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: 13-19 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 11

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	269	2	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	W,12-4	GS-5		99	4.1	11	4	4	3	2	1	0	8.31	7.47	26	6	4	0	2	11	24			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.029	2.08	-0.04%	-1.77	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a6
2	270	5	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	8.44	7.82	6	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.015	.38	-0.02%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
3	271	7	Apr 21	BSN	@	BRO	T,6-6	12-GF(12)		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.50	7.82	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.32	0.326	11.50	0.42%	1.22	12b 1-3 1 out tie	12b end tie
4	272	9	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	9.00	8.74	5	0	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.120	.83	-0.14%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
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
5	273	20	May 7	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	7-7		13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.88	8.07	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.026	.81	0.04%	0.54	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
6	274	22	May 10	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	BW(1-0)	2	3.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.40	6.06	14	6	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	0.200	5.68	0.22%	0.37	9t 12- 1 out a2	12t end tie
7	275	24	May 12	BSN		PIT	T,6-6	9-GF(10)		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.61	6.10	8	4	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	0.469	8.76	0.63%	1.97	9t 12- 0 out tie	10t end tie
8	276	26	May 14	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	8-GF	BS(2)	1	1.2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.28	6.25	10	4	0	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.63	-0.500	4.10	-0.76%	-2.34	8t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end d 3
9	277	28	May 16	BSN		STL	L,5-7	6-GF		1	4.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.19	5.80	15	10	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	0.114	1.60	0.18%	1.96	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	278	30	May 19	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	4-GF	W(2-0)	2	6.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.55	5.05	26	9	7	0	3	8		0	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.40	0.451	4.36	0.49%	1.93	4t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
11	279	33	May 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	BL(2-1)	2	2.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.58	5.05	11	4	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.38	-0.162	5.98	-0.17%	0.05	9b -23 1 out a1	11b end d 1
12	280	41	May 28(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	5	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.12	4.76	29	9	12	1	3	4	59			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.025	1.65	-0.03%	0.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
13	281	43	May 30(1)	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.03	4.80	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	-0.222	5.83	-0.22%	-0.13	10t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
14	282	44	May 30(2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-9	8-GF		-1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.87	4.88	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.07	0.01%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
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
15	283	56	Jun 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-7	L(3-2)	13	6.0	7	6	3	4	3	0	0	3.09	4.80	29	15	2	1	0	5	39			1	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.33	-0.292	1.65	-0.22%	-2.42	1b start a 2	7b -2- 0 out d3
16	284	59	Jun 17(1)	BSN		STL	W,9-6	5-GF	W(4-2)	3	4.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.00	4.59	17	8	4	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.155	.65	0.09%	1.18	5t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
17	285	64	Jun 21	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.84	4.24	33	15	7	0	0	7	69			0	2	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	2	.91	0.148	.68	0.07%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	286	67	Jun 25(1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-1	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.79	4.25	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.037	.42	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
19	287	68	Jun 25(2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-8	6-6		-1	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.91	4.46	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.098	.27	-0.04%	-1.61	6t -23 1 out d2	6t 3 out d5
20	288	71	Jun 28(2)	BSN		PIT	W,6-4	GS-9	W(6-2)	2	8.0	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.11	4.41	32	14	7	1	0	9	46			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.248	.24	0.03%	-0.08	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
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
21	289	73	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	W,8-6	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.01	4.32	8	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.145	.31	0.02%	0.98	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
22	290	75	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	9-GF(10)	L(6-3)	2	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.20	4.38	9	3	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.649	.79	-0.10%	-1.28	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
23	291	78	Jul 9	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-5	4-GF	W(7-3)	4	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.07	4.27	24	7	11	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	0.497	.37	0.07%	1.93	4b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
24	292	81	Jul 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-2	9-GF(10)	W(8-3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.99	4.26	7	2	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.17	0.336	.74	0.07%	1.70	9b -2- 0 out tie	10b end a 4
25	293	85	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(8-4)	3	9.2	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.76	4.20	38	19	10	0	3	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	0.355	.76	0.10%	4.12	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
26	294	90	Jul 21	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(8-5)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	1	2.78	4.17	35	14	10	2	3	6	63			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.104	.23	0.02%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	295	95	Jul 26(2)	BSN		STL	L,5-8	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	3	3	0	3.06	4.44	24	9	4	0	2	8	39			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.366	.16	-0.04%	-2.07	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d3
28	296	98	Jul 30	BSN		PIT	L,3-5	6-GF(11)	L(8-7)	3	5.2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.98	4.38	23	14	5	0	2	4		2	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.95	0.180	.18	0.01%	1.34	6t 12- 1 out tie	11t end d 2
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
29	297	102	Aug 2(2)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(9-7)	2	9.0	8	2	1	1	3	0	1	2.83	4.30	36						67						33	0	0			0
30	298	106	Aug 9(1)	BSN		BRO	L,0-4	GS-	L(9-8)	6	7.0	8	4	2	0	3	0	0	2.82	4.20	29						52						29					0
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
31	299	145	Sep 16(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF		37	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	4.19	3	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
32	300	148	Sep 20(2)	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	3	0.1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.93	4.21	4	0	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-1.41	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 12- 1 out a1
33	301	150	Sep 22(1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	4.21	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.45	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
34	302	157	Sep 27(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	6.0	10	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.06	4.42	31	12	5	1	0	10	34			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							13-19		W-L:9-9,Sv:2,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.3	132.1	127	55	45	36	39	8	4	3.06	4.42	556	1.72		4%	6%	105	51	19	42%	3	8	0	502	14	2	5	8	0	9	1.42	1.127	1.47	0.68%	10.49

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