Matt Carpenter

27-Year-Old Third Baseman – St. Louis Cardinals

2013 Stats

AVG

.297

HR

3

RBI

15

R

37

SB

0

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Outlook

It seems like Carpenter had a better year than his numbers showed. You may scoff at the 44 runs and 46 RBI from a corner infielder, but he did that in just 296 at-bats and qualifies at first, third an...

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2013 ADP: 306.06

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LEAGUE: Majors 40 MAN: YES BATS: L THROWS: R HT: 6' 3" WT: 200 DOB: 11/26/1985 BORN: Galveston, TX COLLEGE: TCU DRAFTED: 13th Rd

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Re-signed to a one-year deal in March of 2013.

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Carpenter went 2-for-4 on Monday with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in a win over the Mets.

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Matt Carpenter Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	XBH	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	24	A+	Pal	28	129	100	17	28	8	5	2	1	17	0	1	26	14	1	0	2	.280	.438	.400	.838
2010	24	AA	Spr	105	472	396	76	125	41	26	3	12	53	11	2	64	88	4	4	4	.316	.412	.487	.899
2011	25	AAA	Mem	130	535	434	61	131	44	29	3	12	70	5	4	84	68	3	6	8	.302	.419	.465	.884
2011	25	MAJ	STL	7	19	15	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	.067	.263	.133	.396
2012	26	AA	Spr	3	13	10	3	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	.300	.462	.600	1.062
2012	26	AAA	Mem	3	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476
2012	26	MAJ	STL	114	340	296	44	87	33	22	5	6	46	1	1	34	63	0	7	3	.294	.365	.463	.828
2013	27	MAJ	STL	45	201	175	37	52	18	15	0	3	15	0	0	23	27	2	0	1	.297	.382	.434	.816
AccuScore ROS Projections		MAJ		Subscribe now to see the 2013 Rest Of Season AccuScore projections for Matt Carpenter
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		60	178	155	22	44	16	11	2	3	23	0	0	19	33	0	3	1	.284	.360	.439	.798

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Matt Carpenter Game Log (View Full Game Log)

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DATE	OPP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	HBP	SF	E	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
May. 24	@LAD	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.382	.434	.816
May. 22	@SD	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.387	.441	.828
May. 21	@SD	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.376	.437	.813
May. 20	@SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.375	.432	.807
May. 19	Mil	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.378	.440	.818
May. 18	Mil	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.386	.452	.838
May. 17	Mil	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.386	.457	.843
May. 16	NYM	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.380	.445	.825
May. 15	NYM	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.377	.441	.818
May. 14	NYM	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.386	.453	.839
May. 13	NYM	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.373	.449	.822
May. 12	Col	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.365	.447	.812
May. 11	Col	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.354	.446	.800
May. 10	Col	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.345	.444	.789
May. 8	@ChC	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.351	.455	.806
May. 7	@ChC	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.333	.441	.774
May. 5	@Mil	Did not play.
May. 4	@Mil	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.339	.451	.790
May. 3	@Mil	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.353	.472	.825
May. 2	@Mil	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.351	.471	.822
May. 1	Cin	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.349	.475	.824
Apr. 30	Cin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.442	.775
Apr. 29	Cin	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.343	.457	.800
Apr. 28	Pit	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.340	.466	.806
Apr. 27	Pit	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.488	.843
Apr. 26	Pit	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.360	.500	.860
Apr. 24	@Was	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.461	.806
Apr. 23	@Was	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.325	.417	.742
Apr. 22	@Was	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.441	.783
Apr. 21	@Phi	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.338	.453	.791
Last 7 Days		29	6	9	2	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.310	.394	.379	.773
Last 14 Days		54	11	18	3	0	0	6	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.446	.389	.835
Last 30 Days		115	23	36	9	0	2	9	17	18	0	0	0	0	1	.313	.402	.443	.845
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Matt Carpenter: MLB Games Played By Position

Year	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF	LF	CF	RF	DH
2013	–	–	31	22	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	–	44	5	33	–	21	7	–	15	–
2011	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–

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Matt Carpenter Split Stats (View Full Split Stats)

