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Ben Cantwell
Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: April 13, 1902 in Milan, TN
Schools: University of Tennessee (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1927
Final Game: September 23, 1937
Died: December 4, 1962 in Salem, MO
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1927 25 NYG NL 1 1 .500 4.12 5 2 2 1 0 0 19.2 26 9 9 1 2 6 1 0 1 87 93 1.424 11.9 0.5 0.9 2.7 3.00
1928 26 TOT NL 4 3 .571 4.98 29 10 11 3 0 1 108.1 132 73 60 8 40 18 3 0 1 492 78 1.588 11.0 0.7 3.3 1.5 0.45
1928 26 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 4.42 7 1 3 0 0 1 18.1 20 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 79 88 1.309 9.8 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.00
1928 26 BSN NL 3 3 .500 5.10 22 9 8 3 0 0 90.0 112 63 51 7 36 18 2 0 1 413 76 1.644 11.2 0.7 3.6 1.8 0.50
1929 27 BSN NL 4 13 .235 4.47 27 20 6 8 0 2 157.0 171 98 78 11 52 25 2 0 3 683 104 1.420 9.8 0.6 3.0 1.4 0.48
1930 28 BSN NL 9 15 .375 4.88 31 21 6 10 0 2 173.1 213 99 94 15 45 43 1 0 3 753 101 1.488 11.1 0.8 2.3 2.2 0.96
1931 29 BSN NL 7 9 .438 3.63 33 16 9 9 2 2 156.1 160 73 63 4 34 32 0 0 4 659 104 1.241 9.2 0.2 2.0 1.8 0.94
1932 30 BSN NL 13 11 .542 2.96 37 9 27 3 1 5 146.0 133 56 48 6 33 33 5 0 0 589 127 1.137 8.2 0.4 2.0 2.0 1.00
1933 31 BSN NL 20 10 .667 2.62 40 29 9 18 2 2 254.2 242 89 74 12 54 57 3 0 4 1046 117 1.162 8.6 0.4 1.9 2.0 1.06 MVP-10
1934 32 BSN NL 5 11 .313 4.33 27 19 7 6 1 5 143.1 163 88 69 8 34 45 2 0 1 620 88 1.374 10.2 0.5 2.1 2.8 1.32
1935 33 BSN NL 4 25 .138 4.61 39 24 10 13 0 0 210.2 235 117 108 15 44 34 2 0 0 898 82 1.324 10.0 0.6 1.9 1.5 0.77
1936 34 BSN NL 9 9 .500 3.04 34 12 20 4 0 2 133.1 127 55 45 8 35 42 4 0 2 556 127 1.215 8.6 0.5 2.4 2.8 1.20
1937 35 TOT NL 0 1 .000 5.17 14 1 6 0 0 0 31.1 38 21 18 2 9 13 0 0 0 144 77 1.500 10.9 0.6 2.6 3.7 1.44
1937 35 NYG NL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 43 1.750 13.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
1937 35 BRO NL 0 0 4.61 13 0 6 0 0 0 27.1 32 17 14 1 8 12 0 0 0 126 87 1.463 10.5 0.3 2.6 4.0 1.50
11 Seasons 76 108 .413 3.91 316 163 113 75 6 21 1534.0 1640 778 666 90 382 348 23 0 19 6527 100 1.318 9.6 0.5 2.2 2.0 0.91
162 Game Avg. 11 15 .413 3.91 45 23 16 11 1 3 218 233 110 95 13 54 49 3 0 3 927 100 1.318 9.6 0.5 2.2 2.0 0.91
BSN (9 yrs) 74 106 .411 3.87 290 159 102 74 6 20 1464.2 1556 738 630 86 367 329 21 0 18 6217 101 1.313 9.6 0.5 2.3 2.0 0.90
NYG (3 yrs) 2 2 .500 4.71 13 4 5 1 0 1 42.0 52 23 22 3 7 7 2 0 1 184 82 1.405 11.1 0.6 1.5 1.5 1.00
BRO (1 yr) 0 0 4.61 13 0 6 0 0 0 27.1 32 17 14 1 8 12 0 0 0 126 87 1.463 10.5 0.3 2.6 4.0 1.50

