Ben Cantwell

{{short description|American baseball player (1902-1962)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ben Cantwell

|image=BenCantwellGoudeycard.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1902|4|13}}

|birth_place=Milan, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|12|4|1902|4|13}}

|death_place=Salem, Missouri, U.S.

|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

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1927}}–{{mlby|1928}})
• Boston Braves / Bees ({{mlby|1928}}–{{mlby|1936}})
• New York Giants ({{mlby|1937}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1937}})

}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Wolf |first1=Gregory H. |title=Ben Cantwell |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ben-cantwell/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |website=sabr.org |accessdate=August 6, 2020}} He is the last MLB pitcher to lose 25 games in a single season (1935). He died, aged 60, in Salem, Missouri.