Vs. Left

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	47	6	1	4	.213	.340	.642
2012	98	13	5	16	.265	.480	.784
2011	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.500

Vs. Right

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	128	31	2	11	0	.328	.469	.880
2012	198	31	1	30	1	.308	.455	.846
2011	14	0	0	0	0	.071	.143	.378

Home

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	83	17	2	9	0	.325	.470	.874
2012	140	23	3	26	1	.300	.521	.890
2011	9	0	0	0	0	.111	.222	.422

Away

Year	AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG	SLG	OPS
2013	92	20	1	6	.272	.402	.764
2012	156	21	3	20	.288	.410	.771
2011	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.333

Matt Carpenter Advanced Stats

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Year	Age	Lg	Tm	PA	AB	Walk Rate	Strikeout Rate	BB/K Ratio	Contact Rate	BABIP	Isolated Power
2010	24	A+	Pal	129	100	20.2%	10.9%	1.86	86%	.318	.120
2010	24	AA	Spr	472	396	13.6%	18.6%	0.73	78%	.382	.171
2011	25	AAA	Mem	535	434	15.7%	12.7%	1.24	84%	.336	.163
2011	25	MAJ	STL	19	15	21.1%	21.1%	1.00	73%	.091	.066
2012	26	AA	Spr	13	10	23.1%	7.7%	3.00	90%	.250	.300
2012	26	AAA	Mem	9	7	22.2%	22.2%	1.00	71%	.200	.000
2012	26	MAJ	STL	340	296	10%	18.5%	0.54	79%	.357	.169
2013	27	MAJ	STL	201	175	11.4%	13.4%	0.85	85%	.338	.137
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3-Year Averages		MAJ		178	155	10.7%	18.5%	0.58	79%	.345	.155

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2013 Stat Review for Matt Carpenter As compared to the top 350 hitters in 2012 (min 200 PA)

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.297 AVG

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85% Contact Rate

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.338 BABIP

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.434 SLG

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.137 ISO

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Plate Discipline

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0.85 BB/K

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11.4% BB Rate

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13.4% K Rate

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.816 OPS

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.382 OBP

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2013 Projected Stats Breakdown for Matt Carpenter

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St. Louis Cardinals Roster

Majors

Adams, Matt (1B)
Beltran, Carlos (OF)
Boggs, Mitchell (P)
Carpenter, Chris (P)
Matt Carpenter (3B)
Choate, Randy (P)
Craig, Allen (1B)
Cruz, Tony (C)
Descalso, Daniel (2B)
Freese, David (3B)
Furcal, Rafael (SS)
Garcia, Jaime (P)
Gast, John (P)
Holliday, Matt (OF)
Jay, Jon (OF)
Kelly, Joe (P)
Kozma, Pete (SS)
Lynn, Lance (P)
Lyons, Tyler (P)
Maness, Seth (P)
Martinez, Carlos (P)
Miller, Shelby (P)
Molina, Yadier (C)
Motte, Jason (P)
Mujica, Edward (P)
Robinson, Shane (OF)
Rosenthal, Trevor (P)
Salas, Fernando (P)
Wainwright, Adam (P)
Westbrook, Jake (P)
Wigginton, Ty (3B)

AAA

Additon, Nicholas (P)
Blazek, Michael (P)
Browning, Barret (P)
Cerda, Matt (3B)
Chambers, Adron (OF)
Christian, Justin (OF)
Cleto, Maikel (P)
Curtis, Jermaine (3B)
Fornataro, Eric (P)
Freeman, Sam (P)
Gaub, John (P)
Gorgen, Scott (P)
Gotay, Ruben (2B)
Greenwood, Nick (P)
Huffman, Chad (OF)
Jackson, Ryan (2B)
Johnson, Rob (C)
Marte, Victor (P)
Romak, Jamie (OF)
Rondon, Jorge (P)
Rzepczynski, Marc (P)
Serrano, Andres (P)
Siegrist, Kevin (P)
Taveras, Oscar (OF)
Towles, J.R. (C)
Voss, Jay (P)
Wacha, Michael (P)
Wong, Kolten (2B)

