What is Matt Carpenter?
{{Infobox MLB player | name = Matt Carpenter | image = MattCarpenter2013photoday.jpg | caption = Carpenter with the St. Louis Cardinals | team = St. Louis Cardinals | number = 13 | position = [[Third baseman]] / [[Second baseman]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|26}} | birth_place = [[Galveston, Texas]] | bats = Left | throws = Right | debutdate = June 4 | debutyear = 2011 | debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals | statyear = 2014 season | stat1label = [[Batting average]] | stat1value = .293 | stat2label = [[Home run]]s | stat2value = 25 | stat3label = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] | stat3value = 164 | stat4label = [[Double (baseball)|Doubles]] | stat4value = 97 | teams = <nowiki></nowiki> * [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{By|2011}}–present) |awards= <nowiki></nowiki> * 2× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2013]], [[2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2014]]) * [[List of Silver Slugger Award winners at second base|NL Silver Slugger Award]] (2013) * [[List of Major League Baseball doubles champions|NL doubles leader]] ({{by|2013}}) * NL hits leader ({{by|2013}}) * [[List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions|NL runs scoring leader]] ({{by|2013}}) }} '''Matthew Martin Carpenter''' (born November 26, 1985) is a [[professional baseball player]]. He plays for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. The positions he plays are second and third base. Carpenter played his major league game on June 4, 2011 at [[Busch Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Leach |first=Matthew |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110603&content_id=19968760&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |title=Cardinals promote Hamilton, M. Carpenter |publisher=[[MLB.com]] |date=June 3, 2011}}</ref> He became their regular [[leadoff hitter]] early in the 2013 season. ==References== {{Commons cat|Matt Carpenter (baseball)|Matt Carpenter}} {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Matt}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:St. Louis Cardi