Matt Carpenter

Designated hitter for St. Louis

Age: 40, 224 lbs, 6'4"

Born: 11/26/1985, Galveston, TX, USA

Sal: N/A

Currently Released

Announces retirement from baseball.

Announced his retirement from professional baseball Wednesday in an appearance on Sports Spectrum's "Get in the Game" podcast.

Seasons	City	GP	AB	SO	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	IBB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	E	Avg	OBP	Slg	OPS	PPts	PPts/GP
2024	STL	59	137	51	15	32	7	0	4	51	15	0	2	15	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.234	0.314	0.372	0.686	51.0	0.9
2023	STL	76	188	67	18	33	12	0	5	60	31	1	0	41	0	2	2	0	5	0	0.176	0.322	0.319	0.641	60.0	0.8
2022	SD	47	128	35	28	39	9	0	15	93	37	0	0	19	1	2	5	1	1	0	0.305	0.412	0.727	1.138	93.0	2.0
2021	STL	130	207	77	18	35	11	1	3	57	21	2	0	35	1	1	6	0	1	4	0.169	0.305	0.275	0.581	57.0	0.4
2020	STL	50	140	48	22	26	6	0	4	44	24	0	0	23	1	1	6	0	0	3	0.186	0.325	0.314	0.640	44.0	0.9
2019	STL	129	416	129	59	94	20	2	15	163	46	6	1	63	0	3	7	1	5	8	0.226	0.334	0.392	0.726	163.0	1.3
2018	STL	156	564	158	111	145	42	0	36	295	81	4	1	102	17	0	6	0	4	16	0.257	0.374	0.523	0.897	295.0	1.9
2017	STL	145	497	125	91	120	31	2	23	224	69	2	1	109	4	5	9	2	5	13	0.241	0.384	0.451	0.835	224.0	1.5
2016	STL	129	473	108	81	128	36	6	21	239	68	0	4	81	6	4	5	3	4	13	0.271	0.380	0.505	0.885	239.0	1.9
2015	STL	154	574	151	101	156	44	3	28	290	84	4	3	81	5	5	6	0	4	14	0.272	0.365	0.505	0.871	290.0	1.9
2014	STL	158	595	111	99	162	33	2	8	223	59	5	3	95	2	3	8	2	9	17	0.272	0.375	0.375	0.750	223.0	1.4
2013	STL	157	626	98	126	199	55	7	11	301	78	3	3	72	1	4	9	3	7	13	0.318	0.392	0.481	0.873	301.0	1.9
2012	STL	114	296	63	44	87	22	5	6	137	46	1	1	34	2	10	3	0	7	8	0.294	0.365	0.463	0.828	137.0	1.2
2011	STL	7	15	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.067	0.263	0.133	0.396	2.0	0.3

		1511	4856	1225	813	1257	329	28	179	2179	659	28	19	774	40	40	74	12	54	109	0.235	0.351	0.417	0.768	2179.0	1.3

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Date	Visit.	Home	Time
2/28/2026	Cardinals	Marlins	1:10 PM
3/1/2026	Pirates	Cardinals	1:05 PM
3/2/2026	Marlins	Cardinals	1:05 PM
3/5/2026	Cardinals	Pirates	1:05 PM
3/6/2026	Cardinals	Orioles	1:05 PM
3/7/2026	Mets	Cardinals	1:05 PM
3/8/2026	Cardinals	Marlins	1:10 PM
3/9/2026	Cardinals	Astros	1:05 PM
3/9/2026	Orioles	Cardinals	1:05 PM
3/10/2026	Cardinals	Mets	1:10 PM

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Player	Pos	City	Injured date	Type	Description	+

Player	Pos	City	Transaction date	Description
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/20/2024	Returns from injured list.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/12/2024	Shut down with back injury.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	5/11/2024	Activated.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	5/3/2024	Begins rehab assignment.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	4/4/2024	Placed on IL.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	1/19/2024	Reunites with Cardinals.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	12/18/2023	Released by Atlanta.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	12/15/2023	Traded to Atlanta.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	11/3/2023	Exercises player option.
M. Carpen	DH	STL	9/15/2023	Placed on IL.

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Player	Pos	City	Game Date	Corr. Date	Corr.	Description	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	6/18/2022	6/21/2022	+1	Sacrifice hits	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	6/18/2022	6/21/2022	-1	At bat	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/10/2019	8/11/2019	+1	Sacrifice hits	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/10/2019	8/11/2019	-1	At bat	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	4/22/2019	4/25/2019	-1	Hits	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	4/22/2019	4/25/2019	-1	Doubles	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/26/2018	8/29/2018	+4	Hits	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	8/8/2018	8/9/2018	-1	Intentional walks against	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	6/27/2016	6/28/2016	-1	Errors	Game log
M. Carpen	DH	STL	5/15/2016	5/17/2016	-1	Errors	Game log

Date	Player	City	Pos	Star

Date	Player	City	Pos	Star