Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da yake ƙarfafa sunansa mai girma a matsayin babban mai karɓar tsaro, Matheny ya sake lashe Golden Gloves tare da Cardinals a 2003 da 2004. Gudummawar da yake bayarwa ta taimaka wa St. Louis ya kai ga postseason a cikin shekaru hudu na shekaru biyar tare da tawagar, ciki har da da'awar gasar zakarun kasa a shekara ta 2007.
A shekara ta 2004. Tsakanin Agusta 1, 2002, da Agusta 4, 2004, Matheny ya taka leda a wasanni 252 ba tare da yin kuskure ba, yana kafa sabon rikodin Major League don masu kamawa.