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

28.9

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.

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
2	2	Apr 5	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
4	4	Apr 8	STL	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
5	5	Apr 9	STL	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 10	STL	@	ATL	W,12-7	GS	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B 1B
7	7	Apr 11	STL		MIL	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 13	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 14	STL		MIL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
10	10	Apr 15	STL		CIN	W,14-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 16	STL		CIN	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B 1B
13	13	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	14	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	15	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 22	STL	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
17	17	Apr 23	STL	@	SDP	W,11-2	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
18	18	Apr 24	STL	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
19	19	Apr 25	STL	@	ARI	L,7-12	CG	46	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	20	Apr 26	STL	@	ARI	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	21	Apr 27	STL	@	ARI	W,11-4	GS	26	6.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	22	Apr 28	STL	@	ARI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	23	Apr 29	STL		WSN	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	Apr 30	STL		WSN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	STL		WSN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	26	May 2	STL		PHI	W,10-3	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 3	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	28	May 4	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	PH 1B
29	29	May 5	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
30	30	May 6	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GS	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B 1B
31	31	May 7	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
32	32	May 8	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 10	STL	@	LAA	W,8-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	34	May 11	STL	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
35	35	May 12	STL	@	LAA	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
36	36	May 13	STL	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
37	37	May 14	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	38	May 15	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	39	May 17	STL		COL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
40	40	May 18	STL		COL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	41	May 19	STL		COL	W,13-7	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
42	42	May 20	STL		ARI	L,7-11	GS	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B 3B
43	43	May 21	STL		ARI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	44	May 22	STL		ARI	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	2	6	1	9	1	3B
45	45	May 23	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
46	46	May 24	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	50 (3)	May 28	STL	@	WSN	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
48	51	May 29	STL	@	WSN	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	52	May 30	STL	@	MIL	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
50	53	May 31	STL	@	MIL	W,10-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	54	Jun 1	STL	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	55	Jun 3	STL		SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	56	Jun 4	STL		SFG	W,7-4	GS	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	3B 1B
54	57	Jun 5	STL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	58	Jun 7	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	0	1	0	1	1	2B
56	59	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
57	60	Jun 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
58	61	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	48	12.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
59	64 (2)	Jun 14	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
60	65	Jun 15	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
61	66	Jun 17	STL		TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
62	67	Jun 18	STL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
63	68	Jun 19	STL		TEX	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B 1B
64	69	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
65	70	Jun 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
66	71	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
67	72	Jun 24	STL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B 1B
68	73	Jun 25	STL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
69	74	Jun 26	STL	@	SEA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
70	75	Jun 27	STL	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
71	76	Jun 28	STL	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
72	77	Jun 29	STL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	58	12.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
73	78	Jun 30	STL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	79	Jul 1	STL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
75	81 (1)	Jul 3	STL		MIL	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
76	82	Jul 4	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
77	83	Jul 5	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
78	84	Jul 6	STL		PIT	L,5-7	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	109 (24)	Aug 5	STL		ATL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
80	110	Aug 6	STL		ATL	L,5-13	GS	25	5.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
81	112 (1)	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
82	113	Aug 9	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	2B
83	114	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
84	115	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
85	116	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS	27	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
86	117	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
87	118	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
88	119	Aug 16	STL	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
89	121 (1)	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
90	122	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
91	123	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	GS	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
92	124	Aug 23	STL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
93	125	Aug 24	STL		NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
94	126	Aug 25	STL		NYM	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
95	127	Aug 26	STL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
96	128	Aug 27	STL		OAK	L,2-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
97	129	Aug 28	STL		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
98	130	Aug 29	STL	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
99	131	Aug 30	STL	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
100	132	Aug 31	STL	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	133	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	42	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B 2B
102	134	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
103	135	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
104	136	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
105	138 (1)	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
106	139	Sep 8	STL		MIL	L,5-12	GS	34	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
107	140	Sep 9	STL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	3	1B
108	141	Sep 10	STL		MIL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
109	142	Sep 11	STL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	143	Sep 12	STL		CHC	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
111	144	Sep 13	STL		CHC	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B 1B
112	145	Sep 14	STL		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
113	146	Sep 15	STL	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
114	147	Sep 16	STL	@	SFG	L,2-8	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
115	148	Sep 17	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B 3B
116	149	Sep 18	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
117	150	Sep 19	STL	@	COL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
118	152 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	COL	L,1-11	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
119	153	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
120	154	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
121	155	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
122	157 (1)	Sep 27	STL		CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
123	158	Sep 28	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
124	159	Sep 29	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
125	160	Sep 30	STL		PIT	W,7-0	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
126	161	Oct 1	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
127	162	Oct 2	STL		PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
							139gm		1061.0	384	214	13	611	72