AA

Butler, Keith (P)
Castillo, Richard (P)
Conley, Kyle (OF)

Cooney, Tim (P)
Garcia, Greg (SS)
Hooker, Deryk (P)
Lemmerman, Jake (SS)
Mulligan, Casey (P)
O'Neill, Mike (OF)
Pham, Tommy (OF)
Scruggs, Xavier (1B)
Stanley, Cody (C)
Swagerty, Jordan (P)
Whiting, Boone (P)

A+

Luna, Aaron (OF)
Nieto, Arquimedes (P)
Ramsey, James (OF)

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Blair, Seth (P)
de la Cruz, Roberto (3B)
Garcia, Anthony (OF)
Hill, Virgil (OF)
Hunt, Shooter (P)
Jenkins, Tyrell (P)
Longmire, Nick (OF)
Piscotty, Stephen (3B)
Stock, Robert (P)
Williams, Matt (SS)
Wilson, Jacob (3B)
Wisdom, Patrick (3B)

Rookie

Bean, Steve (C)
Foody, Max (P)

Kelly, Carson (3B)
McElroy, C.J. (OF)
Tilson, Charlie (OF)
Tuivailala, Sam (SS)
Valera, Breyvic (2B)

Career Batter vs. Pitcher Stats (View All Matchup Data)

Best Matchups for Matt Carpenter (by OPS, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Lendy Castillo	CHI-N	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	5.000
Tim Collins	KC	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000
Brad Lincoln	TOR	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000
Wade Miley	AZ	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Bryan Shaw	CLE	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Edinson Volquez	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Jose Arredondo	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Mike Gonzalez	MIL	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
Travis Wood	CHI-N	2	1	1	1	1	1	.500	2.000	2.667
Mike Minor	ATL	2	1	1	1	0	0	.500	2.000	2.500

Worst Matchups for Matt Carpenter (by OPS, min 1 AB)

Batter	Team	AB	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Roy Halladay	PHI	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Justin Hampson	NY-N	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Joel Hanrahan	BOS	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Alfredo Simon	CIN	1	2	0	.000	.000	.000
Craig Stammen	WAS	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Drew Storen	WAS	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Raul Valdes	PHI	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Jose Valdez	HOU	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Mike Zagurski	PIT	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Brad Ziegler	AZ	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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Matt Carpenter: Past News Updates ( ▲ View most recent update )

5/5/2013

Carpenter is not in the Cardinals' lineup Sunday at Milwaukee.

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4/28/2013

Carpenter (oblique) is back in the lineup Sunday against the Pirates, MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch reports.

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4/27/2013

Carpenter left Saturday's game against the Pirates after he felt a "pinch" in his side, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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4/27/2013

Carpenter went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a walk, and his first career leadoff home run against the Pirates on Friday.

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4/24/2013

Carpenter went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored while leading off against the Nationals on Wednesday.

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4/21/2013

Carpenter hit his second homer of the year but also struck out twice in Sunday night's loss to the Phillies.

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4/20/2013

Carpenter is not in the starting lineup Saturday against the Phillies.

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4/19/2013

Carpenter went 0-for-4 in his first game at the top of the lineup for the Cardinals in a win over Philadelphia on Thursday.

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4/10/2013

Carpenter started at second base and went 4-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and a pair of runs scored against the Reds on Wednesday.

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4/8/2013

Carpenter is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Reds, according to David Solomon of KTRS St. Louis.

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4/7/2013

Carpenter will make his first start of the season at second base Sunday, FOX Sports Midwest reports.

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2013

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2012

Carpenter spent a couple of weeks with the Cardinals in June, but managed a single hit in 15 at-bats. That's the bad news. The good news is he had a 4:4 BB:K ratio in that stint, which perfectly illustrates his main strength as a hitter - his batting eye. With an 84:68 BB:K ratio with Triple-A Memphis leading to .419 OBP, Carpenter has the potential to be a good hitter at the major league level. His power isn't immense, especially for a corner infielder, and he's already 26, but if he can continue to get on base, he should be able to make a dent in the majors.

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Matt Carpenter

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