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Carden Gillenwater

Carden Edison Gillenwater

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 13, 1917 in Riceville, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): Braves/Senators/Dodgers/Cardinals 1940-1948

Final Game: September 18, 1948
Died: May 10, 2000 in Largo, FL
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	20	KIN	D	98	375	375		113	20	4	14						.301	.301	.488	.789		183					KIN · COPL
1938	21	STL-min	AA	111	352	352		98	19	1	1						.278	.278	.347	.625		122					ROC · IL
1939	22	STL-min	AA	99	314	314		79	9	5	3						.252	.252	.341	.592		107					ROC · IL
1940	23	STL-min	A1	153	560	560		171	31	16	4						.305	.305	.439	.745		246					NOR · SOUA
1940	23	STL	NL	7	25	25	1	4	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.160	.160	.200	.360	-3	5	0	0	0	/O78

1941	24	STL-min	AA	108	387	335	51	91	21	1	1	35	4		45	38	.272	.360	.349	.709		117		1	6		CLB,ROC · AA,IL
1942	25	STL-min	A1	147	499	499		136	26	8	4						.273	.273	.381	.653		190					NOR · SOUA
1943	26	LAD-min	A1	109	393	393		131	21	3	6						.333	.333	.448	.781		176					NOR · SOUA
1943	26	BRO	NL	8	19	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	3	.176	.263	.176	.440	28	3	0	0	0	/O879

1944	27	LAD-min	AA	152	651	550	111	163	25	9	19	70	15		83	63	.296	.393	.478	.872		263	9	5	13		STP · AA
1945	28	BSN	NL	144	600	517	74	149	20	2	7	72	13		73	70	.288	.379	.375	.755	110	194	17	3	7	*8O
1946	29	BSN	NL	99	270	224	30	51	10	1	1	14	3		39	27	.228	.342	.295	.637	81	66	4	0	7	O87/9

1947	30	ATL-min	AAA	146	593	500	84	156	28	5	23	92	4		86	63	.312	.413	.526	.939		263	14	0	7		MLW · AA
1948	31	ATL-min	AAA	24	106	84	16	30	5	1	2	19	2		20	15	.357	.486	.512	.998		43		1	1		MLW · AA
1948	31	WSH	AL	77	262	221	23	54	10	4	3	21	4	2	39	36	.244	.358	.367	.724	95	81	9	0	1	O8/79
1949	32	CIN-min	AAA	153	613	503	86	151	22	3	21	84	5		104	87	.300	.423	.481	.904		242		3	3		SYR · IL
1950	33	CIN-min	AAA	153	623	520	83	147	30	3	14	97	8		94	71	.283	.395	.433	.828		225		3	6		SYR · IL
1951	34	SYR	AAA	148	616	483	71	130	24	5	9	75	6		126	67	.269	.423	.395	.819		191		3	4		SYR · IL
1952	35	SYR	AAA	135	490	407	56	88	12	2	8	42	4		78	68	.216	.344	.314	.658		128		1	4		SYR · IL
1953	36	NYY-min	AAA	147	590	506	56	126	16	4	4	75	9		79	52	.249	.352	.320	.672		162		1	4		SYR · IL
1954	37	PHI-min	A,AAA	109	336	336		90	10	4	4						.268	.268	.357	.625		120					SDY,SYR · EL,IL
5 Yrs				335	1176	1004	129	261	41	7	11	114	20	2	153	138	.260	.359	.348	.707	96	349	30	3	15
162 Game Avg.				162	569	486	62	126	20	3	5	55	10		74	67	.260	.359	.348	.707	96	169	15	1	7

