Matt Carpenter

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 224lb (193cm, 101kg)

Team: St. Louis Cardinals (majors, 10-day IL)

Born: November 26, 1985 in Galveston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX).

High School: Lawrence E. Elkins HS (Missouri City, TX)

School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)

Debut: June 4, 2011 (Age 25-190d, 19,965th in major league history)
vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$12M (23-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 11.145 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: SSG Baseball

Full Name: Matthew Martin Carpenter

Nicknames: Carp

Twitter: @MattCarp13

Instagram: @mattcarp13

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

28.8

4729

1228

175

.300

.260

799

RBI

644

OBP

.300

.367

SLG

.300

.451

OPS

.600

.818

OPS+

122

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	STL	@	MIL	W,11-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 8	STL	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	10	0	0	10	1
4	8	Apr 13	STL		CHC	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
5	9	Apr 14	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	10	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,10-3	GS	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
7	12 (1)	Apr 18	STL		CIN	W,11-1	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	2
8	13	Apr 19	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	14	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
10	15	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
11	16	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
12	17	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	10	2	0	12	2
13	18	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	12	0	0	12	0
14	19	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
15	20	Apr 27	STL		MIL	W,13-1	GS	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
16	21	Apr 28	STL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
17	22	Apr 29	STL		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	23	May 1	STL		PIT	W,10-7	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	24	May 2	STL		PIT	W,12-3	GS	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
20	25	May 3	STL		PIT	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	26	May 4	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
22	27	May 5	STL	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
23	28	May 6	STL	@	HOU	W,8-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	29	May 7	STL	@	ARI	W,9-6	GF	7	1.2	3	0	0	3	0
25	30	May 8	STL	@	ARI	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	32 (1)	May 11	STL		ATL	L,7-9	CG	55	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	36 (3)	May 15	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
28	38 (1)	May 17	STL	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
29	39	May 18	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	43	8.1	7	1	0	8	1
30	40	May 19	STL	@	LAD	L,0-6	GF	28	6.0	10	0	1	11	0
31	42 (1)	May 21	STL		SDP	W,4-3	GS	31	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
32	43	May 22	STL		SDP	W,4-0	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	71 (27)	Jun 22	STL	@	KCR	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
34	72	Jun 23	STL	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	73	Jun 24	STL	@	KCR	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
36	76 (2)	Jun 27	STL	@	MIA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
37	77	Jun 29	STL		PIT	L,5-14	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	79 (1)	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	83 (3)	Jul 5	STL		COL	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	86 (2)	Jul 8	STL		MIA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	90 (3)	Jul 16	STL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	91	Jul 17	STL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	92	Jul 18	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	94 (1)	Jul 21	STL		CHC	W,12-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	95	Jul 22	STL		CHC	W,7-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	96	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	97	Jul 24	STL		LAD	W,8-2	GF	24	6.0	8	1	0	9	3
48	98	Jul 25	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	99	Jul 26	STL		LAD	W,7-4	GS	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
50	100	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	101	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	102	Jul 29	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS	30	7.1	7	1	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	106 (3)	Aug 3	STL		MIL	W,9-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	111 (4)	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,0-15	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
55	112	Aug 9	STL		SFG	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	115 (2)	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	46	10.2	2	4	0	6	1
57	116	Aug 14	STL		ARI	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	120 (3)	Aug 18	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	122 (1)	Aug 21	STL		HOU	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	123	Aug 22	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	124	Aug 23	STL		HOU	W,13-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	126 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	127	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	128	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
65	129	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	L,0-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	130	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	133 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	WSN	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	134	Sep 2	STL	@	WSN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	135	Sep 3	STL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
70	136	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
71	137	Sep 5	STL		NYM	L,2-6	GS	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
72	138	Sep 7	STL		MIL	L,4-5	GS	51	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	139	Sep 8	STL		MIL	L,3-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	140	Sep 9	STL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	143 (2)	Sep 12	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	144	Sep 13	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
77	145	Sep 14	STL	@	LAD	L,5-8	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
78	146	Sep 15	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
79	147	Sep 16	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	150 (2)	Sep 20	STL		HOU	W,5-4	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	151	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
82	152	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	153	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	154	Sep 24	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	155	Sep 25	STL	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	156	Sep 26	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	157	Sep 28	STL		WSN	W,12-2	GS	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	158	Sep 29	STL		WSN	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	160 (1)	Oct 1	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	162 (1)	Oct 3	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							104gm		625.0	351	61	9	421	37