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Adam Wainwright

Adam Parrish Wainwright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 30, 1981 in Brunswick, GA
High School: Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2005
Team: Cardinals 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$59.4M (08-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.027, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Steve Hammond [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 23 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 24 STL NL 61 6 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.167 1.667 311 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 25 STL NL 37 74 62 4 18 3 0 1 6 0 1 3 18 .290 .323 .387 .710 84 24 1 0 9 0 0 1
2008 26 STL NL 25 65 60 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 1 2 20 .267 .286 .350 .636 68 21 0 0 2 1 0 1
2009 27 STL NL 40 96 89 7 16 5 1 2 4 0 0 1 26 .180 .189 .326 .515 34 29 0 0 6 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 37 96 84 4 14 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 23 .167 .231 .226 .457 26 19 2 0 5 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 10 22 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .045 .045 .045 .091 -75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 213 359 323 22 68 16 1 5 23 0 2 13 97 .211 .240 .313 .553 47 101 3 0 22 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 273 246 17 52 12 1 4 17 0 2 10 74 .211 .240 .313 .553 47 77 2 0 17 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 23 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2006 24 STL NL 61 6 2 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 0 3 0.3 .504 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $327,000 1
2007 25 STL NL 37 74 -2 -1 -0 0 11 8 0.8 2 10 0.8 .521 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $410,000 1
2008 26 STL NL 25 65 -2 -1 0 0 9 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .524 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $687,500 1
2009 27 STL NL 40 96 -8 -0 1 0 14 6 0.6 3 8 0.6 .514 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $2,787,500 1 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 37 96 -8 -1 -0 0 13 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $4,837,500 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 10 22 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 213 359 -24 -3 1 0 51 24 2.4 10 34 2.5 .511 .502 2.5 0.0 34 $9,049,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 24 STL NL 6 3 4 35.7 112 .400 .500 .271 .500 .342 1.167 .440 1.667 .782 311 .972 1.8 0.2 2.333 .667 .667 .0
2007 25 STL NL 74 55 8 3.9 110 .395 .290 .272 .323 .341 .387 .434 .710 .775 84 .382 -1.6 -0.2 .565 .129 .097 .0
2008 26 STL NL 65 48 6 3.4 106 .375 .267 .265 .286 .336 .350 .423 .636 .759 68 .333 -2.9 -0.3 .489 .100 .083 .0
2009 27 STL NL 96 79 6 2.0 105 .230 .180 .263 .189 .336 .326 .418 .515 .755 34 .172 -8.9 -0.9 .411 .157 .146 .0
2010 28 STL NL 96 77 5 1.7 100 .230 .167 .258 .231 .328 .226 .407 .457 .735 26 .145 -8.7 -0.9 .361 .143 .060
2012 30 STL NL 22 21 0 0.0 99 .083 .045 .258 .045 .326 .045 .408 .091 .734 -75 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .048 .000 .000
7 Yrs 359 283 29 2.8 105 .284 .211 .264 .240 .334 .313 .419 .553 .753 47 .264 -25.6 -2.6 .431 .136 .102 .0
162 Game Avg. 273 215 22 2.8 105 .284 .211 .264 .240 .334 .313 .419 .553 .753 47 .264 -25.6 -2.6 .431 .136 .102

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 24 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL NLCS NYM W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL WS DET W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 STL NL NLDS LAD L 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 STL NL 28

