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Matt Carpenter

Matthew Martin Carpenter

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 26, 1985 in Galveston, TX
High School: Lawrence E Elkins HS (Missouri City, TX)
School: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 2011  vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 2011-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$480k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.012, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2011 25 STL NL 7 19 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .067 .263 .133 .396 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 /5
2012 26 STL NL 39 118 104 16 30 9 3 3 20 0 0 10 25 .288 .356 .519 .875 137 54 2 2 0 2 1 3/597
2 Yrs 46 137 119 16 31 10 3 3 20 0 0 14 29 .261 .343 .471 .814 122 56 2 2 0 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 482 419 56 109 35 11 11 70 0 0 49 102 .261 .343 .471 .814 122 197 7 7 0 7 4

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WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2011 25 STL NL 7 19 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .459 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /5
2012 26 STL NL 39 118 4 0 0 -2 -2 1 0.1 3 4 0.5 .502 .500 0.6 -0.4 6 $ 3/597
2 Seasons 46 137 2 0 0 -3 -2 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.3 .495 .499 0.5 -0.5 5 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2011 STL NL 25 3B 5 4 3 39.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -31 -31 3.00 2.60 .954 2.54 2.54
2012 STL NL 26 1B 25 19 14 174.2 216 207 8 1 21 .995 -1 -1 -7 -7 11.08 8.60 .993 9.45 9.34
2012 STL NL 26 OF 6 2 2 20.1 6 4 0 2 0 .667 -1 -2 -54 -120 1.77 0.67 .983 2.08 2.07
2012 STL NL 26 3B 5 3 1 27.2 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1 1 25 43 2.60 1.60 .951 2.44 2.42
2012 STL NL 26 RF 5 2 2 19.1 6 4 0 2 0 .667 -1 -2 -56 -124 1.86 0.80 .980 1.96 1.94
2012 STL NL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season 1B 25 19 14 174.2 216 207 8 1 21 .995 -1 -1 -7 -6 11.08 8.60 .993 9.45 9.34
2 Seasons 3B 10 7 4 66.2 22 3 18 1 0 .955 -0 0 -8 0 2.84 2.10 .953 2.50 2.48
1 Season OF 6 2 2 20.1 6 4 0 2 0 .667 -1 -2 -54 -118 1.77 0.67 .983 2.08 2.07
1 Season RF 5 2 2 19.1 6 4 0 2 0 .667 -1 -2 -56 -124 1.86 0.80 .980 1.96 1.94
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
2 Seasons TOT 41 28 20 261.2 244 214 26 4 21 .984 -2 -5 -11 -22 8.25 5.85 .989 7.11 6.60
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2012 NL  11.08 (1st)

                           

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201226St. Louis Cardinals$480,000
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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