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.

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	STL	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
2	2	Mar 31	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 1	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 2	STL	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	28	6.2	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 3	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	27	6.2	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 4	STL	@	MIL	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 5	STL		ARI	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 7	STL		ARI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
9	9	Apr 8	STL		ARI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 9	STL		MIL	L,4-5	GS	46	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 10	STL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	49	11.0	9	2	0	11	1
12	12	Apr 11	STL		MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	13	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 13	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	16 (1)	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	17	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	18	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	33	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
18	19	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
19	20	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	21	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,9-2	GS	27	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
21	22	Apr 24	STL		NYM	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	24 (1)	Apr 26	STL		NYM	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	26 (1)	Apr 28	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
24	27	Apr 29	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	28	May 1	STL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
26	29	May 2	STL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
27	30	May 4	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
28	31	May 5	STL		CHC	W,8-6	CG	45	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
29	33 (1)	May 7	STL		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
30	34	May 8	STL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
31	35	May 10	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
32	39 (3)	May 15	STL	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	40	May 16	STL	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
34	41	May 17	STL		PHI	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	42	May 18	STL		PHI	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	43	May 19	STL		PHI	L,6-7	GS	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	44	May 20	STL		PHI	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
38	45	May 21	STL		KCR	W,6-0	GS	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
39	46	May 22	STL		KCR	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
40	47	May 23	STL		KCR	L,2-5	GS	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
41	48	May 25	STL	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	49	May 26	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
43	50	May 27	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	51	May 28	STL	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	52	May 29	STL	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
46	53	May 30	STL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	54	May 31	STL		PIT	W,10-8	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	55	Jun 1	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
49	56	Jun 2	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
50	57	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,5-0	GS	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	58	Jun 5	STL		MIA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
52	59	Jun 6	STL		MIA	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	60	Jun 7	STL		MIA	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	61	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	48	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	62	Jun 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	63	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	64	Jun 11	STL		SDP	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	65	Jun 12	STL		SDP	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	67 (1)	Jun 15	STL		CHC	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	68	Jun 16	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
61	69	Jun 17	STL		CHC	W,5-0	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
62	70	Jun 18	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	0	4	0	4	1
63	71	Jun 19	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
64	72	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
65	73	Jun 21	STL	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
66	74	Jun 22	STL	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
67	75	Jun 23	STL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
68	76	Jun 24	STL	@	MIL	W,8-2	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	77	Jun 25	STL		CLE	W,4-0	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
70	78	Jun 26	STL		CLE	W,11-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	79	Jun 27	STL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	80	Jun 29	STL		ATL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	81	Jun 30	STL		ATL	L,4-11	GS	33	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	82	Jul 1	STL		ATL	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
75	83	Jul 2	STL	@	ARI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
76	84	Jul 3	STL	@	ARI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
77	85	Jul 4	STL	@	ARI	W,8-4	GS	42	9.0	3	2	2	7	1
78	86	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	W,11-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	87	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
80	88	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
81	89	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	L,8-13	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	90	Jul 10	STL	@	CHW	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
83	91	Jul 11	STL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	92	Jul 13	STL		CIN	L,1-9	GS	42	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
85	93	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
86	94	Jul 15	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
87	95	Jul 19	STL	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
88	96	Jul 20	STL	@	CHC	W,18-5	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
89	97	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
90	98	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	1
91	99	Jul 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
92	100	Jul 23	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
93	101	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	41	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	102	Jul 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	103	Jul 27	STL		CHC	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
96	104	Jul 28	STL		CHC	W,6-2	GS	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
97	105	Jul 29	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
98	106	Jul 30	STL		COL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
99	107	Jul 31	STL		COL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	108	Aug 1	STL		COL	W,6-3	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	109	Aug 2	STL		COL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	110	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	111	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
104	112	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
105	113	Aug 6	STL	@	MIA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
106	114	Aug 7	STL	@	MIA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	18	1	0	19	1
107	115	Aug 8	STL	@	MIA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
108	116	Aug 10	STL	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
109	117	Aug 11	STL	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
110	119 (1)	Aug 13	STL		WSN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
111	120	Aug 14	STL		WSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
112	121	Aug 15	STL		WSN	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	122	Aug 16	STL		WSN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
114	123	Aug 17	STL		MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
115	124	Aug 18	STL		MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
116	125	Aug 19	STL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
117	126	Aug 20	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
118	127	Aug 21	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	8	2.1	5	1	0	6	1
119	128	Aug 22	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
120	129	Aug 24	STL	@	COL	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
121	130	Aug 25	STL	@	COL	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
122	131	Aug 26	STL	@	COL	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
123	132	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
124	133	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,0-2	GS	15	3.1	3	0	0	3	0
125	134	Aug 30	STL		PIT	W,5-0	GS	24	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
126	135	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,12-5	GS	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	136	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	137	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
129	138	Sep 3	STL	@	WSN	L,3-4	GS	48	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
130	139	Sep 4	STL	@	WSN	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
131	140	Sep 5	STL	@	WSN	W,7-6	GS	44	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
132	141	Sep 7	STL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.1	9	0	0	9	1
133	142	Sep 8	STL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	8	1	1	10	2
134	144 (1)	Sep 10	STL		PIT	W,8-7	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
135	145	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,11-5	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
136	146	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	147	Sep 13	STL		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
138	148	Sep 14	STL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	150 (1)	Sep 16	STL		LAD	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
140	151	Sep 17	STL	@	ATL	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
141	152	Sep 18	STL	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
142	154 (1)	Sep 21	STL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
143	155	Sep 22	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	12	0	2	14	0
144	156	Sep 23	STL		SFG	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
145	157	Sep 24	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
146	158	Sep 25	STL		MIL	L,4-12	GS	36	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
147	159	Sep 26	STL		MIL	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
148	160	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
149	161	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
150	162	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-10	GS	38	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
							182gm		1263.0	628	197	16	841	79