Ben Cantwell | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1902 |
Birth Place: | Milan, Tennessee |
Death Place: | Salem, Missouri |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | August 19 |
Debutyear: | 1927 |
Debutteam: | New York Giants |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 23 |
Finalyear: | 1937 |
Finalteam: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 76–108 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 3.91 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 348 |
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Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell (April 13, 1902 - December 4, 1962) was an American major league baseball pitcher from 1927 to 1937. He was born in Milan, Tennessee, and was a graduate of the University of Tennessee.[1] He is the last MLB pitcher to lose 25 games in a single season (1935). He died, aged 60, in Salem, Missouri.[1]