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 24 STL NL 6 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 67% 6.0 6.0 2.00 83% 0% 50.0% 0%
2007 25 STL NL 74 1.4% 24.3% 4.1% 5.4% 22% 6.00 3.4 62.0 10.3 0.56 1.18 58% 23% 4.0% 7%
2008 26 STL NL 65 1.5% 30.8% 3.1% 4.6% 19% 10.00 3.0 60.0 10.0 1.05 1.23 62% 21% 6.3% 16%
2009 27 STL NL 96 2.1% 27.1% 1.0% 8.3% 50% 26.00 3.4 44.5 22.3 1.00 1.57 64% 16% 7.1% 10%
2010 28 STL NL 96 0.0% 24.0% 7.3% 5.2% 36% 3.29 3.7 14.0 1.00 1.12 64% 15% 0.0% 13%
2012 30 STL NL 22 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 2.00 1.50 55% 8% 0.0% 25%
7 Yrs 359 1.4% 27.0% 3.6% 6.1% 32% 7.46 3.3 64.6 14.0 0.96 1.32 62% 17% 5.0% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 24 STL NL 1.8 0.2 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .76 0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.77 1.2 0
2007 25 STL NL -1.6 -0.2 75 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 1.10 -0.3 0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 -3.9 1.25 5
2008 26 STL NL -3.0 -0.3 66 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .90 -0.3 -0.3 -4.2 -0.4 1.04 -4.0 2.27 3
2009 27 STL NL -8.9 -0.9 96 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 .92 -0.8 -0.2 -12.7 -1.3 0.97 -9.5 1.39 5
2010 28 STL NL -8.7 -0.9 96 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 .89 -0.8 0.3 -7.7 -0.8 0.99 -9.6 3.24 3
2012 30 STL NL -5.4 -0.6 22 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .85 -0.4 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.01 -3.9 0
7 Yrs -25.7 -2.6 361 -2.4 4.0 -6.4 .94 -2.6 0.0 -32.2 -3.2 0.98 -29.7 1.86 16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 24 STL NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2007 25 STL NL 0 0 15% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 1 0 24% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14% 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
2009 27 STL NL 1 0 33% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2010 28 STL NL 1 0 19% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2012 30 STL NL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 4 0 22% 104 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14% 13 12 1 3 3 0 6 4 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 24 STL NL 6 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 74 42% 18 1 0 5 3 0 0 1.25 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 9 82% 19 1 5% 17 3 18% 46 5 11% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
2008 26 STL NL 65 23% 16 2 0 3 0 0 1 2.27 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 29% 15 0 0% 14 2 14% 52 7 13% 6 2 33% 4 3 75% 0
2009 27 STL NL 96 24% 16 1 0 5 0 0 0 1.39 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 9 6 67% 17 0 0% 22 4 18% 66 2 3% 7 1 14% 5 2 40% 0
2010 28 STL NL 96 46% 14 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 15 2 13% 19 5 26% 66 7 11% 5 1 20% 4 4 100% 0
2012 30 STL NL 22 14% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 15 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 359 33% 68 6 0 16 3 0 1 1.86 5 0 13 3 2 2 3 0 35 22 63% 67 3 4% 77 14 18% 248 22 9% 18 4 22% 15 11 73% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 24 STL NL 6 14 2.33 13 93% 31% 15% 8% 46% 69% 0% 64% 78% 17% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 74 234 3.16 164 70% 23% 23% 22% 32% 77% 0% 54% 71% 55% 1% 1 0 9% 7 1 5% 4 2 28% 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 65 200 3.08 148 74% 18% 26% 27% 29% 82% 0% 61% 68% 54% 0% 0 0 6% 4 3 5% 3 0 20% 0 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 97 315 3.25 229 73% 17% 29% 24% 30% 83% 0% 61% 65% 54% 1% 1 0 5% 5 2 4% 4 2 8% -1 0 0
2010 28 STL NL 97 363 3.74 236 65% 23% 26% 23% 28% 77% 0% 50% 66% 46% 1% 1 0 9% 9 3 7% 7 2 13% -1 0 0
2012 30 STL NL 22 86 3.91 62 72% 27% 31% 23% 19% 73% 0% 52% 58% 45% 0% 0 0 9% 2 1 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 361 1212 3.36 852 70% 21% 26% 24% 29% 79% 0% 56% 67% 51% 1% 3 0 7% 27 10 5% 18 6 19% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 24 64 6 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.167 1.667 311 7 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 101 80 68 6 21 4 0 2 7 0 1 3 18 .309 .338 .456 .794 104 31 1 0 9 0 0
2008 26 126 145 128 11 37 6 0 3 13 0 2 5 38 .289 .313 .406 .720 87 52 1 0 11 1 0
2009 27 166 241 217 18 53 11 1 5 17 0 2 6 64 .244 .263 .373 .637 66 81 1 0 17 1 0
2010 28 203 337 301 22 67 16 1 5 23 0 2 13 87 .223 .254 .332 .586 55 100 3 0 22 1 0
2011 29 203 337 301 22 67 16 1 5 23 0 2 13 87 .223 .254 .332 .586 55 100 3 0 22 1 0
2012 30 213 359 323 22 68 16 1 5 23 0 2 13 97 .211 .240 .313 .553 47 101 3 0 22 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 24 61 6 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.167 1.667 3 61
2007 25 37 73 61 4 17 3 0 1 5 0 3 18 .279 .313 .377 .690 7 37
2008 26 25 65 60 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 2 20 .267 .286 .350 .636 6 25
2009 27 40 97 90 8 17 5 1 2 4 0 1 26 .189 .198 .333 .531 6 40
2010 28 37 98 85 5 15 5 0 0 7 0 8 23 .176 .247 .235 .483 5 37
2012 30 10 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
6 Yrs 210 361 324 24 68 16 1 5 23 0 14 97 .210 .242 .312 .554 27 210
162 Game Avg. 162 278 250 19 52 12 1 4 18 0 11 75 .210 .242 .312 .554 21 210

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (15, 4%)
2010 NL (17, 3%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (3, 56%)
2010 NL (2, 54%)
1.10 Career Shares (47th)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.6 (8th)
2010 NL  6.2 (8th)

                                         

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