Matt Carpenter

Third Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2024)

AVG .259
HR 179
RBI 659
H 1,257
OPS .814
PIV 14,122
Position
Third Baseman
Bats / Throws
L / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 210 lb
Born
11/26/1985 in Sugar Land, TX, USA
MLB Debut
2011-06-04
Last Game
2024-09-29
Awards
3× All-Star · Silver Slugger

Full name: Matthew Martin Carpenter

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Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1,511 4,856 813 1,257 329 28 179 659 28 774 1,225 .259 .366 .449 .814 14,122

Career AVG .259 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .366 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — +14.9% above league average.

Career SLG .449 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — +10.0% above league average.

Career OPS .814 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — +12.2% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2011 SLN NL 7 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .067 — — — — 0.0
2012 SLN NL 114 296 44 87 22 5 6 46 1 34 63 .294 .254 (+15%) .318 (+14%) .405 (+14%) .724 (+14%) 798.5
2013 SLN NL 157 626 126 199 55 7 11 78 3 72 98 .318 .253 (+25%) .317 (+23%) .396 (+21%) .714 (+22%) 2964.6
2014 SLN NL 158 595 99 162 33 2 8 59 5 95 111 .272 .251 (+8%) .313 (+19%) .386 (-3%) .700 (+7%) 1283.2
2015 SLN NL 154 574 101 156 44 3 28 84 4 81 151 .272 .254 (+7%) .316 (+15%) .404 (+25%) .721 (+21%) 2547.5
2016 SLN NL 129 473 81 128 36 6 21 68 0 81 108 .271 .255 (+6%) .321 (+18%) .417 (+21%) .738 (+20%) 2047.9
2017 SLN NL 145 497 91 120 31 2 23 69 2 109 125 .241 .254 (-5%) .324 (+18%) .425 (+6%) .750 (+11%) 1574.3
2018 SLN NL 156 564 111 145 42 0 36 81 4 102 158 .257 .247 (+4%) .318 (+18%) .409 (+28%) .727 (+23%) 2952.3
2019 SLN NL 129 416 59 94 20 2 15 46 6 63 129 .226 .252 (-10%) .322 (+4%) .434 (-10%) .757 (-4%) -192.4
2020 SLN NL 50 140 22 26 6 0 4 24 0 23 48 .186 .244 (-24%) .321 (+1%) .417 (-25%) .739 (-13%) -229.9
2021 SLN NL 130 207 18 35 11 1 3 21 2 35 77 .169 .243 (-31%) .317 (-4%) .410 (-33%) .727 (-20%) -585.6
2022 NYA AL 47 128 28 39 9 0 15 37 0 19 35 .305 .242 (+26%) .311 (+32%) .394 (+84%) .706 (+61%) 1354.8
2023 SDN NL 76 188 18 33 12 0 5 31 1 41 67 .176 .248 (-29%) .320 (+1%) .414 (-23%) .734 (-13%) -329.0
2024 SLN NL 59 137 15 32 7 0 4 15 0 15 51 .234 .243 (-4%) .312 (+1%) .399 (-7%) .711 (-4%) -64.2
Career · 14 seasons 1,511 4,856 813 1,257 329 28 179 659 28 774 1,225 .259 — — — — 14,122

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.27 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2021 SLN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 1 season 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0.00 — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
56 170 24 37 9 1 6 21 17 58 .218

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2022 ALCS NYA 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100
2022 ALDS1 NYA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
2020 NLWC2 SLN 3 9 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 4 .222
2019 NLCS SLN 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000
2019 NLDS2 SLN 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 .200
2015 NLDS1 SLN 4 17 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 5 .235
2014 NLCS SLN 5 20 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 8 .200
2014 NLDS2 SLN 4 16 4 6 3 0 3 7 1 4 .375
2013 NLCS SLN 6 23 4 6 2 1 0 2 3 5 .261
2013 NLDS1 SLN 5 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053
2013 WS SLN 6 27 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 6 .296
2012 NLCS SLN 3 9 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 2 .333
2012 NLDS1 SLN 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
2012 NLWC SLN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home764236641363281332.267
Away747249040062598327.251

