5-3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.35	4.16	4												4					0
13	175	48	Jun 7	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	2	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.98	4.02	36	12	12	1	0	6	71			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.540	.62	0.16%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	176	50	Jun 11(1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-4	5-GF	W(7-3)	3	4.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.76	3.92	18	5	7	0	3	3		1	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.292	.77	0.10%	1.58	5b --3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
15	177	53	Jun 14	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-8	2-GF(8)		2	6.1	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.77	4.07	24	11	5	0	0	5		2	2	1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.66	-0.087	.38	-0.03%	-0.95	2b 12- 2 out a1	8b end d 3
16	178	56	Jun 17(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(8-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.69	4.01	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	0.337	1.35	0.10%	1.00	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
17	179	58	Jun 18(2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	3.98	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.031	.65	0.01%	0.29	8t -2- 2 out d1	8t end d 1
18	180	60	Jun 21(1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	GS-8	W(9-3)	2	8.0	12	5	4	1	3	0	1	2.86	3.87	36	12	7	0	0	12	42			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.160	.47	-0.04%	-1.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
19	181	65	Jun 25(2)	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.94	3.87	28	9	9	0	0	6	51			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.016	.48	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	182	69	Jun 30	BSN		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.85	3.85	34	10	14	2	1	7	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.004	.30	0.00%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
21	183	74	Jul 4(1)	BSN		NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.60	3.77	31	22	0	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.91	0.392	.72	0.19%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	184	78	Jul 9(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(12-3)	4	10.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	1	2.53	3.74	42	17	11	2	2	9	66			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.78	0.496	1.93	0.32%	2.33	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
23	185	82	Jul 13	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-8	GS-8	L(12-4)	3	7.1	12	7	5	3	1	0	0	2.75	3.74	39	14	9	1	0	12	28			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	4	1.06	-0.328	1.73	-0.32%	-2.91	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d3
24	186	87	Jul 18	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(12-5)	4	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	2.88	3.78	28	9	11	3	2	7	48			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.210	.58	-0.17%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
25	187	91	Jul 23(1)	BSN	@	STL	L,0-12	GS-5	L(12-6)	4	4.0	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.76	20	7	5	0	1	8	18			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.280	1.29	-0.29%	-4.48	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d6
26	188	94	Jul 27(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-7)	3	8.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.21	3.79	29	16	8	0	0	2	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	0.032	.97	0.02%	2.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	189	97	Jul 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(13-7)	2	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.20	3.91	36	20	3	0	0	8	60			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.270	.58	0.08%	0.98	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
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
28	190	102	Aug 4(1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.08	3.89	36	12	12	0	0	7	68			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.271	.60	0.12%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	191	107	Aug 9	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.02	3.84	37	20	4	1	1	8	64			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.406	1.32	0.21%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	192	111	Aug 15	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(16-7)	5	9.0	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.86	3.77	37	17	6	0	1	10	67			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.39	0.478	1.94	0.40%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	193	116	Aug 20(2)	BSN		PIT	W,8-1	CG	W(17-7)	4	9.0	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.77	3.71	35	9	15	4	2	9	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.154	.93	0.14%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
32	194	120	Aug 26	BSN		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-7)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.64	3.63	30	13	10	1	3	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.422	1.80	0.51%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	195	125	Aug 31	BSN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	11	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.66	3.66	37	18	7	0	0	10	53			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.402	4.99	1.04%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	196	130	Sep 3(2)	BSN		NYG	T,4-4	CG		2	9.0	4	4	0	3	3	0	0	2.55	3.65	37	22	6	1	1	3	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	3	1.44	-0.188	.75	-0.06%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
35	197	133	Sep 8	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS-3		4	3.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.64	3.68	14	4	4	1	1	3	36			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.209	.19	-0.02%	-1.66	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
36	198	138	Sep 13	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(19-8)	4	8.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.58	3.64	32	15	9	5	0	7	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.209	.00	0.00%	2.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
37	199	142	Sep 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(19-9)	3	7.0	9	5	2	2	0	0	0	2.58	3.64	32	13	8	2	0	9	43			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	.75	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
38	200	148	Sep 23(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-5		5	5.0	8	4	4	2	0	0	1	2.68	3.67	23	11	1	0	0	8	33			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-1.50	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
39	201	151	Sep 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	W(20-9)	2	9.0	10	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.69	3.61	35	14	10	3	0	7	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.33	0.245	.00	0.00%	0.98	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
40	202	155	Sep 30	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(20-10)	3	10.0	8	2	2	6	0	2	0	2.66	3.75	43	27	2	1	0	8	62			0	1	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.53	0.095	.00	0.00%	2.11	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
							25-14		W-L:20-10,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.2	254.0	243	89	75	55	57	12	3	2.66	3.75	1045	1.76		5%	3%	221	56	6	67%	4	9	0	970	23	8	2	26	0	24	1.16	3.023	1.20	2.42%	18.92

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