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Current Contract
Matt Carpenter signed a 1 year / $740,000 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, including $740,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $740,000. In 2024, Carpenter will earn a base salary of $740,000, while carrying a total salary of $740,000.
2024-2024 Free Agent
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $740,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $740,000 Free Agent: 2025 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2024 38 11.145 $740,000 $740,000 $740,000 $740,000 $740,000($740,000) 2025 39 UFA Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2024-2024Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,500,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,500,000 Free Agent: 2024-2024Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $4,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,000,000 Free Agent: 2023-2024 Free Agent
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $12,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $6,000,000 Free Agent: 2025 / UFA 2022-2022 Free Agent
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,000,000 Free Agent: 2022-2022 Free Agent (Minor League Contract)
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,000,000 Free Agent: 2021-2021Buyout
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,000,000 Free Agent: 2019-2022
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $39,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $19,500,000 Free Agent: 2014-2019 Pre-Arbitration Extension
Contract: 6 yr(s) / $52,000,000 Signing Bonus $1,500,000 Average Salary $8,666,667 Free Agent: 2013-2013 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $504,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $504,000 Free Agent: 2012-2012 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $480,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $480,000 Free Agent: 2011-2011 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $414,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $414,000 Free Agent: 2009-2009Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,000 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2009 - $1,000 - $1,000 2011 $27,144 - - $27,144 2012 $480,000 - - $480,000 2013 NL SILVER SLUGGER:2B $504,000 - $10,000 $514,000 2014 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $50,000 $2,550,000 2015 $3,500,000 - - $3,500,000 2016 $6,250,000 - - $6,250,000 2017 $9,750,000 - - $9,750,000 2018 $13,500,000 - - $13,500,000 2019 $14,500,000 - - $14,500,000 2020 $6,851,852 - - $6,851,852 2021 $18,500,000 - - $18,500,000 2021 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 2022 $1,450,548 - - $1,450,548 2023 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 - $6,500,000 2024 $1,500,000 - - $1,500,000 2024 $3,260,000 - - $3,260,000 2024 $740,000 - - $740,000 Est. Earnings
(14 seasons)$87,313,544 $4,501,000 $60,000 $91,874,544 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 13 seasons $77,602,996 $1,501,000 - $79,163,996 1 seasons $1,450,548 - - $1,450,548 1 seasons $5,000,000 $3,000,000 - $8,000,000 seasons $3,260,000 - - $3,260,000 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Jan 19 2024Signed a 1 year $740,000 contract with St. Louis (STL)Dec 19 2023Released by Atlanta (ATL)Dec 15 2023Traded to Atlanta (ATL) from San Diego (SD) with Ray Kerr for Drew CampbellNov 3 2023Exercised a $5.5 million option for 2024 with San Diego (SD)Dec 20 2022Signed a 2 year $12 million contract with San Diego (SD)May 26 2022Signed a 1 year $2 million contract with New York (NYY)May 19 2022Released by Texas (TEX)Mar 18 2022Signed a minor league contract with Texas (TEX)Nov 4 2021St. Louis (STL) declined an $18.5 million option for 2022Apr 10 2019Signed a 2 year $39 million contract extension with St. Louis (STL), including a vesting option for 2022Mar 8 2014Signed a 6 year $52 million contract with St. Louis (STL)Mar 1 2013Signed a 1 year $504k contract with St. Louis (STL)Feb 29 2012Signed a 1 year $480k contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 3 2011Signed a 1 year $414k contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 15 2009Signed a contract with St. Louis (STL)Jun 9 2009Drafted by St. Louis (STL): Round 13 (#399 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Matt Carpenter, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Matt Carpenter ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WAR 2024 STL 3 2 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .300 .600 0 2023 SD 75 58 188 18 33 12 0 5 31 41 1 67 .176 .322 .319 .641 -0.25 2022 NYY 47 35 128 28 39 9 0 15 37 19 0 35 .305 .412 .727 1.139 2.36 2021 STL 130 44 207 18 35 11 1 3 21 35 2 77 .169 .305 .275 .580 -1.05 2020 STL 50 46 140 22 26 6 0 4 24 23 0 48 .186 .325 .314 .639 0.16 2019 STL 129 106 416 59 94 20 2 15 46 63 6 129 .226 .334 .392 .726 1.13 2018 STL 156 149 564 111 145 42 0 36 81 102 4 158 .257 .374 .523 .897 4.38 2017 STL 145 141 497 91 120 31 2 23 69 109 2 125 .241 .384 .451 .835 2.77 2016 STL 129 125 473 81 128 36 7 21 68 81 0 108 .271 .380 .510 .890 4.14 2015 STL 154 151 574 101 156 44 3 28 84 81 4 151 .272 .365 .505 .870 4.97 2014 STL 158 156 595 99 162 33 2 8 59 95 5 111 .272 .375 .375 .750 2.85 2013 STL 157 154 626 126 199 55 7 11 78 72 3 98 .318 .392 .481 .873 6.6 2012 STL 114 66 296 44 87 22 5 6 46 34 1 63 .294 .365 .463 .828 1.11 2011 STL 7 4 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 .067 .263 .133 .396 -0.23 Totals 1,454 1,237 4,729 799 1,228 322 29 175 644 759 28 1,177 0.260 0.367 0.451 0.818 28.94