
| Fantasy Stats | |
| Own% | Start% |
| 98% | 95% |
| Key Stats | |||||
| AB | HR | AVG | RBI | R | SB |
| 259 | 5 | .320 | 25 | 52 | 1 |
Hours after his manager called him the best second baseman in baseball,
Carpenter had a triple and a single with an RBI. He's raised his average to .327.
Matheny called Carpenter a "difference-maker" before saying, "he's established himself as the best second baseman in the league." He also gave extra credit to Carpenter for switching positions. Carpenter is hitting .324/.410/.470.
With another two hits and a homer Thursday, the
If you're the beneficiary in your league, I know what you're thinking: He can't be this good, can he? You may put on a brave face and drop a few I-told-you-sos on the message board, but deep down, you're wondering if now is the time to deal him.
I'd stay the course. True, a .330 batting average is an unreasonable expectation for a player who's never done it before, and no, I don't expect Carpenter to finish the year ahead of Cano. But nothing he's doing is out of character for him. He's not coming off an unprecedented power surge. He doesn't have a disproportionate number of walks or an unrealistic number of stolen bases. He's just taking his pitches, making consistent contact and driving the ball into the gaps. It's what he does.
Whenever you catch a player at the tail end of a hot streak, you can expect his numbers to regress, but Carpenter's won't regress enough that you'll regret holding on to him.
He had the team's lone extra-base hit, a double off starter Wade Miley, and raised his batting average to .333 in a 10-3 loss.
Carpenter is hitting .450 during his hitting streak, with five strikeouts in 60 at-bats. He has seven extra-base hits and 14 runs scored during the streak.
Since May 1, Carpenter has a slash line of .369/.462/.492/.953 in his last 30 games. Most of his success has come out of the leadoff spot, where Carpenter is batting .340 with a .435 on-base percentage in 36 games.
"Just given the way that I take an at-bat and, you know, get on base, I thought that there would be a possibility that I could be a good leadoff hitter, but I just never really fit the mold," Carpenter said, per MLB.com. "Never really got that opportunity. I've enjoyed it. I want to get on there for these guys and keep our offense rolling."
| CBSSports.com Player Ranking | |||
| Position | Current | Last Week | Rating |
| Second Basemen | 4 | 74 | 79.29 |
| Complete Rankings | |||
| Situational Stats | ||||||
| 6/17/2013 vs Chi. Cubs | ||||||
| Situation | AB | H | HR | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| vs Chi. Cubs | 8 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .375 |
| vs Wood (Career) | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .429 | .333 |
| vs LHP | 74 | 21 | 2 | .361 | .446 | .284 |
| Last 7 Games | |||||||||
| OPP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | ||
| 6/9 | @CIN | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6/11 | @NYM | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6/12 | @NYM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6/13 | @NYM | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6/14 | @MIA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6/16 | @MIA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6/17 | CHC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Complete Game Log | |||||||||
| JUNE | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 9 @Cin W11-4 | 10 | 11 @NYM W9-2 | 12 @NYM L1-5 | 13 @NYM W2-1 | 14 @Miami L4-5 | 15 @Miami W13-7 |
| 16 @Miami L2-7 | 17 CHC W5-2 | 18 CHC 8:15 pm | 19 CHC 8:15 pm | 20 CHC 8:15 pm | 21 Tex 8:15 pm | 22 Tex 7:15 pm |
| Complete Schedule | ||||||
| 24 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 37 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2011 | STL | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .133 | .067 |
| 2012 | STL | 114 | 296 | 44 | 87 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 63 | 1 | 1 | .365 | .463 | .294 |
| 2013 | STL | 65 | 259 | 52 | 83 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .405 | .467 | .320 |
| Total | 186 | 570 | 96 | 171 | 11 | 71 | 70 | 105 | 2 | 3 | .380 | .456 | .300 | |
| Fielding Stats | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Posn | G | GS | TC | PO | A | E | DP | FLD% |
| 2011 | STL | 3B | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2012 | STL | 1B | 44 | 30 | 331 | 316 | 12 | 3 | 32 | .991 |
| 2012 | STL | 2B | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| 2012 | STL | 3B | 33 | 22 | 60 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 3 | .950 |
| 2012 | STL | OF | 21 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .870 |
| 2013 | STL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | STL | 2B | 48 | 47 | 213 | 76 | 135 | 2 | 38 | .991 |
| 2013 | STL | 3B | 30 | 15 | 53 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 7 | .943 |
| 2013 | STL | OF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 160 | 135 | 707 | 440 | 253 | 14 | 82 | .980 | ||
| More Batting Stats | |||||||||
| Year | Team | 2B | 3B | TB | SF | SH | HBP | IBB | GDP |
| 2011 | STL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | STL | 22 | 5 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2013 | STL | 19 | 2 | 121 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 42 | 7 | 260 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
| Postseason Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2012 | STL | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .571 | .286 |
| Total | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .571 | .286 | |
| Minor League Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG | ||
| 2009 | ASX-Batavia | 9 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .541 | .563 | .469 | ||
| 2009 | AFA-Palm Beach | 32 | 114 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .342 | .219 | ||
| 2009 | AFX-Quad Cities | 29 | 105 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .405 | .390 | .295 | ||
| 2010 | AA-Springfield Cardinal | 105 | 396 | 76 | 125 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 64 | 88 | 11 | 2 | .412 | .487 | .316 | ||
| 2010 | AFA-Palm Beach Cardinals | 28 | 99 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .441 | .404 | .283 | ||
| 2011 | AAA-Memphis Redbirds | 130 | 434 | 61 | 130 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 70 | 84 | 68 | 5 | 4 | .417 | .463 | .300 | ||
| 2012 | AA-Springfield Cardinal | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .462 | .600 | .300 | ||
| 2012 | AAA-Memphis Redbirds | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .143 | .143 | ||
| Total | 339 | 1197 | 191 | 358 | 75 | 11 | 28 | 164 | 210 | 212 | 19 | 9 | .403 | .450 | .299 | |||
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