Carden Gillenwater

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Carden Gillenwater
position=Outfielder
birthdate= May 13 1918
deathdate=death date and age|2000|5|10|1918|5|13
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 22
debutyear=by|1940
debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=September 18
finalyear=by|1948
finalteam=Washington Senators
stat1label=AVG.
stat1value=.260
stat2label=HR
stat2value=11
stat3label=R
stat3value=129
teams=
*St. Louis Cardinals (1940)
*Brooklyn Dodgers (1943)
*Boston Braves (1945-1946)
*Washington Senators (1948)
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Carden Edison Gillenwater (May 13, 1918 - May 10, 2000) was a Major League Baseball center fielder. A native of Riceville, Tennessee, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1940), Brooklyn Dodgers (1943), Boston Braves (1945-1946), and Washington Senators (1948).

Gillenwater's best season was 1945 when he was a regular center fielder for the Braves, appearing in 144 games. He hit .288 (149-for-517) with 7 home runs, 72 runs batted in, and 74 runs scored, and led National League outfielders with 451 putouts and 24 assists. He also ranked in the league's TOP TEN for bases on balls, on base percentage, and stolen bases. Gillenwater tied a major league outfield record with 12 putouts in a game in 1946.

He was a semi-regular in 1946 and 1948, getting into a total of 176 games and batting .236. On September 27, 1948 he was traded by the Washington Senators to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Clyde Vollmer, and never again played in a major league game.

In a total of 335 games he was 261-for-1004 (.260), and 153 walks and three hit by pitches pushed his on base percentage up to .359. He had 11 HR, 114 RBI, scored 129 runs, and had a slugging percentage of .348. In the outfield he handled 869 out of 888 chances successfully for a .979 fielding percentage.

Gillenwater died at the age of 81 in Largo, Florida.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gilleca01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pgillc102.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gillenwater_Carden.stm Baseball Library]