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Ben Cantwell
Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 168 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut August 19, 1927
Final Game September 23, 1937
Born April 13, 1902 in Milan, TN
Died December 4, 1962 in Salem, MO

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1927 25 NYG NL   1   1   5   2   1   0   2  0   19.7   26    9    9   1    2    6   1   1    87       0  4.12  3.84   93 1.424
 1928 26 TOT NL   4   3  29  10   3   0  11  1  108.3  132   73   60   8   40   18   3   1   492       0  4.98  3.90   78 1.588
         NYG NL   1   0   7   1   0   0   3  1   18.3   20   10    9   1    4    0   1   0    79       0  4.42  3.90   88 1.309
         BSN NL   3   3  22   9   3   0   8  0   90.0  112   63   51   7   36   18   2   1   413       0  5.10  3.90   76 1.644
 1929 27 BSN NL   4  13  27  20   8   0   6  2  157.0  171   98   78  11   52   25   2   3   683       0  4.47  4.66  104 1.420
 1930 28 BSN NL   9  15  31  21  10   0   6  2  173.3  213   99   94  15   45   43   1   3   753       0  4.88  4.92  101 1.488
 1931 29 BSN NL   7   9  33  16   9   2   9  2  156.3  160   73   63   4   34   32   0   4   659       0  3.63  3.79  104 1.241
 1932 30 BSN NL  13  11  37   9   3   1  27  5  146.0  133   56   48   6   33   33   5   0   589       0  2.96  3.76  127 1.137
 1933 31 BSN NL  20  10  40  29  18   2   9  2  254.7  242   89   74  12   54   57   3   4  1046       0  2.62  3.07  117 1.162 MVP-10
 1934 32 BSN NL   5  11  27  19   6   1   7  5  143.3  163   88   69   8   34   45   2   1   620       0  4.33  3.82   88 1.374
 1935 33 BSN NL   4  25  39  24  13   0  10  0  210.7  235  117  108  15   44   34   2   0   898       0  4.61  3.78   82 1.324
 1936 34 BSN NL   9   9  34  12   4   0  20  2  133.3  127   55   45   8   35   42   4   2   556       0  3.04  3.86  127 1.215
 1937 35 TOT NL   0   1  14   1   0   0   6  0   31.3   38   21   18   2    9   13   0   0   144       0  5.17  4.00   77 1.500
         NYG NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    6    4    4   1    1    1   0   0    18       0  9.00  3.87   43 1.750
         BRO NL   0   0  13   0   0   0   6  0   27.3   32   17   14   1    8   12   0   0   126       0  4.61  4.02   87 1.463
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .413  76 108 316 163  75   6 113 21 1534.0 1640  778  666  90  382  348  23  19  6527       0  3.91  3.90  100 1.318
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  44  23  10   0  16  2  217.7  232  110   94  12   54   49   3   2   926   0   0  3.91  3.90  100 1.318
 Career High     20  25  40  29  18   2  27  5  254.7  242  117  108  15   54   57   5   4  1046   0   0  2.62  4.92  127 1.137
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 25 NYG NL   5    8    1    2   1  0   0    2   0      0   1  .250  .250  .375   65    3   0           0    
 1928 26 TOT NL  29   33    5    7   0  0   0    3   0      0   6  .212  .212  .212   13    7   0           0    
         NYG NL   7    4    2    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   0  .500  .500  .500  161    2   0           0    
         BSN NL  22   29    3    5   0  0   0    1   0      0   6  .172  .172  .172   -8    5   0           0    
 1929 27 BSN NL  27   50    5    9   3  0   0    5   0      4   5  .180  .241  .240   22   12   3           0    
 1930 28 BSN NL  34   63    4   19   1  1   0    5   0      0   7  .302  .302  .349   59   22   2           0    
 1931 29 BSN NL  40   57    7   13   1  0   0    2   0      0   7  .228  .228  .246   29   14   2           0    
 1932 30 BSN NL  37   50    3   14   0  0   0    4   0      1   3  .280  .294  .280   58   14   0           0    
 1933 31 BSN NL  49   85    9   12   2  1   0    7   0      4  10  .141  .180  .188    9   16   3           0   2 MVP-10
 1934 32 BSN NL  29   43    5   12   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .279  .279  .279   54   12   5           0   0
 1935 33 BSN NL  41   67    4   19   1  0   0    2   0      2   8  .284  .304  .299   68   20   5           0   2
 1936 34 BSN NL  35   41    3    8   0  0   0    0   1      0   5  .195  .195  .195    8    8   3           0   1
 1937 35 TOT NL  14    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .167  .286  .167   25    1   0           0   0
         NYG NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
         BRO NL  13    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .167  .167  .167  -10    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     340  503   46  116   9  2   0   31   1  0  12  57  .231  .249  .256   37  129  23   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        240   22   55   4  1   0   15   0  0   6  27  .231  .249  .256   37   61  11   0   0   0   2
 Career High     49   85    9   19   3  1   0    7   1  0   4  10                          22   5   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 25 NYG NL    8    6    1   4.5   104| .250  .290| .250  .349| .375  .400| .625  .749|  65  .488  -0.4   0.0     
 1928 26 TOT NL   33   26    2   2.1   105| .212  .285| .212  .349| .212  .405| .424  .754|  13  .175  -4.2  -0.4     
         NYG NL    4    2    1  13.5   110| .500  .291| .500  .356| .500  .414|1.000  .771| 161  .867   0.3   0.0     
         BSN NL   29   24    1   1.1   105| .172  .284| .172  .348| .172  .404| .344  .751|  -8  .064  -4.6  -0.4     
 1929 27 BSN NL   57   44    3   1.8   117| .180  .299| .241  .362| .240  .436| .481  .798|  22  .117  -6.1  -0.6     
 1930 28 BSN NL   65   46    7   4.0   124| .302  .308| .302  .366| .349  .458| .651  .824|  59  .335  -4.4  -0.4     
 1931 29 BSN NL   59   46    3   1.7   101| .228  .281| .228  .340| .246  .397| .474  .737|  29  .143  -5.8  -0.6     
 1932 30 BSN NL   51   36    4   3.0   100| .280  .279| .294  .332| .280  .404| .574  .736|  58  .305  -3.0  -0.3     
 1933 31 BSN NL   92   78    3   1.0    85| .141  .264| .180  .316| .188  .362| .368  .678|   9  .075  -9.8  -1.0     
 1934 32 BSN NL   48   36    3   2.2    98| .279  .278| .279  .333| .279  .395| .558  .728|  54  .200  -2.7  -0.3     
 1935 33 BSN NL   74   55    6   2.9    97| .284  .275| .304  .330| .299  .393| .603  .722|  68  .296  -2.8  -0.3     
 1936 34 BSN NL   44   37    2   1.4    98| .195  .278| .195  .337| .195  .390| .390  .726|   8  .105  -5.2  -0.5     
 1937 35 TOT NL    7    5    0   0.0   103| .167  .282| .286  .344| .167  .400| .453  .744|  25  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
         NYG NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .343|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
         BRO NL    6    5    0   0.0   103| .167  .282| .167  .344| .167  .400| .334  .745| -10  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      538  415   34   2.2   102| .231  .282| .249  .339| .256  .403| .505  .742|  37  .192 -45.1  -4.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1927 25 NYG NL   P    5      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.28  1.83  2.33    2   19.7
 1928 26 TOT NL   P   29      7   34    3    1  .932  .967  1.41  1.27  3.41  2.42   10  108.3
         NYG NL   P    7      2    7    0    0 1.000  .968  1.29  1.27  4.43  2.41    1   18.3
         BSN NL   P   22      5   27    3    1  .914  .967  1.45  1.27  3.20  2.42    9   90.0
 1929 27 BSN NL   P   27     12   53    4    5  .942  .964  2.41  1.23  3.73  2.39   20  157.0
 1930 28 BSN NL   P   31     13   50    1    9  .984  .963  2.03  1.10  3.27  2.21   21  173.3
 1931 29 BSN NL   P   33      7   49    3    2  .949  .959  1.70  1.20  3.22  2.22   16  156.3
 1932 30 BSN NL   P   37     12   43    1    6  .982  .957  1.49  1.21  3.39  2.29    9  146.0
 1933 31 BSN NL   P   40     12   77    1    3  .989  .964  2.23  1.28  3.14  2.36   29  254.7
 1934 32 BSN NL   P   27      8   40    3    1  .941  .960  1.78  1.12  3.01  2.27   19  143.3
 1935 33 BSN NL   P   39     12   54    1    4  .985  .959  1.69  1.18  2.82  2.31   24  210.7
 1936 34 BSN NL   P   34      9   44    2    2  .964  .950  1.56  1.16  3.58  2.32   12  133.3
 1937 35 TOT NL   P   14      1   17    0    0 1.000  .957  1.29  1.20  5.18  2.39    1   31.3
         NYG NL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.20  4.50  2.48    1    4.0
         BRO NL   P   13      1   15    0    0 1.000  .958  1.23  1.20  5.27  2.37    0   27.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1927 25 NYG NL   P    5      2    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.80  1.28  1.83  2.33    2   19.7
 1928 26 TOT NL   P   29      7   34    3    1  .932  .967  1.41  1.27  3.41  2.42   10  108.3
         NYG NL   P    7      2    7    0    0 1.000  .968  1.29  1.27  4.43  2.41    1   18.3
         BSN NL   P   22      5   27    3    1  .914  .967  1.45  1.27  3.20  2.42    9   90.0
 1929 27 BSN NL   P   27     12   53    4    5  .942  .964  2.41  1.23  3.73  2.39   20  157.0
 1930 28 BSN NL   P   31     13   50    1    9  .984  .963  2.03  1.10  3.27  2.21   21  173.3
 1931 29 BSN NL   P   33      7   49    3    2  .949  .959  1.70  1.20  3.22  2.22   16  156.3
 1932 30 BSN NL   P   37     12   43    1    6  .982  .957  1.49  1.21  3.39  2.29    9  146.0
 1933 31 BSN NL   P   40     12   77    1    3  .989  .964  2.23  1.28  3.14  2.36   29  254.7
 1934 32 BSN NL   P   27      8   40    3    1  .941  .960  1.78  1.12  3.01  2.27   19  143.3
 1935 33 BSN NL   P   39     12   54    1    4  .985  .959  1.69  1.18  2.82  2.31   24  210.7
 1936 34 BSN NL   P   34      9   44    2    2  .964  .950  1.56  1.16  3.58  2.32   12  133.3
 1937 35 TOT NL   P   14      1   17    0    0 1.000  .957  1.29  1.20  5.18  2.39    1   31.3
         NYG NL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.20  4.50  2.48    1    4.0
         BRO NL   P   13      1   15    0    0 1.000  .958  1.23  1.20  5.27  2.37    0   27.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 316     95  463   19   33  .967  .960  1.77  1.20  3.27  2.31  163 1534.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       316     95  463   19   33  .967  .960  1.77  1.20  3.27  2.31  163   1534

