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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	96	3.01	1.424	11.9	0.5	0.9	2.7	3.00
1928	26	TOT	NL	4	3	.571	4.98	29	11	11	3	0	1	108.1	132	73	60	8	40	1	18	3	0	1	492	78	4.85	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	0	1	0	0	79	90	4.56	1.309	9.8	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.00
1928	26	BSN	NL	3	3	.500	5.10	22	10	8	3	0	0	90.0	112	63	51	7	36	1	18	2	0	1	413	75	4.91	1.644	11.2	0.7	3.6	1.8	0.50
1929	27	BSN	NL	4	13	.235	4.47	27	20	5	8	0	2	157.0	171	98	78	11	52	4	25	2	0	3	683	105	4.42	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	2	43	1	0	3	753	101	4.28	1.488	11.1	0.8	2.3	2.2	0.96
1931	29	BSN	NL	7	9	.438	3.63	33	16	8	9	2	2	156.1	160	73	63	4	34	1	32	0	0	4	659	106	3.71	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	5	33	5	0	0	589	128	3.66	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	2	57	3	0	4	1046	116	3.74	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	5	45	2	0	1	620	87	4.03	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	3	34	2	0	0	898	82	4.44	1.324	10.0	0.6	1.9	1.5	0.77
1936	34	BSN	NL	9	9	.500	3.04	34	11	20	4	0	2	133.1	127	55	45	8	35	5	42	4	0	2	556	126	4.34	1.215	8.6	0.5	2.4	2.8	1.20
1937	35	NYG-min	AA	12	7	.632	1.65	23	20					175.0	164	48	32		35									1.137	8.4		1.8			JER IL
1937	35	TOT	NL	0	1	.000	5.17	14	1	6	0	0	0	31.1	38	21	18	2	9	1	13	0	0	0	144	79	4.06	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	0	1	0	0	0	18	47	6.70	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	1	12	0	0	0	126	89	3.68	1.463	10.5	0.3	2.6	4.0	1.50
1938	36	PIT-min	AA					15																										MTL IL
11 Yrs				76	108	.413	3.91	316	163	111	75	6	21	1534.0	1640	778	666	90	382	29	348	23	0	19	6527	100	4.11	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	4	49	3	0	3	927	100	4.11	1.318	9.6	0.5	2.2	2.0	0.91

BSN (9 yrs)				74	106	.411	3.87	290	159	100	74	6	20	1464.2	1556	738	630	86	367	28	329	21	0	18	6217	101	4.12	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	0	7	2	0	1	184	84	4.04	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	1	12	0	0	0	126	89	3.68	1.463	10.5	0.3	2.6	4.0	1.50