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: 5-34 / in Starts: 4-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 4

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	230	4	Apr 20	BSN		BRO	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	3.29	33	13	11	0	1	7	69			1	2	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.449	2.65	0.61%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	231	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.69	3.93	25	6	13	2	1	5	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.079	1.41	0.09%	1.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
3	232	13	May 4	BSN		STL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	8	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.64	24	10	6	0	3	7	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.055	2.11	-0.06%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d2
4	233	20	May 13	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	L(1-3)	8	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	1	2.61	3.70	40	18	7	0	0	8	59			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.29	-0.031	1.08	-0.02%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
5	234	26	May 23	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-4	L(1-4)	9	4.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.72	17	11	3	3	0	2	35			0	0	0	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.163	.48	-0.06%	-1.82	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
6	235	28	May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-11	5-7	L(1-5)	1	2.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.86	3.85	12	3	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.272	.62	-0.07%	-1.53	5b --3 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
7	236	31	May 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-13	5-GF(8)		2	4.0	10	7	7	1	0	0	0	5.01	3.86	22	6	5	0	0	10		2	2	0	0	0	20	3	1	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.135	.05	-0.02%	-5.62	5b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 9
8	237	33	May 30(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-11			1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.97	3.93	3												2					0
9	238	36	May 31(2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	L(1-6)	0	9.0	9	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.80	4.17	37	13	13	1	2	9	51			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.081	.06	-0.01%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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
10	239	40	Jun 7	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(1-7)	6	9.2	7	3	3	3	0	2	0	4.48	4.59	39	17	12	1	3	7	60			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.122	.19	-0.01%	1.80	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
11	240	43	Jun 12(2)	BSN		STL	L,4-5	6-8		4	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.45	4.54	9	3	2	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	-0.012	.03	0.00%	0.39	6t 12- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d3
12	241	45	Jun 14(1)	BSN		STL	W,5-4	GS-6		1	6.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.39	28	10	9	0	3	8	41			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.227	.02	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	242	46	Jun 14(2)	BSN		STL	L,7-8	8-12	BS(1)	-1	5.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.40	4.35	22	8	7	1	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	1	2.81	0.386	.06	0.00%	1.41	8t --- 0 out a1	12t 3 out tie
14	243	55	Jun 22(2)	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	L(1-8)	7	9.0	9	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.46	4.50	39	10	16	3	2	8	46			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
15	244	57	Jun 23(2)	BSN		PIT	L,4-7			0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.52	4.48	5												5					0
16	245	59	Jun 26(1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-9)	2	8.0	10	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.52	4.50	35	7	15	2	3	10	47			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	246	66	Jun 30(2)	BSN		PHI	L,5-15	GS-	L(1-10)	3	4.1	10	7	7	2	1	2	0	4.97	4.75	25						14						23					0
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
18	247	69	Jul 4(1)	BSN		NYG	L,8-10		L(1-11)	3	3.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.18	4.88	14												12					0
19	248	80	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-12)	11	8.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.96	4.81	32	14	9	0	3	7	58			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.161	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
20	249	83	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6		L(1-13)	2	2.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	5.10	4.89	13												13					0
21	250	87	Jul 22	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-13)	2	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.95	4.78	26	11	7	1	0	5	60			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.067	.00	0.00%	1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
22	251	90	Jul 27	BSN		PHI	L,0-5	GS-7	L(2-14)	4	7.0	7	5	4	0	2	0	0	4.96	4.66	28	9	10	0	1	7	47			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	.51	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
23	252	92	Jul 28(2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-10	9-GF	W(3-14)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.92	4.65	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.134	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
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
24	253	95	Aug 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	L(3-15)	3	9.0	11	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.79	4.58	38	9	15	1	2	11	50			0	1	0	35	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.140	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	254	99	Aug 4(2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	4.56	6	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	255	102	Aug 9	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(3-16)	4	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.93	4.62	11	3	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	-0.865	.00	0.00%	-3.07	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
27	256	105	Aug 11(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-17)	1	8.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	1	4.84	4.57	31	13	10	0	3	5	60			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	257	109	Aug 16(1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	L(3-18)	4	9.0	8	3	2	3	1	1	0	4.68	4.62	39	19	8	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.020	.00	0.00%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
29	258	113	Aug 18(2)	BSN		STL	L,4-9			1	2.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.65	4.59	11												9					0
30	259	116	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	GS-	L(3-19)	4	5.0	10	5	4	3	2	0	0	4.73	4.57	28						28						24					0
31	260	120	Aug 28(1)	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(4-19)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.54	4.48	32	11	13	1	3	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.604	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
32	261	124	Sep 1	BSN		BRO	L,4-8	GS-2	L(4-20)	3	1.1	6	7	7	0	0	1	0	4.87	4.55	11	5	1	0	0	5	14			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.407	.00	0.00%	-6.29	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d7
33	262	125	Sep 4	BSN	@	STL	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.95	4.54	5	2	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-2.28	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 3
34	263	128	Sep 7	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.52	10	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.66	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 3
35	264	131	Sep 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-21)	2	8.0	10	4	2	1	3	0	0	4.75	4.45	33	8	13	3	2	8	52			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	.75	-0.101	.00	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
36	265	136	Sep 15(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-22)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.39	28	17	7	0	0	4	70			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.253	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
37	266	141	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	5-GF(8)	L(4-23)	3	4.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.65	4.38	18	13	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.08	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-0.82	5b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 2
38	267	145	Sep 22(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	L(4-24)	2	8.0	8	4	2	2	4	1	0	4.55	4.39	34						56						32	0	0			0
39	268	151	Sep 27(2)	BSN		NYG	L,5-8	GS-7	L(4-25)	4	6.2	11	6	5	3	1	1	0	4.62	4.45	32	8	9	1	2	11	28			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.370	.00	0.00%	-1.94	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
							5-34		W-L:4-25,BSv:2	3.0	210.1	235	117	108	45	35	15	2	4.62	4.45	898	1.24		5%	7%	182	50	6	50%	5	6	0	832	37	6	3	15	0	12	1.06	-2.134	.33	0.46%	-0.36

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