Carden
Gillenwater
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 188
 
Born: May 13, 1918 in Usa, TN, RICEVILLE
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 22 OAK AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 26 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 27 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 28 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 29 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 30 OAK AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 31 NYA AL $ 700,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 32 NYA AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 33 BSN NL $ 570,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 34 BSN NL $ 570,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1940 22 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1941 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1942 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1943 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1944 26 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1945 27 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 8
1946 28 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 9 7 7 7
1947 29 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 9 7 6 6
1948 30 OAK AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6
1949 31 NYA AL $ 700,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1950 32 NYA AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
1951 33 BSN NL $ 570,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 8 6 5 5
1952 34 BSN NL $ 570,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 9 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 30 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 1 4 0 36.00 .500 .750 1.250 2.000 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 1 4 0 36.00 .500 .750 1.250 2.000 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 4 1 1 0   .667 .750 1.667 2.417
vs LH   0 0 0 3 0   .000 .750 .000 .750
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 1 4 0 36.00 .500 .750 1.250 2.000
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 1 4 0 36.00 .500 .750 1.250 2.000
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 22 AAA   78 321 38 83 15 2 5 33 5 3 47 38 .259 .353 .364 .718 43.7  
    AA   54 214 37 79 14 1 6 27 2 0 30 20 .369 .447 .528 .975 46.4  
1941 23 OAK AL 73 199 24 48 5 1 4 20 0 0 21 23 .241 .314 .337 .650 20.2 1.6
    AAA   54 217 18 54 6 1 5 18 1 0 24 31 .249 .324 .355 .678 26.3  
1942 24 OAK AL 116 288 46 69 7 4 2 30 2 1 40 27 .240 .332 .313 .645 32.8 3.7
1943 25 OAK AL 79 201 18 41 5 1 2 12 0 0 33 30 .204 .316 .269 .585 19.2 0.8
    AAA   52 205 29 53 6 4 5 24 2 0 29 22 .259 .350 .400 .750 30.3  
1944 26 OAK AL 73 202 27 44 5 1 5 19 0 0 32 26 .218 .323 .327 .650 23.0 2.1
    AAA   28 101 13 34 6 0 2 13 2 1 21 12 .337 .451 .455 .906 20.9  
1945 27 OAK AL 105 274 37 64 10 1 4 30 1 0 43 31 .234 .336 .321 .658 32.3 4.3
1946 28 OAK AL 117 354 42 82 11 2 8 42 0 0 65 40 .232 .351 .342 .693 47.5 5.8
1947 29 OAK AL 92 205 31 58 8 2 8 30 1 0 47 31 .283 .415 .459 .874 39.8 9.3
1948 30 OAK AL 96 150 15 29 4 0 1 18 0 1 32 26 .193 .333 .240 .573 13.9 0.5
1949 31 NYA AL 140 416 57 93 15 2 4 35 2 2 81 75 .224 .349 .298 .647 49.5 3.8
1950 32 NYA AL 113 361 51 82 10 1 4 27 1 1 49 62 .227 .321 .294 .615 35.5 2.3
1951 33 BSN NL 43 110 18 28 9 2 0 12 1 2 27 14 .255 .406 .373 .779 17.9 3.0
    AAA   66 170 21 40 8 1 4 19 1 0 21 35 .235 .319 .365 .684 20.9  
1952 34 AAA   137 472 82 132 27 0 15 81 10 4 91 94 .280 .396 .432 .828 84.9  
11 Years Sim 1047 2760 366 638 89 17 42 275 8 7 470 385 .231 .343 .321 .664 331.8 37.1
6 Years AAA 415 1486 201 396 68 8 36 188 21 8 233 232 .266 .364 .396 .760 226.9  
1 Years AA 54 214 37 79 14 1 6 27 2 0 30 20 .369 .449 .528 .977 46.4  
7 Years Minors 469 1700 238 475 82 9 42 215 23 8 263 252 .279 .375 .412 .787 273.3  
162 Game Average 427 56 98 13 2 6 42 1 1 72 59 .231 .343 .321 .664 51.3  
Career Highs 140 416 57 93 15 4 8 42 2 2 81 75 .283 .415 .459 .874 49.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1205 156 259 36 9 18 124 3 2 218 191 .215 .334 .305 .639 142.4
vs LH   1555 210 379 53 8 24 151 5 5 252 194 .244 .350 .334 .684 200.1
Home 506 1317 180 327 45 9 22 131 5 5 233 199 .248 .361 .346 .707 182.4
Away 541 1443 186 311 44 8 20 144 3 2 237 186 .216 .326 .299 .625 160.1
RISP   657 0 147 15 4 6 216 0 0 124 88 .224 .342 .286 .628 77.8
Pinch Hitting   193 22 45 7 2 3 24 1 0 29 25 .233 .332 .337 .669 23.8
Close/Late   298 34 64 3 0 3 32 0 0 57 40 .215 .343 .255 .598 32.4