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Away11.120000.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2024-09-29 STLSFGW 101000000
2024-09-28 STLSFGL 100000001
2024-09-27 STLSFGW 500000003
2024-09-24 STLCOLW 101100000
2024-09-22 STLCLEW 200000011
2024-09-11 STLCINW 000000000
2024-09-10 STLCINL 100000001
2024-09-08 STLSEAL 111100000
2024-09-06 STLSEAL 100000001
2024-08-28 STLSDPW 100000001

Last 1 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2021-05-15 STLSDP — 1.1200000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 356 268 2299 167 20 259
2B 247 229 373 613 20 155
3B 674 624 346 1111 65 112
OF 40 28 46 2 3 0
P 1 0 0 0 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2011 SLN 3B 5 4 1 12 0 0
2012 SLN 1B 44 30 316 12 3 32
2012 SLN 2B 5 2 3 4 0 2
2012 SLN 3B 33 21 13 44 3 3
2012 SLN OF 21 13 19 1 3 0
2013 SLN 1B 2 1 10 0 0 0
2013 SLN 2B 132 128 211 370 9 97
2013 SLN 3B 42 24 11 58 3 9
2013 SLN OF 2 1 1 1 0 0
2014 SLN 3B 156 155 90 288 16 23
2014 SLN OF 2 0 1 0 0 0
2015 SLN 1B 3 1 13 1 0 2
2015 SLN 2B 11 9 12 19 0 4
2015 SLN 3B 146 141 77 234 14 25
2016 SLN 1B 45 35 304 16 1 38
2016 SLN 2B 40 37 60 103 4 22
2016 SLN 3B 54 52 20 95 8 12
2017 SLN 1B 120 110 895 74 7 103
2017 SLN 2B 13 13 15 32 4 9
2017 SLN 3B 16 16 5 26 2 5
2018 SLN 1B 95 62 552 46 8 62
2018 SLN 2B 11 11 22 23 0 5
2018 SLN 3B 76 74 54 128 8 12
2019 SLN 1B 4 2 14 0 0 1
2019 SLN 3B 107 102 55 162 8 16
2020 SLN 1B 6 4 21 1 0 1
2020 SLN 3B 30 29 16 56 3 6
2021 SLN 1B 14 9 72 12 1 9
2021 SLN 2B 34 29 50 61 3 15
2021 SLN 3B 6 4 2 5 0 0
2021 SLN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 NYA 1B 5 3 24 1 0 1
2022 NYA 3B 2 2 1 3 0 1
2022 NYA OF 15 14 25 0 0 0
2023 SDN 1B 13 10 68 3 0 10
2024 SLN 1B 5 1 10 1 0 0
2024 SLN 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1
2024 SLN 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 1
First Base 356
Second Base 247
Third Base 674
Left Field 10
Right Field 31
Designated Hitter 135

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2022 Player of the Week Week of 2022-07-16
2018 Player of the Month July
2018 Player of the Week Week of 2018-07-21
2018 Player of the Week Week of 2018-08-04
2016 Player of the Week Week of 2016-06-04
2015 Player of the Week Week of 2015-04-19
2013 Silver Slugger 2B

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 SLN NL $6,500,000
2015 SLN NL $3,750,000
2014 SLN NL $1,000,000
2013 SLN NL $504,000
2012 SLN NL $480,000
Total Career Earnings $12,234,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Texas Christian University Fort Worth TX 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2018 Most Valuable Player NL 9th 105.0 420 0
2015 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 26.0 420 0
2013 Most Valuable Player NL 4th 194.0 420 0
2012 Rookie of the Year NL 6th 1.0 160 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Matt Carpenter (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Brandon Belt
    .261 avg, 194 HR
  2. 69
    Jason Thompson
    .261 avg, 208 HR
  3. 68
    J. T. Snow
    .268 avg, 189 HR
  4. 66
    Lyle Overbay
    .266 avg, 151 HR
  5. 66
    Kevin Millar
    .274 avg, 170 HR
  6. 60
    Carlos Correa
    .275 avg, 203 HR

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Carpenter

What years did Matt Carpenter play?
Matt Carpenter played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2024.
Was Matt Carpenter a pitcher?
No. Matt Carpenter was a position player (Third Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Matt Carpenter hit?
Matt Carpenter hit 179 career home runs with 1257 hits.