Carl Wayne Warwick (born February 27, 1937) is an American former

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. He played six seasons in

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(MLB) from 1961 to 1966 for the

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and

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."Carl Warwick Statistics and History"
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, he set a record by reaching base in his first four

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s (three singles and one base on balls) as a

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, as he helped his Cardinals defeat the

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in seven games.

Playing career

Warwick batted right-handed but threw left-handed; he stood tall and weighed . Born in

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, he graduated from Sunset High School and then played varsity baseball for

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, leaving after his junior season to sign a bonus contract with the Dodgers. In his second pro season, 1959 with the

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, he led the Double-A

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(129) and

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(35), hit .331 and was selected

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. The following year, playing with the Triple-A

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, he was named an American Association all-star. Warwick made the Dodgers' 28-man early-season roster coming out of

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in , but was traded to the Cardinals May 30 with

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for

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Daryl Spencer. Struggling at the plate, he spent 52 games tuning up his batting stroke with the Triple-A Charleston Marlins. He then spent the next four full seasons at the major league level. In , in another early-season trade, the Cardinals dealt him to the

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Colt .45s on May 7. Back in his native

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, Warwick became Houston's regular

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, starting in 104 games, and his 16 home runs ranked second on the club (to

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' 24). The Colt .45s moved Warwick to

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in , and he got into a career-high 150 games, but his power numbers declined (hitting only seven home runs with 47

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). Just prior to spring training in , the Cardinals reacquired Warwick to serve as a spare outfielder and pinch hitter. He appeared in 88 games (49 defensively), and had 11

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in 43

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in a pinch hitting role, as St. Louis put on a late-season surge to win the

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pennant on the closing day of the season.

1964 World Series

Then, in the 1964 World Series, Warwick was called on to pinch hit five times by

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. He reached base four times in his first four appearances. His sixth-inning pinch single in Game 1 off Al Downing drove home the go-ahead

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in the Cardinals' 9–5 triumph. He also singled and scored a run in Game 2 against

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, drew a base on balls from

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in Game 3 and singled again off Downing in Game 4, to spark a rally capped by

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in a 4–3 Cardinal win. He fouled out off Bouton in Game 6 to complete a Series in which he batted .750 with an .800

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, two runs scored and an RBI. The 1964 World Series was the high-water mark of Warwick's baseball career. He batted only .132 in a season split between the Cardinals and Orioles, and then .227 in 16 games for the last-place Cubs. His contract was purchased by the Orioles from the Cardinals on July 24, 1965. He appeared in nine games but was hitless in fourteen

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s. He made it on base only on three walks but scored each time. He was traded from the Orioles to the Cubs for

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on March 31, 1966. He retired from baseball prior to the 1967 season, returning to

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and operating

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and

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agencies.Ayers, Thomas, ''Carl Warwick.''

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Biography Project In the majors, Warwick collected 363 hits, including 51 doubles, ten triples, 31 home runs and 149 RBI.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Carl 1937 births Living people Baltimore Orioles players Baseball players from Dallas Charleston Marlins players Chicago Cubs players Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs players Houston Colt .45s players Los Angeles Dodgers players Macon Dodgers players Major League Baseball outfielders St. Louis Cardinals players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Tacoma Cubs players TCU Horned Frogs baseball players Victoria Rosebuds players