Ben Cantwell stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1927
Bio
- Debut
- 1927
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 316
- W
- 76
- L
- 108
- ERA
- 3.91
- IP
- 1534.0
- K
- 348
- BB
- 382
- WHIP
- 1.32
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | SF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 19.2 | 6 | 2 | 1.42 |
| 1928 |  SF/ATL | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4.98 | 108.1 | 18 | 40 | 1.59 |
| 1929 | ATL | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4.47 | 157.0 | 25 | 52 | 1.42 |
| 1930 | ATL | 31 | 9 | 15 | 4.88 | 173.1 | 43 | 45 | 1.49 |
| 1931 | ATL | 33 | 7 | 9 | 3.63 | 156.1 | 32 | 34 | 1.24 |
| 1932 | ATL | 37 | 13 | 11 | 2.96 | 146.0 | 33 | 33 | 1.14 |
| 1933 | ATL | 40 | 20 | 10 | 2.62 | 254.2 | 57 | 54 | 1.16 |
| 1934 | ATL | 27 | 5 | 11 | 4.33 | 143.1 | 45 | 34 | 1.37 |
| 1935 | ATL | 39 | 4 | 25 | 4.61 | 210.2 | 34 | 44 | 1.32 |
| 1936 | ATL | 34 | 9 | 9 | 3.04 | 133.1 | 42 | 35 | 1.22 |
| 1937 |  LAD/SF | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5.17 | 31.1 | 13 | 9 | 1.50 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 75
- SHO
- 6
- K/9
- 2.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | ATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | ATL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | ATL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | ATL | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | ATL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | ATL | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | ATL | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | ATL | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | LAD/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ben Cantwell's career stats?
Ben Cantwell played 11 seasons for the Giants and the Braves. He had 76 wins and 348 strikeouts with a 3.91 ERA over 1,534.0 innings. His best season was 1933: 20 wins, a 2.62 ERA and 57 strikeouts.
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