Carden Edison Gillenwater (May 13, 1917 – May 10, 2000) was an American 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 threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

After beginning his 18-year professional baseball career in 1937, he made his major league debut on September 22, 1940 with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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.