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Matt Carpenter

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

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

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

4746

1232

175

.259

.260

801

RBI

646

OBP

.333

.367

SLG

.296

.450

OPS

.630

.817

OPS+

122

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

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2013 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	STL	@	ARI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 2	STL	@	ARI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
3	3	Apr 3	STL	@	ARI	L,9-10	CG	71	15.1	0	4	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 5	STL	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 6	STL	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 7	STL	@	SFG	W,14-3	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
7	7	Apr 8	STL		CIN	L,4-13	GF	21	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 9	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 10	STL		CIN	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 12	STL		MIL	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 13	STL		MIL	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 14	STL		MIL	L,3-4	GS	43	10.0	0	3	1	4	2
13	13	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
14	14	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
15	15	Apr 18	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
16	16	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	18 (1)	Apr 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
18	19	Apr 22	STL	@	WSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	20	Apr 23	STL	@	WSN	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	21	Apr 24	STL	@	WSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	22	Apr 26	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
22	23	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	24	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
24	25	Apr 29	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
25	26	Apr 30	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	27	May 1	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
27	28	May 2	STL	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	29	May 3	STL	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	30	May 4	STL	@	MIL	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
30	32 (1)	May 7	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
31	33	May 8	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
32	34	May 10	STL		COL	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	35	May 11	STL		COL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
34	36	May 12	STL		COL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	37	May 13	STL		NYM	W,6-3	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	38	May 14	STL		NYM	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	39	May 15	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	40	May 16	STL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
39	41	May 17	STL		MIL	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	42	May 18	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	6	4	0	10	3
41	43	May 19	STL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	44	May 20	STL	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
43	45	May 21	STL	@	SDP	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	46	May 22	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
45	47	May 24	STL	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
46	48	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
47	49	May 26	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
48	50	May 27	STL	@	KCR	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	51	May 28	STL	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	52	May 29	STL		KCR	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	May 30	STL		KCR	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	54	Jun 1 (1)	STL		SFG	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	56 (1)	Jun 2	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	4
54	57	Jun 3	STL		ARI	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	58	Jun 4	STL		ARI	L,6-7	CG	59	14.0	4	6	0	10	0
56	59	Jun 5	STL		ARI	L,3-10	GS	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	60	Jun 6	STL		ARI	W,12-8	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
58	61	Jun 7	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
59	62	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
60	63	Jun 9	STL	@	CIN	W,11-4	GS	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	2
61	64	Jun 11	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
62	65	Jun 12	STL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
63	66	Jun 13	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
64	67	Jun 14	STL	@	MIA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
65	69 (1)	Jun 16	STL	@	MIA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
66	70	Jun 17	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	71	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	72	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
69	73	Jun 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	74	Jun 21	STL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
71	75	Jun 22	STL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
72	76	Jun 23	STL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
73	77	Jun 25	STL	@	HOU	W,13-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	78	Jun 26	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	79	Jun 28	STL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
76	80	Jun 29	STL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
77	81	Jun 30	STL	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	82	Jul 2	STL	@	LAA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
79	83	Jul 3	STL	@	LAA	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	84	Jul 4	STL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.2	1	3	0	4	2
81	85	Jul 5	STL		MIA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	2	7	1
82	86	Jul 6	STL		MIA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	87	Jul 7	STL		MIA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
84	88	Jul 9	STL		HOU	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	89	Jul 10	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
86	90	Jul 11	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
87	91	Jul 12	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	10	0	12	1
88	92	Jul 13	STL	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
89	93	Jul 14	STL	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
90	94	Jul 19	STL		SDP	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
91	95	Jul 20	STL		SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
92	96	Jul 21	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	3
93	97	Jul 23	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	98	Jul 24	STL		PHI	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
95	99	Jul 25	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
96	100	Jul 26	STL	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
97	101	Jul 27	STL	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
98	102	Jul 28	STL	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
99	103	Jul 29	STL	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
100	104	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	10.1	2	1	0	3	0
101	105	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	107 (1)	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	W,13-0	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	108	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	W,13-3	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
104	109	Aug 3	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	110	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	W,15-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 5	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
107	112	Aug 6	STL		LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
108	113	Aug 7	STL		LAD	L,4-13	CG	53	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
109	114	Aug 8	STL		LAD	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	115	Aug 9	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	116	Aug 10	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
112	117	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	118	Aug 13	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	119	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	120	Aug 15	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
116	121	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	3
117	122	Aug 17	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
118	123	Aug 18	STL	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	124	Aug 19	STL	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
120	126 (1)	Aug 21	STL	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
121	127	Aug 22	STL		ATL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
122	128	Aug 23	STL		ATL	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	129	Aug 24	STL		ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	130	Aug 25	STL		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
125	131	Aug 26	STL		CIN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	132	Aug 27	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	133	Aug 28	STL		CIN	L,0-10	GS	28	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	134	Aug 30	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	135	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
131	137	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	138	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	139	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	61	16.0	0	3	0	3	0
134	140	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
135	141	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,12-8	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	142	Sep 7	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	143	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,9-2	GS	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
138	144	Sep 10	STL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
139	145	Sep 11	STL		MIL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
140	146	Sep 12	STL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
141	147	Sep 13	STL		SEA	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	6	0	7	0
142	148	Sep 14	STL		SEA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
143	149	Sep 15	STL		SEA	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
144	150	Sep 16	STL	@	COL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
145	151	Sep 17	STL	@	COL	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
146	152	Sep 18	STL	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
147	153	Sep 19	STL	@	COL	L,6-7	GS	66	14.1	5	3	0	8	0
148	154	Sep 20	STL	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	155	Sep 21	STL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
150	156	Sep 22	STL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
151	157	Sep 23	STL		WSN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
152	158	Sep 24	STL		WSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
153	159	Sep 25	STL		WSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
154	160	Sep 27	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
155	161	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
156	162	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
							178gm		1379.2	233	429	12	674	106