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: 11-16 / in Starts: 5-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 3

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	203	4	Apr 20	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	7	5	0	6	1	2	6.43	4.18	33	12	5	1	1	8	41			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.378	3.04	-0.61%	-3.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
2	204	8	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	W,9-4	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.18	12	7	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.122	2.34	0.18%	1.45	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 5
3	205	12	Apr 30	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-		4	8.0	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.50	3.96	33						47						30					0
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
4	206	16	May 5	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.03	8	5	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.350	7.28	0.59%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
5	207	19	May 8	BSN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	2	6.1	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.78	3.90	30	12	3	0	1	11	31			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.273	2.94	-0.43%	-2.03	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out d1
6	208	26	May 18	BSN		STL	W,6-2	8-GF	S(3)	9	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	3.78	6	2	2	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.183	2.25	0.28%	2.80	8t 123 0 out a4	9t end a 4
7	209	28	May 20	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(1-2)	1	10.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.29	3.60	36	11	13	1	2	4	86			0	3	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.70	0.810	3.53	1.01%	4.84	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
8	210	32	May 26	BSN		CHC	L,4-6	GS-8	L(1-3)	5	7.2	7	6	6	2	3	0	0	3.91	3.53	32	10	10	2	4	7	42			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.082	3.06	-0.13%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
9	211	35	May 29	BSN		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	3.48	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.172	4.54	0.22%	0.97	9t -23 0 out a3	9t end a 2
10	212	37	May 30(2)	BSN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(2-3)	0	9.0	9	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.21	3.56	37						65						33	1	0			0
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	213	41	Jun 5	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-13	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.2	7	8	4	1	3	1	0	3.56	3.69	23	6	6	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.411	2.47	-0.76%	-5.52	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d6
12	214	45	Jun 9(1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	11	6	4	2	2	2	0	3.62	4.03	37	13	9	0	3	11	45			0	2	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.030	1.70	0.03%	-1.50	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
13	215	50	Jun 14	BSN	@	STL	L,9-12	GS-3		4	2.1	7	6	4	0	1	2	0	4.00	4.34	15	7	0	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.412	2.02	-0.53%	-4.61	1b start a 2	3b --- 1 out d4
14	216	56	Jun 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-7		5	7.0	14	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.22	4.21	34	17	3	1	0	13	30			0	0	0	34	5	2	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.369	2.64	-0.50%	-1.20	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
15	217	62	Jun 24(2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.1	8	7	7	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.19	21	7	5	0	0	8	18			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	1	.93	-0.210	2.18	-0.30%	-3.66	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d5
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
16	218	80	Jul 12	BSN		CHC	L,4-7	8-8		17	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.06	4.22	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.057	.37	-0.03%	-2.90	8t --- 0 out d3	8t -23 1 out d5
17	219	91	Jul 22(2)	BSN		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(3-6)	9	9.0	7	4	1	1	4	1	0	4.66	4.21	37	8	17	2	1	7	66			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	3	.96	-0.135	.18	-0.02%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
18	220	100	Aug 1(1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-11	GS-1	L(3-7)	9	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.01	4.23	7	1	1	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.330	.13	-0.03%	-3.83	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d4
19	221	103	Aug 4	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-3	12-GF(13)	W(4-7)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.91	4.18	9	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.97	0.228	.11	0.01%	1.00	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 2
20	222	107	Aug 8	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.80	4.13	25	12	5	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.039	.05	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
21	223	114	Aug 18	BSN	@	STL	L,0-15	GS-2	L(4-8)	9	1.2	5	5	2	1	1	1	0	4.89	4.25	12	5	0	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.300	.02	0.00%	-4.13	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d5
22	224	121	Aug 26	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-5	7-GF	S(5)	7	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.22	11	9	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.63	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
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
23	225	131	Sep 5	BSN		PIT	L,2-8	GS-8	L(4-9)	9	8.0	8	4	3	3	1	0	0	4.66	4.21	36	14	10	2	0	8	50			1	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
24	226	136	Sep 12	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	5-GF		6	4.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.47	4.15	14	7	6	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.057	.00	0.00%	2.11	5t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
25	227	140	Sep 16(2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-5	CG	L(4-10)	3	9.0	10	5	5	2	3	0	0	4.51	4.08	38	12	11	1	0	10	48			0	0	0	35	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
26	228	145	Sep 23(1)	BSN		NYG	L,0-8	GS-	L(4-11)	6	6.2	8	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.56	4.11	30						39						24					0
27	229	149	Sep 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(5-11)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.33	4.03	36	11	12	0	2	9	65			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.306	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
							11-16		W-L:5-11,Sv:5	4.7	143.1	163	88	69	34	45	8	2	4.33	4.03	620	1.58		4%	6%	134	44	7	29%	1	7	0	572	28	7	5	5	0	11	1.13	-1.025	1.59	-1.02%	-13.64

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