BSN (2 yrs)				243	870	741	104	200	30	3	8	86	16		112	97	.270	.368	.351	.719	101	260	21	3	14
WSH (1 yr)				77	262	221	23	54	10	4	3	21	4	2	39	36	.244	.358	.367	.724	95	81	9	0	1
STL (1 yr)				7	25	25	1	4	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.160	.160	.200	.360	-3	5	0	0	0
BRO (1 yr)				8	19	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	3	.176	.263	.176	.440	28	3	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				258	914	783	106	207	31	3	8	93	16		114	102	.264	.360	.342	.702	97	268	21	3	14
AL (1 yr)				77	262	221	23	54	10	4	3	21	4	2	39	36	.244	.358	.367	.724	95	81	9	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1940	23	STL	NL	7	25	-3	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.442	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/O78

1943	26	BRO	NL	8	19	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/O879

1945	28	BSN	NL	144	600	9	-0	0	10	-1	17	1.8	18	35	3.6	.513	.511	2.6	1.0	25	$	*8O
1946	29	BSN	NL	99	270	-4	-0	0	2	-1	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.5	.496	.497	0.3	0.1	4	$	O87/9

1948	31	WSH	AL	77	262	-1	0	-2	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.3	-0.2	3	$	O8/79
5 Seasons				335	1176	-2	-0	-2	10	-3	3	0.2	35	38	3.7	.501	.500	2.7	0.8	28	$

BSN (2 yrs)				243	870	4	-1	0	12	-2	14	1.4	27	41	4.1	.506	.504	2.9	1.1	29	$
WSH (1 yr)				77	262	-1	0	-2	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.1	.493	.497	0.3	-0.2	3	$
STL (1 yr)				7	25	-3	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.442	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
BRO (1 yr)				8	19	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.475	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1940	23	STL	NL	25	21	1	1.3	102	.174	.160	.278	.160	.343	.200	.399	.360	.742	-3	.096	-3.6	-0.4	.238	.040	.040

1943	26	BRO	NL	19	14	1	1.9	90	.214	.176	.266	.263	.335	.176	.361	.440	.695	28	.212	-1.6	-0.2	.357	.118	.000

1945	28	BSN	NL	600	392	73	5.0	97	.323	.288	.273	.379	.343	.375	.377	.755	.720	110	.570	10.0	1.0	.735	.253	.087	9.1
1946	29	BSN	NL	270	184	23	3.4	94	.255	.228	.264	.342	.339	.295	.369	.637	.709	81	.415	-4.1	-0.4	.610	.254	.067	1.5

1948	31	WSH	AL	262	179	29	4.3	103	.280	.244	.269	.358	.354	.367	.389	.724	.743	95	.470	-0.8	-0.1	.685	.308	.122	3.4
5 Yrs				1176	790	127	4.3	97	.292	.260	.270	.359	.344	.348	.378	.707	.723	96	.501	-0.1	-0.0	.675	.258	.088	14.2
162 Game Avg.				569	382	61	4.3	97	.292	.260	.270	.359	.344	.348	.378	.707	.723	96	.501	-0.1	-0.0	.675	.258	.088	7

BSN (2 yrs)				870	576	96	4.5	96	.302	.270	.270	.368	.342	.351	.375	.719	.717	101	.527	5.9	0.6	.696	.254	.081	10.7
WSH (1 yr)				262	179	29	4.3	103	.280	.244	.269	.358	.354	.367	.389	.724	.743	95	.470	-0.8	-0.1	.685	.308	.122	3.4
STL (1 yr)				25	21	1	1.3	102	.174	.160	.278	.160	.343	.200	.399	.360	.742	-3	.096	-3.6	-0.4	.238	.040	.040
BRO (1 yr)				19	14	1	1.9	90	.214	.176	.266	.263	.335	.176	.361	.440	.695	28	.212	-1.6	-0.2	.357	.118	.000

NL (4 yrs)				914	611	98	4.3	96	.296	.264	.271	.360	.342	.342	.375	.702	.717	97	.510	0.7	0.0	.672	.244	.078	10.7
AL (1 yr)				262	179	29	4.3	103	.280	.244	.269	.358	.354	.367	.389	.724	.743	95	.470	-0.8	-0.1	.685	.308	.122	3.4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1940	23	STL	NL	25	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	4.0%	25%		12.5		5.0		92%

