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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 90 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 30 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

3 Tms
BSN	86
NYG	3
BRO	1

Platoon
vs RHB	51
vs LHB	39

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	44

Outs
0	32
1	29
2	28
Unk	1

8 Opps
NYG	25
PHI	19
CHC	14
STL	11
BRO	8
CIN	7
PIT	5
BSN	1

60 Batters
Mel Ott	8
Virgil Davis	4
Freddie Lindstrom	4
Chuck Klein	4
George Watkins	3
Travis Jackson	3
Tony Cuccinello	3
Johnny Vergez	2
Pinky Whitney	2
Gabby Hartnett	2
Hack Wilson	2
Kiki Cuyler	2
Jack Rothrock	2
Del Bissonette	2
Joe Medwick	2
Harry Heilmann	1
Adam Comorosky	1
Billy Rhiel	1
Mark Koenig	1
Bill Walker	1
Doc Farrell	1
Lon Warneke	1
Shanty Hogan	1
Val Picinich	1
Riggs Stephenson	1
Ernie Lombardi	1
Johnny Moore	1
Casper Asbjornson	1
Claude Passeau	1
Blondy Ryan	1
Phil Weintraub	1
Frankie Frisch	1
Woody English	1
Bill DeLancey	1
Wes Schulmerich	1
Gus Suhr	1
Johnny Frederick	1
Vince Barton	1
Freddy Leach	1
Denny Sothern	1
Babe Herman	1
Arky Vaughan	1
Walt Lerian	1
Pepper Martin	1
George Grantham	1
Len Koenecke	1
Billy Jurges	1
Pep Young	1
Jim Bottomley	1
Bob Meusel	1
Jo-Jo Moore	1
Morrie Arnovich	1
Dick Bartell	1
Johnny Schulte	1
Bob Weiland	1
Pat Malone	1
Tony Piet	1
Alex Kampouris	1
Tex Carleton	1
Lonny Frey	1

7 Parks
Braves Fld (BOS)	42
Polo Grounds (NYC)	16
Baker Bowl (PHI)	11
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1

Where Hit
9	42
7	35
8	5
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	51
2·HR gms	18
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	23
-2-	13
-23	5
12-	2

142 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	45
1 on	37
2 on	7
Any on	44

Inning
1	8
2	9
3	9
4	11
5	11
6	10
7	13
8	6
9	11
Extra	2

1-3	26
4-6	32
7-end	32

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	5
+2	6
+1	15
Tied	23
-1	11
-2	7
-3	4
-4..	10
Unk	1

Ahead	34
Tied	23
Behind	32
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	18
LF	13
C	12
3B	11
SS	10
2B	7
P	6
CF	6
1B	5
PH	2

