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

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

from 1927 to 1937. He was born in

Milan, Tennessee Milan ( ) is the largest city in Gibson County, Tennessee. It is home to the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, the West Tennessee Agricultural Museum and several historical sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gibson Co ...

, and was a graduate of the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

. 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, Dent County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,608 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which allows Salem to become a List of cities in Missouri, Class 3 city in Missouri; ...

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* 1902 births 1962 deaths Baseball players from Tennessee Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Dodgers players New York Giants (baseball) 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 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1900s-stub