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1933-NL-10-0.22
Car-680-0.22 shares

ERA
1933 NL-2.62-6

Wins
1933 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1933 NL-.667-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1931 NL-1.241-7
1933 NL-1.162-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1933 NL-8.55-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1931 NL-1.96-3
1933 NL-1.91-6

Saves
1932 NL-5-3
1934 NL-5-5

Innings
1933 NL-254.7-10

Comp. Games
1933 NL-18-10

Home Runs Allow.
1933 NL-12-6
1935 NL-15-9

Losses
1930 NL-15-6
1935 NL-25-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 NL-108-4

Games Finished
1932 NL-27-2
1936 NL-20-7

Adjusted ERA+
1933 NL-117-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1187) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1065) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 15, 1928: Traded by the New York Giants with Virgil Barnes, Bill Clarkson, and Al Spohrer to the Boston Braves for Joe Genewich.
January 27, 1937: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Boston Bees.
August 9, 1937: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Giants.
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Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1933-NL-10-0.22 Car-680-0.22 shares	ERA 1933 NL-2.62-6	Wins 1933 NL-20-2	Won-Loss % 1933 NL-.667-2	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1931 NL-1.241-7 1933 NL-1.162-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1933 NL-8.55-9
Bases on Balls/9IP 1931 NL-1.96-3 1933 NL-1.91-6	Saves 1932 NL-5-3 1934 NL-5-5	Innings 1933 NL-254.7-10	Comp. Games 1933 NL-18-10	Home Runs Allow. 1933 NL-12-6 1935 NL-15-9	Losses 1930 NL-15-6 1935 NL-25-1
Earned Runs Allow. 1935 NL-108-4	Games Finished 1932 NL-27-2 1936 NL-20-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1933 NL-117-9