Matt Carpenter stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2024

Designated Hitter · #13

Age 40 · 6' 4"

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Matt Carpenter played 14 MLB seasons, 2011 to 2024.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,511
AB
4,856
R
813
H
1,257
HR
179
RBI
659
SB
28
AVG
.259

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2011STL71501000.067
2012STL11429644876461.294
2013STL15762612619911783.318
2014STL158595991628595.272
2015STL15457410115628844.272
2016STL1294738112821680.271
2017STL1454979112023692.241
2018STL15656411114536814.257
2019STL129416599415466.226
2020STL5014022264240.186
2021STL13020718353212.169
2022NYY47128283915370.305
2023SD7618818335311.176
2024STL5913715324150.234

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
56
AB
170
R
24
H
37
HR
6
RBI
21
SB
1
AVG
.218

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,773
TB
2,179
XBH
536
HBP
74
IBB
40
GIDP
40
P/PA
4.29

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2011STL19210004.7
2012STL3401373332104.1
2013STL717301739144.1
2014STL709223438234.4
2015STL665290756554.2
2016STL566239635644.2
2017STL622224569454.4
2018STL6772957861704.2
2019STL492163377034.4
2020STL16944106114.4
2021STL24957156114.5
2022NYY15493245124.7
2023SD23760172024.3
2024STL15751112004.3

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
27.3
RC
844.3
RC/27
6.10
ISOP
.190
SECA
.351
BB/K
0.63
AB/HR
27.1
GO/FO
0.50

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2011STL-0.20.61.2.0670.3100.8
2012STL1.048.95.8.1690.30.549.30.7
2013STL6.6120.17.3.1630.30.756.90.7
2014STL3.093.95.6.1030.30.974.40.7
2015STL4.0107.56.8.2330.40.520.50.5
2016STL3.492.56.9.2350.40.822.50.5
2017STL2.9946.5.2090.40.921.60.4
2018STL4.9115.97.4.2660.50.715.70.4
2019STL0.8604.9.1660.30.527.70.5
2020STL-0.116.23.8.1290.30.5350.6
2021STL-1.020.33.1.1060.30.5690.4
2022NYY2.435.810.4.4220.60.58.50.4
2023SD-0.322.93.8.1440.40.637.60.4
2024STL-0.116.64.1.1390.20.334.30.4

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
40 yearsNov 26, 1985
Height
6' 4"
Debut
2011
Birthplace
Galveston, TX
Draft
2009Rd 13, Pk 399
College
TCU
NL Silver Slugger
2013

Latest performance

Matt Carpenter

Sep 29 · @ SF · W 6-1

AB
1
R
0
H
1
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.234

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Sep 29atSFW 6-110100
Sat, Sep 28atSFL 6-510000
Fri, Sep 27atSFW 6-350000
Tue, Sep 24atCOLW 7-310100
Sun, Sep 22vsCLEW 2-120000
Wed, Sep 11vsCINW 2-100000

What were Matt Carpenter's career stats?

Matt Carpenter played 14 seasons for the Cardinals, the Yankees and the Padres. He was a career .259 hitter with 1,257 hits, 179 home runs and 659 RBI. His best season was 2013: a .318 batting average, 11 home runs and 78 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 7 postseasons, 2011 to 2024

Matt Carpenter led MLB in hits (2013); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Championships

Awards

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Matt Carpenter

Playoff series

Matt Carpenter played 56 games across 7 MLB postseasons in 14 series — 7 won, 7 lost.

Matt Carpenter's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2022CLELost 1-122000
2022HOULost 0-4410100
2020SDLost 1-239202
2019ATLWon 3-145103
2019WSHLost 0-448000
2015CHCLost 1-3417411
2014LADWon 3-1416637
2014SFLost 1-4520411
2013PITWon 3-2519100
2013LADWon 4-2623602
2013BOSLost 2-4627802
2012ATLWon 1-011101
2012WSHWon 3-254000
2012SFWon 2-139312

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Matt Carpenter’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.