OrderPos
5th	18
3rd	14
4th	14
2nd	12
6th	10
9th	8
7th	6
8th	5
1st	3

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1927-09-14 (2)	Johnny Schulte	STL		NYG	behind 1-8	b 6	1	1--	2	7	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Bell Scores
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1928-04-19	Doc Farrell	BSN	@	NYG	behind 5-8	t 7	2	1--	2	6	6	15%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bell Scores
3	3	2	1	1928-06-25	Del Bissonette	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	5	3	13%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	3	1	1928-07-04	Denny Sothern	PHI	@	BSN	ahead 6-2	t 4	1	---	1	1	8
5	5	4	1	1928-07-09	Jim Bottomley	STL		BSN	tied 3-3	b 5	1	12-	3	4	3	26%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Holm Scores; A. High Scores
6	6	5	1	1928-08-29	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG		BSN	behind 1-6	b 3	2	---	1	4	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	2	1928-08-29	Travis Jackson	NYG		BSN	behind 2-8	b 9	2	---	1	7	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	7	1	1928-09-11 (1)	Travis Jackson	NYG	@	BSN	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	1	6	6	18%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	8	1	1928-09-20 (2)	Val Picinich	CIN	@	BSN	behind 2-9	t 8	1	-23	3	7	2
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1929-05-18 (2)	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	1	2	5	10%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	2	2	1929-05-18 (2)	Mel Ott	NYG	@	BSN	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---	1	3	9	40%	79%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1929-05-27 (2)	Pinky Whitney	PHI		BSN	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1	5	5	11%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	4	1	1929-06-09	Hack Wilson	CHC		BSN	behind 0-1	b 7	2	1--	2	5	8	40%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Hornsby Scores
14	14	5	1	1929-06-18	Chuck Klein	PHI		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9
15	15	6	1	1929-06-25 (1)	Walt Lerian	PHI	@	BSN	behind 2-4	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	11%	37%		Home Run
16	16	7	1	1929-06-29 (2)	Del Bissonette	BRO		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	16%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Gilbert Scores
17	17	8	2	1929-06-29 (2)	Billy Rhiel	BRO		BSN	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	---	1	7	4	5%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	1929-07-03	Freddy Leach	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	-2-	2	2	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Roush Scores
19	19	10	1	1929-08-12	Riggs Stephenson	CHC	@	BSN	behind 1-2	t 6	2	1--	2	5	7	29%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Wilson Scores
20	20	11	1	1929-09-24 (2)	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	tied 1-1	b 4	0	-2-	2	5	9	14%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1930-05-13	Pat Malone	CHC		BSN	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	2	9	1	13%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Bell Scores
22	22	2	2	1930-05-13	Hack Wilson	CHC		BSN	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	-23	3	4	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Heathcote Scores; K. Cuyler Scores
23	23	3	1	1930-06-01 (1)	Bill Walker	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	-2-	2	9	1	16%	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Roettger Scores
24	24	4	1	1930-06-06	Gus Suhr	PIT	@	BSN	behind 1-3	t 7	2	1--	2	6	3	26%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Traynor Scores
25	25	5	2	1930-06-06	Adam Comorosky	PIT	@	BSN	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	1	4	7	31%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1930-06-20	Kiki Cuyler	CHC		BSN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	9	14%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Blair Scores
27	27	7	2	1930-06-20	Woody English	CHC		BSN	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	-2-	2	2	5	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Blair Scores
28	28	8	1	1930-07-05 (2)	Chuck Klein	PHI		BSN	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	3	9	7%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	9	1	1930-07-20 (1)	Harry Heilmann	CIN	@	BSN	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	5	9	14%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Meusel Scores
30	30	10	2	1930-07-20 (1)	Bob Meusel	CIN	@	BSN	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	1--	2	2	8	15%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Walker Scores
31	31	11	1	1930-08-29	Virgil Davis	PHI		BSN	behind 1-3	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2
32	32	12	1	1930-08-31 (2)	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	behind 7-10	b 7	1	1--	2	5	9	19%	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
33	33	13	2	1930-08-31 (2)	Shanty Hogan	NYG		BSN	behind 9-13	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	5%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	14	1	1930-09-03 (1)	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	5	15%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	15	1	1930-09-21	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	@	BSN	tied 2-2	t 9	0	1--	2	6	2	33%	91%		Home Run (LF-CF); C. Heathcote Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1931-05-30 (1)	Chuck Klein	PHI		BSN	ahead 8-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	1931-05-30 (2)	Chuck Klein	PHI		BSN	ahead 9-1	b 7	0	-2-	2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run; D. Bartell Scores/unER
38	38	3	1	1931-09-16 (2)	Vince Barton	CHC		BSN	behind 1-5	b 6	1	---	1	5	9	6%	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	2	1931-09-16 (2)	Kiki Cuyler	CHC		BSN	behind 2-7	b 8	0	---	1	3	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1932-04-16	Len Koenecke	NYG		BSN	behind 3-5	b 9	0	---	1	2	7	11%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1932-06-19	Casper Asbjornson	CIN	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	5	2	13%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	3	2	1932-06-19	George Grantham	CIN	@	BSN	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	1--	2	1	4	21%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Durocher Scores
43	43	4	1	1932-06-30	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG		BSN	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	1--	2	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
44	44	5	1	1932-08-07 (2)	Tony Piet	PIT	@	BSN	tied 4-4	t 9	0	1--	2	7	4
