Matt Carpenter was born in Galveston, Texas, on November 26, 1985, the son of Rick and Tammie Carpenter. The elder Carpenter is a former college baseball player turned high school coach. His mother played softball in her youth.
The Carpenter family spent seven years in La Marque, Texas, where Rick Carpenter taught and coached at La Marque High School before moving to Fort Bend Dulles High School and eventually to Fort Bend Lawrence E. Elkins High School.
There, Rick coached for another fifteen years. The school’s baseball team won numerous championships, including nine at the district level, six regionals, three states, and one national. He also coached three other major-leaguers: James Loney, Kip Wells, and Chad Huffman.
Rick Carpenter used to coach at Prosper High School near Dallas until he retired in 2019.[6] Carpenter’s brother, Tyler, was a minor league baseball player in the New York Mets organization.
What Team Did Matt Carpenter Go To?
On May 26, 2022, the New York Yankees signed Carpenter to a major-league contract. On June 12, Carpenter became the first Yankee to hit six or more home runs in his first 10 games with the team.
That day, he tied his career high with seven RBI, while hitting two home runs with a double and a walk to lead a defeat of the Chicago Cubs, 18–4.
Carpenter broke a team record for home runs in a player’s first 30 games with the Yankees, hitting two three-run home runs against the Red Sox on July 16; his total of 13 homers broke the team record previously set by Kevin Maas in 1990 and Glenallen Hill in 2000.
He became the first Yankees outfielder with seven RBIs in a game against the Red Sox since Joe DiMaggio accomplished the feat in 1940.