1943	26	BRO	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	10.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	5.7		8.5		74%

1945	28	BSN	NL	600	1.2%	11.7%	12.2%	4.8%	20%	0.96	7.4	73.9	7.2		73%
1946	29	BSN	NL	270	0.4%	10.0%	14.4%	4.4%	24%	0.69	8.3	224.0	16.0		73%

1948	31	WSH	AL	262	1.2%	13.7%	14.9%	6.5%	32%	0.92	6.1	73.7	10.5	0.71	69%
5 Yrs				1176	0.9%	11.7%	13.0%	5.0%	23%	0.90	7.3	91.3	8.8	0.71	73%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	6.0%	26%	1.01	9.7	67.8	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1940	23	STL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	26	BRO	NL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1945	28	BSN	NL	10.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	BSN	NL	-4.1	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	31	WSH	AL	-0.8	-0.1	241	-0.6	4.4	-5.0	1.05	-0.1	-0.5	-3.8	-0.4	0.89	-1.4	1.25	11
5 Yrs				-0.1	-0.0	241	-0.6	4.4	-5.0	1.05	-0.1	-0.5	-3.8	-0.4	0.89	-1.4	1.25	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	WSH	AL	3	0	22%	91	4	2	67%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	68%	15	4	11	2	2	0	8	1	6
5 Yrs				3	0	29%	91	20	2	333%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	68%	15	4	11	2	2	0	8	1	6

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	WSH	AL	262	52%	54			11	0	0	0	1.25	3	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	38	9	24%	18	3	17%	130	20	15%	16	6	38%	9	3	33%	0
5 Yrs				262	52%	261			11	0	0	0	1.25	11	0	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	15	1500%	38	30	79%	18	3	17%	130	20	15%	16	6	38%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1374%			144%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1940	23	7	25	25	1	4	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.160	.160	.200	.360	-3	5	0	0	0
1941	24	7	25	25	1	4	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.160	.160	.200	.360	-3	5	0	0	0
1942	25	7	25	25	1	4	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.160	.160	.200	.360	-3	5	0	0	0
1943	26	15	44	42	2	7	1	0	0	7	0		2	5	.167	.205	.190	.395	10	8	0	0	0
1944	27	15	44	42	2	7	1	0	0	7	0		2	5	.167	.205	.190	.395	10	8	0	0	0
1945	28	159	644	559	76	156	21	2	7	79	13		75	75	.279	.367	.361	.729	103	202	17	3	7
1946	29	258	914	783	106	207	31	3	8	93	16		114	102	.264	.360	.342	.702	97	268	21	3	14
1947	30	258	914	783	106	207	31	3	8	93	16		114	102	.264	.360	.342	.702	97	268	21	3	14
1948	31	335	1176	1004	129	261	41	7	11	114	20	2	153	138	.260	.359	.348	.707	96	349	30	3	15

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1940	23	7	27	27	1	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	2	.185	.185	.222	.407	1	7

1943	26	8	22	19	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	.211	.318	.211	.529	1	8

1945	28	151	624	539	76	154	21	2	7	74	13	75	73	.286	.376	.371	.747	75	144
1946	29	103	289	238	35	57	11	1	1	16	3	44	28	.239	.358	.307	.665	26	99

1948	31	80	271	230	23	55	10	4	3	21	4	40	38	.239	.352	.357	.708	29	77
5 Yrs		349	1233	1053	136	275	43	7	11	121	20	162	144	.261	.361	.347	.708	132	335
162 Game Avg.		162	572	489	63	128	20	3	5	56	9	75	67	.261	.361	.347	.708	61	335

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1945 NL 1.0 (7th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1945 NL .379 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1945 NL 73 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1945 NL 70 (4th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1945 NL 13 (8th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1945 NL 17 (3rd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1945 NL 9.1 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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