Ben Cantwell
Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell
Born: April 13, 1902
Milan, TN USA
Deceased: 1962
Salem, MO USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 168
College: University of Tennessee
Career: 1927-1937
Minor League Statistics
Ben Cantwell compiled a career record of 76 wins and 108 losses in his 340-game career with the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers. He began playing during the 1927 season and last took the field during the 1937 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| 1928 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 1928 | NL | Boston Braves | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.10 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 112 | 63 | 51 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 413 |
| 1929 | NL | Boston Braves | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.47 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 157.0 | 171 | 98 | 78 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 683 |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.88 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 173.3 | 213 | 99 | 94 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 753 |
| 1931 | NL | Boston Braves | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.63 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 156.3 | 160 | 73 | 63 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 659 |
| 1932 | NL | Boston Braves | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.96 | 37 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 146.0 | 133 | 56 | 48 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 589 |
| 1933 | NL | Boston Braves | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.62 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 254.7 | 242 | 89 | 74 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1046 |
| 1934 | NL | Boston Braves | 5 | 11 | .313 | 4.33 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 143.3 | 163 | 88 | 69 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 620 |
| 1935 | NL | Boston Braves | 4 | 25 | .138 | 4.61 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 210.7 | 235 | 117 | 108 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 898 |
| 1936 | NL | Boston Bees | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.04 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133.3 | 127 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 556 |
| 1937 | NL | New York Giants | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1937 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
| Totals | 76 | 108 | .413 | 3.91 | 316 | 163 | 113 | 75 | 6 | 21 | 1534.0 | 1640 | 778 | 666 | 90 | 382 | 0 | 348 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 6527 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NL | New York Giants | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NL | Boston Braves | 22 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NL | Boston Braves | 27 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .180 | .241 | .240 | .481 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | 34 | 65 | 63 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .302 | .302 | .349 | .651 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NL | Boston Braves | 40 | 59 | 57 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .228 | .228 | .246 | .474 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NL | Boston Braves | 37 | 51 | 50 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .280 | .294 | .280 | .574 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NL | Boston Braves | 49 | 92 | 85 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .141 | .180 | .188 | .368 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NL | Boston Braves | 29 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .279 | .279 | .279 | .558 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NL | Boston Braves | 41 | 74 | 67 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .284 | .304 | .299 | .603 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NL | Boston Bees | 35 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .195 | .195 | .195 | .390 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | NL | New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1937 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 340 | 538 | 503 | 46 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 57 | .231 | .249 | .256 | .505 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | NL | New York Giants | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | |
| 1928 | NL | New York Giants | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | |
| 1928 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.455 | |
| 1929 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 5 | .942 | 2.407 | |
| 1930 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 9 | .984 | 2.032 | |
| 1931 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.697 | |
| 1932 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 1.486 | |
| 1933 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 77 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 2.225 | |
| 1934 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.778 | |
| 1935 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 1.692 | |
| 1936 | NL | Boston Bees | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.559 | |
| 1937 | NL | New York Giants | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1937 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | |
| Totals | 316 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 463 | 19 | 33 | .967 | 1.766 |
Awards
1933 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
