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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: 12-19 / in Starts: 6-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 6

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	62	2	Apr 19	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.15	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.44	0.136	5.76	0.19%	0.31	9b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
2	63	5	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	9.00	3.46	23	5	4	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.249	2.23	-0.39%	-3.19	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d4
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
3	64	12	May 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(0-2)	6	8.0	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.54	2.86	32	9	10	1	2	9	54			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.82	0.057	2.63	0.11%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	65	16	May 7	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	L(0-3)	4	8.1	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.80	2.81	32	11	10	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.256	3.53	0.44%	3.66	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out d1
5	66	22	May 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS-3		5	2.2	6	7	7	3	0	2	0	6.00	4.27	16	3	4	2	0	6	15			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	.70	-0.306	1.26	-0.33%	-5.44	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d7
6	67	28	May 20	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-10	W(1-3)	6	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.18	3.86	37	12	12	1	2	10	56			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.152	4.24	0.24%	2.31	1b start a 1	10b 1-3 0 out a2
7	68	34	May 30(1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	7-GF	W(2-3)	9	2.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.84	3.90	8	3	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.178	2.32	0.20%	2.10	7t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 1
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
8	69	37	Jun 1(1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-9	7-9		1	1.2	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.84	4.21	12	4	1	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.155	1.55	-0.23%	-4.29	7t 12- 2 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d6
9	70	42	Jun 6	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(2-4)	4	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	2	0	5.48	4.40	35	14	7	1	0	9	54			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.13	-0.035	1.46	-0.03%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	71	48	Jun 15	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(3-4)	8	9.0	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.91	4.22	37	17	9	1	2	8	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.47	0.488	1.80	0.36%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	72	53	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	9	7	6	5	2	2	0	5.23	4.66	35	10	10	2	0	8	30			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	.63	-0.244	1.10	-0.26%	-2.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
12	73	56	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.06	4.62	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	0.413	3.48	0.25%	1.30	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	74	60	Jun 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	6.1	11	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.25	4.48	28	10	5	1	0	11	31			0	0	0	27	2	2	0	4	0	1	1.39	-0.256	.94	-0.10%	-0.80	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out tie
14	75	63	Jun 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	6-7	BW(4-6)	1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.44	8	6	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.113	1.22	-0.06%	-0.31	6b --3 1 out a1	7b 3 out d1
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
15	76	68	Jul 4(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-7		W(5-6)	3	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.40	9												9	1	0	0		0
16	77	70	Jul 5(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-8	W(6-6)	0	7.2	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	5.18	4.39	35	21	2	0	0	11	42			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	3	1	1.43	0.114	2.09	0.10%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
17	78	76	Jul 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-7	GS-6	L(6-7)	6	6.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.13	4.30	28	8	7	1	0	9	42			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	0.012	1.46	0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
18	79	79	Jul 15	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	4.29	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.026	.42	0.02%	0.62	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	80	82	Jul 17	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	L(6-8)	1	6.0	7	4	4	4	0	0	0	5.13	4.32	27	9	8	1	0	6	38			1	1	0	21	1	2	1	1	1	0	.92	-0.093	.73	-0.04%	-0.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
20	81	85	Jul 20(1)	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	GS-4	L(6-9)	2	3.2	8	6	6	1	0	2	0	5.49	4.56	20	7	4	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.350	.38	-0.09%	-3.64	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d4
21	82	87	Jul 23(1)	BSN		CIN	L,7-8	7-9	BL(6-10)	2	1.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.76	4.57	10	3	2	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.63	-0.376	.52	-0.07%	-1.96	7t 1-3 2 out a2	9t -2- 1 out tie
22	83	95	Jul 28	BSN		BRO	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-11)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.55	4.49	27	9	9	2	2	6	56			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.08	0.162	.25	0.02%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
23	84	110	Aug 11	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-12)	13	8.0	11	4	4	1	3	0	1	5.48	4.38	36	15	7	2	0	9	46			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
24	85	116	Aug 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(7-12)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.30	4.28	38	12	12	0	0	10	55			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.37	0.503	.00	0.00%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	86	122	Aug 23(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-13)	5	8.0	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	5.05	4.23	31	9	12	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.201	.00	0.00%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	87	125	Aug 29	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS-		5	4.0	8	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.23	4.28	20						26						20	3	0	0		0
27	88	128	Aug 31(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,14-10	5-GF	W(8-13)	1	4.2	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	5.25	4.40	19	2	11	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.15	5b --- 1 out tie	9b end a 4
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
28	89	132	Sep 3(1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	L(8-14)	2	9.0	11	5	3	3	0	1	0	5.11	4.46	40	12	14	1	1	11	46			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.174	.00	0.00%	0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
29	90	137	Sep 6(2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-7	3-GF		2	6.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.95	4.37	25	10	6	0	1	5		1	1	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.35	0.038	.00	0.00%	2.51	3t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 5
30	91	145	Sep 14(2)	BSN		STL	W,7-4	CG(8)	W(9-14)	7	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.93	4.27	34	8	11	2	0	8	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.182	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
31	92	150	Sep 21	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	L(9-15)	6	9.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.88	4.28	37	14	8	0	0	8	56			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.029	.00	0.00%	1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							12-19		W-L:9-15,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.9	173.1	213	99	94	45	43	15	1	4.88	4.28	752	1.34		4%	3%	197	44	11	27%	4	5	1	683	37	11	2	25	14	9	1.11	0.621	1.17	0.33%	10.58

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