Mar/Apr 191 508 63 106 14 0 5 45 1 1 83 75 .209 .321 .266 .587 50.3
May 181 490 71 122 17 7 7 51 3 3 92 74 .249 .370 .355 .725 70.6
June 137 365 50 88 11 4 7 42 0 0 68 45 .241 .359 .351 .710 51.7
July 153 387 38 74 10 2 2 28 3 0 59 49 .191 .298 .243 .541 32.7
August 192 515 71 134 20 1 11 54 0 3 83 72 .260 .360 .367 .727 73.0
Sep/Oct 193 495 73 114 17 3 10 55 1 0 85 70 .230 .341 .337 .679 64.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 23 OAK AL RF 51 49 403.3 79 3 0 2 1.000 1.83   0.7
    LF 3 3 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    CF 2 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1942 24 OAK AL RF 50 49 409.0 90 1 1 0 .989 2.00   1.6
    LF 13 13 102.0 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.74    
    CF 10 10 83.3 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.02    
    SS 11 0 16.0 1 7 0 3 1.000 4.50   0.1
1943 25 OAK AL RF 32 31 261.7 55 3 4 0 .935 1.99   1.5
    CF 21 21 175.3 44 2 0 0 1.000 2.36    
    LF 4 4 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1944 26 OAK AL RF 55 51 418.0 83 3 2 2 .977 1.85   0.9
    CF 8 3 40.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 2 0 3.7 0 1 1 0 .500 2.46   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 27 OAK AL CF 67 62 536.0 138 4 6 1 .959 2.38   1.8
    RF 8 6 46.3 14 0 1 0 .933 2.72    
    SS 20 0 37.0 7 22 1 3 .967 7.05   0.3
    LF 3 1 19.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47    
    1B 2 0 6.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1946 28 OAK AL RF 99 97 800.3 184 6 8 3 .960 2.14   1.9
    CF 12 9 82.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    SS 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1947 29 OAK AL RF 40 34 306.0 73 1 2 0 .974 2.18   1.0
    CF 16 7 78.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
    LF 8 6 64.0 21 0 2 0 .913 2.95    
    1B 8 4 39.0 51 4 0 5 1.000 12.69   0.1
    SS 8 3 33.3 6 9 1 3 .938 4.05   0.1
1948 30 OAK AL LF 15 10 91.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.6
    RF 17 10 91.0 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    CF 9 5 47.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87    
    SS 16 2 43.7 5 22 1 2 .964 5.57   0.2
    1B 5 2 21.3 26 3 0 2 1.000 12.24   0.1
    2B 1 1 8.0 3 5 1 1 .889 9.00   0.1
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 31 NYA AL CF 48 43 369.7 107 3 3 0 .973 2.68   1.3
    SS 42 33 297.3 63 125 4 30 .979 5.69   1.6
    1B 32 27 237.3 313 25 2 40 .994 12.82   0.4
    RF 9 6 58.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.01    
    LF 6 5 45.0 9 2 0 2 1.000 2.20    
1950 32 NYA AL SS 61 49 444.0 74 209 5 42 .983 5.74   2.1
    RF 45 45 383.3 88 2 2 1 .978 2.11   0.8
    CF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1951 33 BSN NL 1B 29 27 231.3 306 29 0 37 1.000 13.03   0.5
    RF 5 1 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.1
    SS 7 2 21.3 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.22   0.1
  RF 411 379 3200.3 704 20 20 8 .973 2.04   8.4
  CF 195 161 1420.3 380 11 9 1 .978 2.48   3.1
  SS 169 89 899.6 159 403 13 84 .977 5.62   4.5
  1B 79 60 539.0 705 62 2 84 .997 12.81   1.1
  LF 58 42 382.3 95 3 2 2 .980 2.31   0.6
  2B 1 1 8.0 3 5 1 1 .889 9.00   0.1
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   914 732 6450.6 2046 504 47 180 .982 3.56   17.8
Career Highs   137 114 1007.7 505 211 9 72 1.000 11.49    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 24 OAK AL 7 23 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .304 .333 .304 .638
Career Post-Season Batting 7 23 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .304 .333 .304 .638
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1949-7-75
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Paul Blair (952)
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  3. Dib Williams (942)
  4. Johnny Groth (939)
  5. Ike Brown (936)
  6. Clyde Vollmer (928)
  7. Leon Roberts (927)
  8. Jimmy Rosario (925)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Oakland in 1940
Injured on 6/28/1940 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/2/1941, off Johnny Vander meer (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1941, off Bob Logan (DET)
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
7/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Injured on 5/25/1950 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6-7 weeks
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1950
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $570,000 per year
Injured on 6/17/1951 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week