45	45	6	1	1932-09-18 (1)	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BSN	tied 1-1	t 9	1	---	1	5	8
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1933-05-07 (2)	Babe Herman	CHC	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9
47	47	2	2	1933-05-07 (2)	Lon Warneke	CHC	@	BSN	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	---	1	9	1
48	48	3	1	1933-06-02 (2)	Tony Cuccinello	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	1--	2	5	4	14%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Wilson Scores
49	49	4	1	1933-06-14	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	ahead 6-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	9	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1933-06-30	Ernie Lombardi	CIN	@	BSN	behind 0-3	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	17%	34%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Grantham Scores
51	51	6	1	1933-07-18	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		BSN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1933-07-27 (2)	Wes Schulmerich	PHI		BSN	behind 0-1	b 7	1	1--	2	6	7	41%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hurst Scores
53	53	8	1	1933-07-30	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	behind 0-3	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	18%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Critz Scores
54	54	9	2	1933-07-30	Blondy Ryan	NYG		BSN	behind 2-3	b 2	1	---	1	8	6	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	1	1933-08-31	Johnny Vergez	NYG	@	BSN	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	5	12%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	11	1	1933-09-30	Virgil Davis	PHI	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	12	2	1933-09-30	Virgil Davis	PHI	@	BSN	tied 1-1	t 10	2	---	1	5	2	43%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1934-04-20	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	10%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1934-06-05	Travis Jackson	NYG		BSN	ahead 6-2	b 5	2	1--	2	5	6	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Ott Scores/unER; T. Jackson Scores/unER
60	60	3	1	1934-06-09 (1)	Tony Cuccinello	BRO		BSN	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	6	4	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	4	2	1934-06-09 (1)	Johnny Frederick	BRO		BSN	behind 3-8	b 9	2	12-	3	9	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cuccinello Scores; A. Lopez Scores
62	62	5	1	1934-06-14	Frankie Frisch	STL		BSN	ahead 4-2	b 2	2	---	1	3	4	8%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	6	2	1934-06-14	Bill DeLancey	STL		BSN	ahead 5-2	b 3	1	---	1	6	2	6%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	7	1	1934-07-22 (2)	Jack Rothrock	STL	@	BSN	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	8%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	8	1	1934-08-18	Jack Rothrock	STL		BSN	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	-23	3	2	9	15%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Fullis Scores/unER; L. Durocher Scores/unER; J. Rothrock Scores/unER
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1935-04-25	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--	2	4	9	21%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
67	67	2	1	1935-05-31 (2)	Mark Koenig	NYG	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	6	16%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Moore Scores
68	68	3	1	1935-06-07	Jo-Jo Moore	NYG		BSN	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	1	7	12%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	4	2	1935-06-07	Mel Ott	NYG		BSN	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---	1	4	9	43%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	5	1	1935-06-22 (2)	Billy Jurges	CHC	@	BSN	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	6	20%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	6	1	1935-06-26 (1)	Pep Young	PIT	@	BSN	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	4	5	16%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Waner Scores
72	72	7	1	1935-06-30 (2)	George Watkins	PHI	@	BSN	behind 1-2	t 3	1	---	2	2	7
73	73	8	2	1935-06-30 (2)	Johnny Vergez	PHI	@	BSN		t 5			2	5	5
74	74	9	1	1935-07-04 (1)	Dick Bartell	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 5-2	t 5	0	---	1	2	6
75	75	10	1	1935-07-19	Arky Vaughan	PIT		BSN	behind 3-5	b 9	1	-2-	2	4	6
76	76	11	1	1935-08-09	Tony Cuccinello	BRO		BSN	behind 4-5	b 9	2	-2-	2	5	5	85%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stripp Scores
77	77	12	1	1935-08-16 (1)	Alex Kampouris	CIN	@	BSN	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	8	4	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	13	1	1935-09-01	Lonny Frey	BRO	@	BSN	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	-23	3	2	6	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Mungo Scores; F. Bordagaray Scores
79	79	14	1	1935-09-22 (2)	George Watkins	PHI		BSN	behind 2-3	b 7	1	1--	2	2	7
80	80	15	1	1935-09-27 (2)	Phil Weintraub	NYG	@	BSN	tied 4-4	t 7	2	---	1	4	3	23%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1936-04-15	Johnny Moore	PHI		BSN	behind 1-9	b 5	0	---	1	3	9	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	2	1	1936-04-23	George Watkins	PHI	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	1--	2	2	7	14%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Chiozza Scores
83	83	3	1	1936-06-25 (2)	Tex Carleton	CHC	@	BSN	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	-23	3	9	1	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gill Scores; B. Jurges Scores
84	84	4	1	1936-07-26 (2)	Pepper Martin	STL	@	BSN	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
85	85	5	2	1936-07-26 (2)	Joe Medwick	STL	@	BSN	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	7	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
86	86	6	3	1936-07-26 (2)	Virgil Davis	STL	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	-2-	2	6	2	13%	90%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Mize Scores
87	87	7	1	1936-09-27 (2)	Morrie Arnovich	PHI		BSN	behind 1-2	b 3	2	-2-	2	5	7	20%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Klein Scores
88	88	8	2	1936-09-27 (2)	Claude Passeau	PHI		BSN	ahead 3-2	b 4	2	---	1	9	1	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
89	89	1	1	1937-07-29	Bob Weiland	STL		NYG	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	11%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
90	90	2	1	1937-08-17	Pinky Whitney	PHI	@	BRO	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	---	1	5	5	7%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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