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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-31 / in Starts: 18-24
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2012	NLWC g1	Oct 5	STL	@	ATL	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.48	0.038	10.00	0.51%	0.84	PH 3B
2	2012	NLDS g1	Oct 7	STL		WSN	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	3.50	-0.097	54.69	-0.99%	-0.31	PH 3B
3	2012	NLDS g2	Oct 8	STL		WSN	W,12-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.07	-0.002	1.00	-0.01%	-0.34	PH
4	2012	NLDS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	WSN	W,8-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						3B
5	2012	NLDS g4	Oct 11	STL	@	WSN	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.28	-0.063	51.34	-0.79%	-0.22	PH
6	2012	NLDS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	WSN	W,9-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.55	-0.038	64.58	-0.87%	-0.15	PH
7	2012	NLCS g3	Oct 17	STL		SFG	W,3-1	2-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.625	.875	2	.81	0.209	25.42	3.89%	1.35	RF 1B
8	2012	NLCS g4	Oct 18	STL		SFG	W,8-3	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.636	1.021	2	.58	0.109	18.79	1.93%	0.72	1B
9	2012	NLCS g6	Oct 21	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.571	.983	2	.35	0.022	15.88	0.56%	0.14	1B
2013 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	2013	NLDS g1	Oct 3	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	.54	0.037	8.47	0.29%	-0.47	2B
11	2013	NLDS g2	Oct 4	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	.43	-0.013	6.83	-0.10%	-0.20	2B
12	2013	NLDS g3	Oct 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	1.60	-0.110	33.43	-1.29%	-0.73	2B
13	2013	NLDS g4	Oct 7	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	1	1.10	-0.117	24.60	-1.49%	-0.92	2B
14	2013	NLDS g5	Oct 9	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.143	.053	.195	1	.43	-0.042	17.81	-0.98%	-0.54	2B
15	2013	NLCS g1	Oct 11	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG(13)	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.222	.087	.309	1	1.40	0.112	36.50	1.65%	0.55	2B
16	2013	NLCS g2	Oct 12	STL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.233	.192	.426	1	.63	0.071	16.80	1.03%	0.68	2B
17	2013	NLCS g3	Oct 14	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.206	.167	.373	1	.81	-0.082	16.93	-0.94%	-0.63	2B 3B
18	2013	NLCS g4	Oct 15	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.118	.231	.206	.437	1	.74	0.082	22.51	1.68%	0.93	2B
19	2013	NLCS g5	Oct 16	STL	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.256	.237	.493	1	.71	0.033	12.61	0.41%	0.33	2B
20	2013	NLCS g6	Oct 18	STL		LAD	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.262	.512	1	.36	0.023	13.82	0.50%	-0.06	2B
21	2013	WS g1	Oct 23	STL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.250	.261	.511	1	.36	-0.010	18.69	-0.27%	-0.13	2B
22	2013	WS g2	Oct 24	STL	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.160	.228	.240	.468	1	1.41	0.138	75.00	4.90%	0.19	2B
23	2013	WS g3	Oct 26	STL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.242	.255	.496	1	1.36	-0.013	85.60	-0.43%	-0.35	2B 3B
24	2013	WS g4	Oct 27	STL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.254	.267	.520	1	1.23	0.012	78.94	0.50%	0.61	2B
25	2013	WS g5	Oct 28	STL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.239	.250	.489	1	1.25	-0.127	103.74	-6.60%	-0.87	2B
26	2013	WS g6	Oct 30	STL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.263	.290	.553	1	.42	0.027	32.11	1.13%	0.68	2B
2014 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	2014	NLDS g1	Oct 3	STL	@	LAD	W,10-9	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.200	1.600	1	1.31	0.473	20.51	4.40%	2.96	3B
28	2014	NLDS g2	Oct 4	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	1.500	2.056	1	1.27	0.394	19.43	3.34%	2.15	3B
29	2014	NLDS g3	Oct 6	STL		LAD	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	1.500	2.038	1	.65	0.101	13.62	1.17%	0.86	3B
30	2014	NLDS g4	Oct 7	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.412	1.125	1.537	1	.83	-0.081	18.56	-1.04%	-0.77	3B
31	2014	NLCS g1	Oct 11	STL		SFG	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.381	.950	1.331	1	.87	-0.031	22.73	-0.61%	-0.28	3B
32	2014	NLCS g2	Oct 12	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.958	1.318	1	1.13	0.039	28.93	0.56%	-0.08	3B
33	2014	NLCS g3	Oct 14	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310	.333	.828	1.161	1	.99	-0.104	31.11	-1.83%	-0.76	3B
34	2014	NLCS g4	Oct 15	STL	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.788	1.131	1	.73	0.034	23.36	0.81%	0.45	3B
35	2014	NLCS g5	Oct 16	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.722	1.056	1	1.00	-0.040	24.00	-0.57%	-0.40	3B
2015 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	2015	NLDS g1	Oct 9	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	.51	-0.041	7.93	-0.36%	-0.13	3B
37	2015	NLDS g2	Oct 10	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	1	.52	0.074	8.26	0.64%	0.66	3B
38	2015	NLDS g3	Oct 12	STL	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.417	.647	1	.56	-0.040	11.77	-0.47%	-0.68	3B
39	2015	NLDS g4	Oct 13	STL	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.412	.690	1	.98	-0.026	21.93	-0.29%	-0.06	3B
2019 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	2019	NLDS g1	Oct 3	STL	@	ATL	W,7-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	4.02	0.139	63.01	1.22%	0.53	PH 3B
41	2019	NLDS g3	Oct 6	STL		ATL	L,1-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	.87	0.027	18.20	0.31%	0.38	3B
42	2019	NLDS g4	Oct 7	STL		ATL	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.375	.200	.575	6	1.01	-0.079	19.54	-0.90%	-0.37	3B
43	2019	NLDS g5	Oct 9	STL	@	ATL	W,13-1	GS-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.444	.200	.644	6	2.11	0.073	87.92	1.96%	1.00	3B
44	2019	NLCS g1	Oct 11	STL		WSN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.333	.125	.458	6	.93	-0.075	24.37	-1.25%	-0.50	3B
45	2019	NLCS g2	Oct 12	STL		WSN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.267	.091	.358	6	.90	-0.068	23.16	-1.09%	-0.57	3B
46	2019	NLCS g3	Oct 14	STL	@	WSN	L,1-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.250	.083	.333	9	.91	-0.023	18.96	-0.26%	-0.31	PH
47	2019	NLCS g4	Oct 15	STL	@	WSN	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.235	.077	.312	7	3.29	-0.087	36.40	-0.54%	-0.80	PH 3B
2020 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	2020	NLWC g1	Sep 30	STL	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	7	.90	0.003	9.33	0.02%	-0.11	DH
49	2020	NLWC g2	Oct 1	STL	@	SDP	L,9-11	CG	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.500	1.000	7	1.41	0.037	15.68	0.31%	0.90	DH
50	2020	NLWC g3	Oct 2	STL	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.429	.333	.762	7	1.06	-0.035	22.03	-0.40%	-0.53	DH
2022 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	2022	ALDS g2	Oct 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.52	-0.064	40.31	-0.57%	-0.43	PH
52	2022	ALDS g5	Oct 18	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.008	13.75	-0.17%	-0.47	PH
53	2022	ALCS g1	Oct 19	NYY	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.63	-0.174	42.62	-2.56%	-1.33	DH
54	2022	ALCS g2	Oct 20	NYY	@	HOU	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	2.75	-0.076	72.70	-1.13%	-0.22	PH
55	2022	ALCS g3	Oct 22	NYY		HOU	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	5	.83	-0.081	17.19	-1.07%	-0.70	DH
56	2022	ALCS g4	Oct 23	NYY		HOU	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	8	1.23	-0.031	11.91	-0.20%	-0.10	PH
									193	170	24	37	9	1	6	21	17	0	58	2	0	4		1	1	0	.218	.290	.388	.678

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