Benjamin Caldwell Cantwell (April 13, 1902 – December 4, 1962) was an American

major league baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

from 1927 to 1937. He was born in

Milan, Tennessee Milan () is the second largest city after Humboldt in Gibson County, Tennessee and the largest entirely within the county. It is home to the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, the West Tennessee Agricultural Museum and several historical sites listed o ...

, and was a graduate of the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

. He is the last MLB pitcher to lose 25 games in a single season (1935). He died, aged 60, in

Salem, Missouri Salem is the county seat of Dent County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,608 at the 2020 census, which allows Salem to become a Class 3 city in Missouri; however, the city has chosen to remain a Class 4 city under Missouri Revise ...

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* 1902 births 1962 deaths Baseball players from Tennessee Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Dodgers players New York Giants (NL) players Boston Braves players Boston Bees players Paris Parisians (KITTY League) players Jackson Giants players Sanford Celeryfeds players Jacksonville Tars players Jersey City Giants players Montreal Royals players Oakland Oaks (baseball) players People from Milan, Tennessee People from Salem, Missouri {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub