Matt Carpenter
Matthew Martin Carpenter
Born: November 26, 1985
Galveston, TX USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 210
College: Texas Christian University
Career: 2011-2022
Draft: Round 13 (2009 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Texas Christian
Minor League Statistics
Matt Carpenter compiled a career batting average of .263 with 170 home runs and 613 RBI in his 1414-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 2011 season and last took the field during the 2022 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .067 | .263 | .133 | .396 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 114 | 340 | 296 | 44 | 87 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 63 | .294 | .365 | .463 | .828 | 137 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 157 | 717 | 626 | 126 | 199 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 98 | .318 | .392 | .481 | .873 | 301 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 158 | 709 | 595 | 99 | 162 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 95 | 111 | .272 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 223 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 154 | 665 | 574 | 101 | 156 | 44 | 3 | 28 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 81 | 151 | .272 | .365 | .505 | .871 | 290 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 566 | 473 | 81 | 128 | 36 | 6 | 21 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 108 | .271 | .380 | .505 | .885 | 239 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 145 | 622 | 497 | 91 | 120 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 109 | 125 | .241 | .384 | .451 | .835 | 224 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 676 | 564 | 111 | 145 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 158 | .257 | .374 | .523 | .897 | 295 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 129 | 492 | 416 | 59 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 129 | .226 | .334 | .392 | .726 | 163 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | 169 | 140 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 48 | .186 | .325 | .314 | .640 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 130 | 249 | 207 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 77 | .169 | .305 | .275 | .581 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | AL | New York Yankees | 47 | 154 | 128 | 28 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 35 | .305 | .412 | .727 | 1.138 | 93 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 1376 | 5378 | 4531 | 780 | 1192 | 310 | 28 | 170 | 613 | 27 | 17 | 718 | 1107 | .263 | .369 | .456 | .825 | 2068 | 38 | 70 | 12 | 47 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 5 | 4 | 39.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.600 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 44 | 30 | 281.0 | 316 | 12 | 3 | 32 | .991 | 1.505 | 7.455 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 33 | 21 | 217.7 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 3 | .950 | 2.357 | 1.727 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 21 | 13 | 108.3 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.662 | .952 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 5 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1.400 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 132 | 128 | 1108.0 | 211 | 370 | 9 | 97 | .985 | 4.719 | 4.402 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 42 | 24 | 253.0 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 9 | .958 | 2.455 | 1.643 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 2 | 1 | 11.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.714 | 5.000 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 1.000 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 156 | 155 | 1371.0 | 90 | 288 | 16 | 23 | .959 | 2.481 | 2.423 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | .500 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 146 | 141 | 1244.0 | 77 | 234 | 14 | 25 | .957 | 2.250 | 2.130 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 11 | 9 | 58.7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.756 | 2.818 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 3 | 1 | 10.3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.194 | 4.667 |
| 2016 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 54 | 52 | 431.0 | 20 | 95 | 8 | 12 | .935 | 2.401 | 2.130 |
| 2016 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 40 | 37 | 318.0 | 60 | 103 | 4 | 22 | .976 | 4.613 | 4.075 |
| 2016 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 45 | 35 | 312.0 | 304 | 16 | 1 | 38 | .997 | 9.231 | 7.111 |
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 120 | 110 | 949.3 | 895 | 74 | 7 | 103 | .993 | 9.186 | 8.075 |
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 16 | 16 | 111.0 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .939 | 2.514 | 1.938 |
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 13 | 13 | 103.0 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 9 | .922 | 4.107 | 3.615 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 95 | 62 | 611.3 | 552 | 46 | 8 | 62 | .987 | 8.804 | 6.295 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 76 | 74 | 568.7 | 54 | 128 | 8 | 12 | .958 | 2.880 | 2.395 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 11 | 11 | 83.0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.880 | 4.091 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 107 | 102 | 880.3 | 55 | 162 | 8 | 16 | .964 | 2.218 | 2.028 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 4 | 2 | 19.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.517 | 3.500 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 30 | 29 | 214.3 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 6 | .960 | 3.023 | 2.400 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 6 | 4 | 31.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.387 | 3.667 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 34 | 29 | 214.7 | 50 | 61 | 3 | 15 | .974 | 4.654 | 3.265 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1B | 14 | 9 | 90.0 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 9 | .988 | 8.400 | 6.000 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 6 | 4 | 37.7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.673 | 1.167 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2022 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 5 | 3 | 25.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 5.000 |
| Totals | 1281 | 1122 | 9730.3 | 2959 | 1885 | 108 | 514 | .978 | 4.480 | 3.781 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .778 | 1.278 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 6 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .261 | .333 | .435 | .768 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 6 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .296 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 | .412 | 1.125 | 1.537 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .235 | .278 | .412 | .690 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .444 | .200 | .644 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 181 | 158 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 49 | .228 | .304 | .411 | .715 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 1B | 3 | 2 | 19.7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.780 | 5.667 |
| 2012 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | RF | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 2B | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.932 | 5.800 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 2B | 6 | 6 | 55.0 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 5.400 | 5.500 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2B | 6 | 6 | 50.3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .909 | 3.576 | 3.333 |
| 2013 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | 3B | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.500 |
| 2014 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 43.3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.077 | 2.000 |
| 2015 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS1 | 3B | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 18.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.446 | 1.000 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 3B | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.368 | 1.667 |
| Totals | 45 | 37 | 332.0 | 60 | 78 | 5 | 17 | .965 | 3.741 | 3.067 |
Awards
2013 - NL Silver Slugger 2B
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