Matt Carpenter, a professional baseball player by profession, came to life on November 26th 1985 and is 30 years of age currently. He is a Native American and was born in Galveston, Texas. He was born to his parents Rick Carpenter and Tammie. Both his parents were associated with sports. His father Tim was a baseball coach by profession and coached various high school teams for baseball during his professional career and his mother Tammie was a softball player by profession. He had an elder brother as well who also used to play baseball at professional level. Because of his family already being associated with sports and particularly with Baseball, Matt developed an interest in Baseball and started playing the game when he was very young in age. He later on went on to pursue his career in baseball only.
He did his high school from Elkins High School and was a member of baseball team there. He performed stupendously in the team there and led his team to win many championships and made many records at the school level. He got fame in the sports because of his school stint and later on he joined ‘Texas Christian University’ for graduation. Here also he joined his college baseball team and started performing there. He was one of the top performers in the baseball history of college and was much appreciated for his performances there. He however had an injury during college and had to stay away from the sport for few months. He also had to undergo weight loss after he gained weight due to injury. Matt had a girlfriend with the name Mackenzie Detmore for a long time and later on in 2011 he married his girlfriend to make her his wife in a private wedding ceremony. The couple is said to be staying together since their marriage and share a strong relationship.
According to his biography, Matt started playing baseball when he was at high school. He performed well there and was much noticed. He continued playing baseball in his college as well and his performances came in limelight there. After passing out of his graduation he started playing for some teams like Quad Cities River Bandits, Batavia Muckdogs and Palm Beach Cardinals starting from 2009 till 2011. He gained some popularity there but he rose to fame when he signed a contract with the team St. Louis Cardinals and made his MLB debut in 2011 and has been associated with them till present. He played over 100 games with the team and has been performing stupendously there. He has led the team to win many championships and trophies and has won many awards performing there as well.
Matt is a popular player in baseball and because of his expensive contracts and other obligations he earns an annual salary of $ 4.8 Lacs. His estimated net worth is close to around $ 8.4 million and is projected to increase in the future as well considering his present engagement with the team St. Louis Cardinals. He is also very active on social media sites and has got over 2 lacs followers on Twitter.
| Birth Date: | 20 Jul, 1964 |
| Age: | 55 yrs |
| Occupations: | Ultramarathon runner |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Asheville |
| Education: | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American ultramarathon runner |
| Net Worth 2021: | 22 million |
