Kerry Carpenter: Everything you need to know

Kerry Carpenter

#30 RF

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
3/24	COL	W 11-8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
3/23	COL	L 6-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3/21	NYY	W 3-1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
3/20	PHI	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
3/18	PIT	L 3-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0
3/16	PHI	W 13-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
3/15	NYY	W 12-1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
3/13	PIT	L 7-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3/12	NYY	L 4-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3/9	TB	4-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
3/7	PIT	L 5-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
3/6	BOS	W 11-3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
3/2	ATL	L 5-2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
3/1	TOR	4-4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
2/27	PHI	W 16-8	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
2/25	PHI	L 5-3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2/23	MIN	L 3-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
2/22	BAL	4-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			48	4	8	6	1	1	0	3	4	2	65	0	0	11

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
4/21	MIL	L 12-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
4/20	BOS	L 8-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
4/19	BOS	W 6-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
4/18	BOS	W 4-1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	5
4/16	KC	W 10-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
4/15	KC	W 2-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
4/12	MIA	W 8-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	4
4/11	MIA	W 6-1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
4/10	MIA	W 2-0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1
4/9	MIN	L 3-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
4/8	MIN	L 8-6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
4/7	MIN	L 4-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4/5	STL	L 5-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	4
4/4	STL	W 11-6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	0	0	4
4/3	STL	W 4-0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	2
4/1	AZ	L 1-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3/31	AZ	L 7-5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1
3/30	AZ	L 9-6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1
3/28	SD	L 3-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3/27	SD	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
3/26	SD	W 8-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			60	4	13	8	1	0	4	12	7	2	94	0	0	26

Splits	HR	RBI	H	AVG	1B	2B	3B	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	OBP
Overall	4	12	13	0.217	8	1	0	9	2	0	0	26	0.329
Away	1	4	6	0.176	5	0	0	6	1	0	0	9	0.317
Home	3	8	7	0.269	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	17	0.344
Day	3	8	8	0.258	4	1	0	4	2	0	0	18	0.359
Night	1	4	5	0.172	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	8	0.294
March	0	1	2	0.105	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0.227
April	4	11	11	0.268	6	1	0	6	2	0	0	24	0.373
Opponent
vs MIA	1	2	3	0.300	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	0.417
vs STL	2	5	4	0.444	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.500
vs SD	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.154
vs BOS	1	2	3	0.600	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	0.750
vs KC	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs AZ	0	1	2	0.182	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.250
vs MIL	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs MIN	0	1	1	0.143	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.250
Venue
@ Detroit	3	8	7	0.269	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	17	0.344
@ San Diego	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.154
@ Minnesota	0	1	1	0.143	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.250
@ Boston	1	2	3	0.600	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	0.750
@ Arizona	0	1	2	0.182	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.250

Kerry Carpenter: Breaking News

Carpenter went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Brewers. Carpenter launched his fifth home run of the season in the eighth inning, and he's starting to heat up after a slow start to the year. The 28-year-old has three long balls across his last eight games, and he's batting .263 during the stretch. Carpenter was batting just .200 with two home runs in 14 games before the recent power surge. He hit a career-high 26 homers during the 2025 regular season, and the outfielder remains a great offensive threat against right-handed pitching.

Carpenter went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional RBI during the Tigers' 4-1 win over the Red Sox on Saturday. Carpenter gave the Tigers their first run of the game after drawing a bases-loaded walk in the first frame before extending his team's lead to 2-0 with a solo homer off Brayan Bello in the fourth. It was Carpenter's fourth home run of the season and his second multi-hit game of the 2026 campaign. He has struggled at the plate to open the season, slashing .218/.318/.455 with 12 RBI and a 37.1 percent strikeout rate that ranks in the bottom-three percentile in the majors.

Carpenter is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Royals. Detroit didn't face a left-handed starting pitcher through its first 16 games of the season, but the Tigers have now taken on a pair of southpaws (Cole Ragans and Kris Bubic) in their three-game series with the Royals. Carpenter has found himself on the bench for both contests and looks like he could be in line for a strong-side platoon role while the Tigers have all their key bats available, save for Parker Meadows (arm). Wenceel Perez will join the starting nine in place of Carpenter, manning right field and batting eighth.