Michael Scott Matheny:

(born September 22, 1970) is an American former professional baseball catcher and, since 2012, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, its 49th since the club began playing in 1892. It is his first coaching or managerial position in professional baseball.As a catcher, Matheny played for four teams during his 13-year Major League career. Not a prodigious hitter, he was considered one of the best defensive catchers of his era, winning four National League Gold Glove Awards and becoming one of only three Major League catchers to catch at least 100 games in a single season without committing an error.

The Cardinals announced him as the new manager on November 14, 2011 following Tony La Russa's retirement, making him the youngest manager in Major League Baseball.

On April 4, 2012, Matheny won in his managerial début against the Miami Marlins in the first game of their new ballpark.Twenty days later, Matheny was ejected from a game for the first time for arguing a pivotal safe/out call by umpire Bill Welke in the bottom of the 10th inning of a 3-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs.Matheny's first season as Cardinals manager was an overall success, finishing the regular season with a 88-74 record en route to capturing the wild-card game and qualifying for the postseason. However, they fell to the Giants in the NLCS.

On February 14, 2013, the Cardinals agreed to pick up his 2014 option. Matheny exceeded the success of his first managerial season by finishing the 2013 season with a 97-65 record and the National League Central Division title. The Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 in the NLDS and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in the NLCS. And will now be headed to the World Series to play either the Tigers or the Red Sox.