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1927 25 NYG NL 5 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 65 3 0 0 /1
1928 26 TOT NL 29 33 33 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .212 .212 .212 .424 13 7 0 0 1
1928 26 NYG NL 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 2 0 0 /1
1928 26 BSN NL 22 29 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .172 .172 .172 .345 -8 5 0 0 1
1929 27 BSN NL 27 57 50 5 9 3 0 0 5 0 4 5 .180 .241 .240 .481 22 12 0 3 1
1930 28 BSN NL 34 65 63 4 19 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 .302 .302 .349 .651 59 22 0 2 1
1931 29 BSN NL 40 59 57 7 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 .228 .228 .246 .474 29 14 0 2 1
1932 30 BSN NL 37 51 50 3 14 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 .280 .294 .280 .574 58 14 0 0 1
1933 31 BSN NL 49 92 85 9 12 2 1 0 7 0 4 10 .141 .180 .188 .368 9 16 2 0 3 1 MVP-10
1934 32 BSN NL 29 48 43 5 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .279 .279 .279 .558 54 12 0 0 5 1
1935 33 BSN NL 41 74 67 4 19 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 .284 .304 .299 .603 68 20 2 0 5 1
1936 34 BSN NL 35 44 41 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .195 .195 .195 .390 8 8 1 0 3 1
1937 35 TOT NL 14 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 25 1 0 0 0 1
1937 35 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
1937 35 BRO NL 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 340 538 503 46 116 9 2 0 31 1 12 57 .231 .249 .256 .505 37 129 5 0 23
162 Game Avg. 162 256 240 22 55 4 1 0 15 0 6 27 .231 .249 .256 .505 37 61 0 11
BSN (9 yrs) 314 519 485 43 111 8 2 0 27 1 11 55 .229 .246 .254 .500 36 123 5 0 23
NYG (3 yrs) 13 13 12 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 .333 .385 .417 .801 113 5 0 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1927 NYG NL 25 P 5 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.80 .950 1.28
1928 TOT NL 26 P 29 44 7 34 3 1 .932 1.41 .968 1.27
1928 NYG NL 26 P 7 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.29 .967 1.27
1928 BSN NL 26 P 22 35 5 27 3 1 .914 1.45 .969 1.27
1929 BSN NL 27 P 27 69 12 53 4 5 .942 2.41 .965 1.23
1930 BSN NL 28 P 31 64 13 50 1 9 .984 2.03 .962 1.10
1931 BSN NL 29 P 33 59 7 49 3 2 .949 1.70 .959 1.20
1932 BSN NL 30 P 37 56 12 43 1 6 .982 1.49 .955 1.21
1933 BSN NL 31 P 40 90 12 77 1 3 .989 2.23 .963 1.28 MVP-10
1934 BSN NL 32 P 27 51 8 40 3 1 .941 1.78 .961 1.12
1935 BSN NL 33 P 39 67 12 54 1 4 .985 1.69 .958 1.18
1936 BSN NL 34 P 34 55 9 44 2 2 .964 1.56 .949 1.16
1937 TOT NL 35 P 14 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.29 .956 1.20
1937 NYG NL 35 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.20
1937 BRO NL 35 P 13 16 1 15 0 0 1.000 1.23 .956 1.20
11 Seasons P 316 577 95 463 19 33 .967 1.77 .960 1.20
11 Seasons TOT 316 577 95 463 19 33 .967 1.77 .927 1.20

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-NL-10-22%
0.22 Career Shares (691st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1933 NL--2.615--6th

Wins s c a p y
1933 NL--20--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1933 NL--.667--2nd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1931 NL--1.241--7th
1933 NL--1.162--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL--8.552--9th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL--1.957--3rd
1933 NL--1.908--6th
Career--2.241--171st

Saves s c a p y
1932 NL--5--3rd
1934 NL--5--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1933 NL--254.7--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1933 NL--18--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL--12--6th
1935 NL--15--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1931 NL--.230--4th

Losses s c a p y
1930 NL--15--6th
1935 NL--25--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1935 NL--108--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1932 NL--27--2nd
1936 NL--20--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1933 NL--117--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (850), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

December 2, 1937: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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