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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-22 / in Starts: 6-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	32 (18-8-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (22-13-8)

Most Driven In
F Maguire	2
R Moore	1
A Spohrer	1
B Cronin	1

Most Driven In By
R Maranville	1
G Sisler	1
B Chatham	1
L Richbourg	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	62	2 (1)	Apr 19	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	63	5 (2)	Apr 25	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.47	0.014	1.22	0.02%	0.14	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	64	12 (6)	May 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.33	-0.037	4.25	-0.07%	-0.27	P
4	65	16 (3)	May 7	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.45	-0.113	4.12	-0.19%	-0.87	P
5	66	22 (5)	May 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.74	-0.021	1.34	-0.02%	-0.30	P
6	67	28 (5)	May 20	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.47	-0.156	3.80	-0.24%	-1.06	P
7	68	34 (5)	May 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.64	-0.045	3.03	-0.05%	-0.29	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	69	37 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,4-9	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.98	-0.027	2.40	-0.04%	-0.13	P
9	70	42 (4)	Jun 6	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.35	0.014	1.73	0.01%	0.80	P
10	71	48 (5)	Jun 15	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.54	-0.049	.67	-0.04%	-0.87	P
11	72	53 (4)	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.02	-0.059	1.77	-0.06%	-0.71	P
12	73	56 (2)	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.19	-0.013	1.20	-0.01%	-0.26	P
13	74	60 (3)	Jun 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.125	.125	.208	.333	9	1.01	0.054	.68	0.02%	0.73	P
14	75	63 (2)	Jun 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.208	.333	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	76	68 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.120	.120	.200	.320	9						P
16	77	70 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.138	.241	.379	9	.82	0.049	1.19	0.04%	0.21	P
17	78	71	Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.138	.241	.379	6						PR
18	79	76 (4)	Jul 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.290	.484	9	1.53	0.117	1.98	0.09%	1.03	P
19	80	79 (2)	Jul 15	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.290	.484	9						P
20	81	81 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,5-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.290	.484	7						PR
21	82	82	Jul 17	BSN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	9	1.31	-0.079	1.03	-0.04%	-0.85	P
22	83	85 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.206	.294	.500	9	.70	0.027	.31	0.01%	0.29	P
23	84	87 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,7-8	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.286	.486	9	.57	-0.017	.18	0.00%	-0.57	P
24	85	95 (7)	Jul 28	BSN		BRO	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.297	.514	9	.77	-0.014	.18	0.00%	-0.06	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	86	110 (14)	Aug 11	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.325	.575	9	1.28	0.038	.01	0.00%	0.06	P
26	87	111	Aug 12	BSN	@	STL	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.325	.575	7						PR
27	88	116 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.318	.568	9	1.47	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
28	89	122 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.277	.340	.617	9	1.13	0.107	.00	0.00%	0.99	P
29	90	125 (2)	Aug 29	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.265	.265	.327	.592	9						P
30	91	128 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,14-10	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.308	.558	9	.96	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-1.05	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	92	132 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.255	.309	.564	9	1.17	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
32	93	137 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-7	3-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	9	.53	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
33	94	145 (7)	Sep 14 (2)	BSN		STL	W,7-4	CG(8)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.283	.333	.617	9	.38	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
34	95	150 (4)	Sep 21	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.302	.349	.651	9	1.21	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.63	P
							12-22		65	63	4	19	1	1	0	5	0	0	7	0	2		1		0	0	.302	.302	.349	.651		1.08	-0.216	1.24	-0.57%	-1.61

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