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: 1-13 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 5, Entered with runners on base: 1

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	303	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	9.00	6.70	18	10	1	0	0	5	34			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.194	3.86	-0.56%	-1.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
				Player went from New York Giants to Brooklyn Dodgers
2	304	101	Aug 12(2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8			13	1.2	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	9.53	7.26	10												7					0
3	305	104	Aug 15(1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-5			2	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.75	5.58	9												9					0
4	306	106	Aug 17	BRO		PHI	L,1-11	1-2		1	1.1	4	5	3	1	0	1	0	8.68	6.95	10	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1t --- 0 out d3	2t 123 1 out d6
5	307	109	Aug 20	BRO		BSN	L,5-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.84	6.40	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
6	308	112	Aug 25(1)	BRO		STL	L,2-4	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.94	6.11	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
7	309	115	Aug 28(1)	BRO		CIN	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	8.76	5.96	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	.75	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-1.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
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
8	310	123	Sep 4	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.45	5.60	6	1	1	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
9	311	128	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	L,7-9	4-8		3	5.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	7.36	4.78	22	7	6	0	3	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.57	4t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d4
10	312	130	Sep 9(2)	BRO		NYG	L,2-9	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.98	4.60	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
11	313	136	Sep 15(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-6	3-7		5	5.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.29	4.31	20	14	3	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.19	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.42	3b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
12	314	144	Sep 21(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.04	4.27	4	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	315	145	Sep 21(2)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-6	1-6		-1	5.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.28	4.08	23	12	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.058	.00	0.00%	2.08	1b 1-3 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
14	316	147	Sep 23	BRO	@	STL	L,4-8	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.17	4.06	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.27	7b --- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
							1-13		W-L:0-1	2.5	31.1	38	21	18	9	13	2	0	5.17	4.06	144	4.50		0%	8%	31	34	2	0%	3	0	0	127	7	0	1	1	0	5	.39	-0.517	.58	-0.56%	-3.07

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