Adam Wainwright
Adam P. Wainwright
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 30, 1981 in Brunswick, GA
High School: Glynn Academy (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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 23 STL NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 31 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
2006 24 STL NL 2 1 .667 3.12 61 0 10 0 0 3 75.0 64 26 26 6 22 2 72 4 0 3 309 143 1.147 7.7 0.7 2.6 8.6 3.27
2007 25 STL NL 14 12 .538 3.70 32 32 0 1 0 0 202.0 212 93 83 13 70 4 136 9 0 6 882 119 1.396 9.4 0.6 3.1 6.1 1.94
2008 26 STL NL 11 3 .786 3.20 20 20 0 1 0 0 132.0 122 51 47 12 34 1 91 3 0 3 544 133 1.182 8.3 0.8 2.3 6.2 2.68
2009 27 STL NL 19 8 .704 2.63 34 34 0 1 0 0 233.0 216 75 68 17 66 1 212 3 0 7 970 157 1.210 8.3 0.7 2.5 8.2 3.21 GG
5 Seasons 46 24 .657 3.17 149 86 11 3 0 3 644.0 616 248 227 49 193 8 511 19 0 19 2714 135 1.256 8.6 0.7 2.7 7.1 2.65
162 Game Avg. 13 7 .657 3.17 43 25 3 1 0 1 186 178 72 66 14 56 2 148 5 0 5 785 135 1.256 8.6 0.7 2.7 7.1 2.65

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 24 STL NL NLDS W SDP 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 0.818 7.4 0.0 0.0 14.7
2006 24 STL NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
2006 24 STL NL WS W DET 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
2009 27 STL NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 29 0.500 3.4 1.1 1.1 7.9 7.00
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.51 10 1 9 0 0 4 17.2 10 1 1 1 3 0 22 1 0 1 67 0.736 5.1 0.5 1.5 11.2 7.33
2 NLDS 0 0 0.77 4 1 3 0 0 1 11.2 6 1 1 1 1 0 13 1 0 0 43 0.600 4.6 0.8 0.8 10.0 13.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 2 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 12 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 23 STL NL 2 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .250 .333 .625 .958 .143 5 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 61 309 278 26 64 15 0 6 3 0 22 72 .230 .295 .349 .644 .289 97 5 4 4 1 2
2007 25 STL NL 32 882 789 93 212 47 4 13 6 8 70 136 .269 .333 .388 .721 .309 306 19 9 9 5 4
2008 26 STL NL 20 544 497 51 122 29 4 12 2 4 34 91 .245 .296 .392 .688 .276 195 10 3 6 4 1
2009 27 STL NL 34 970 886 75 216 38 2 17 12 5 66 212 .244 .297 .349 .646 .301 309 18 3 10 5 1
5 Seasons 149 2714 2458 248 616 129 10 49 25 17 193 511 .251 .308 .371 .679 .296 912 52 19 29 15 8
162 Game Avg. 43 785 711 72 178 37 3 14 7 5 56 148 .251 .308 .371 .679 .296 264 15 5 8 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 25 STL NL 32 32 14 12 6 2 4 19 13 .594 0 1 1 0 21 66% 51 81 8 13 7 0 15 4.9 4.3 6.3 99 1 16 14 1 121
2008 26 STL NL 20 20 11 3 6 3 0 15 5 .750 3 1 1 0 12 60% 56 79 21 9 1 0 8 5.8 6.4 6.6 97 2 9 8 1 124
2009 27 STL NL 34 34 19 8 7 5 6 23 11 .676 3 2 1 0 25 74% 59 81 28 9 5 0 13 5.5 5.2 6.9 106 0 10 20 4 130
3 Seasons 86 86 44 23 19 10 10 57 29 .663 6 4 3 0 58 67% 55 81 8 31 13 0 36 5.4 5.2 6.6 101 3 35 42 6 130
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2005 23 STL NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.390 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
2006 24 STL NL 61 61 10 2 1 5 3 2 60% 22 17 15 4 27% 7 1.195 18 21 20 35 9 17 8 53 20 12 21 7 3.7 20
2 Seasons 63 63 11 2 1 5 3 2 60% 22 17 15 4 27% 1.172 18 21 22 35 9 19 8 55 20 12 21 7 3.7 19

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 23 STL NL 9 33% 11.1% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 50% 0.14 0.00 78% 25% 16.7% 14% 2 0 0%
2006 24 STL NL 309 42% 1.9% 23.3% 7.1% 6.8% 33% 0.94 1.30 65% 16% 6.5% 12% 52 5 10%
2007 25 STL NL 882 43% 1.5% 15.4% 7.9% 7.3% 30% 0.94 1.24 73% 18% 4.6% 16% 177 19 11%
2008 26 STL NL 544 39% 2.2% 16.7% 6.3% 8.3% 37% 0.83 1.14 73% 20% 6.3% 14% 76 10 13%
2009 27 STL NL 970 46% 1.8% 21.9% 6.8% 5.9% 26% 1.04 1.43 68% 20% 5.8% 12% 189 18 10%
5 Seasons 2714 43% 1.8% 18.8% 7.1% 6.9% 31% 0.94 1.27 70% 19% 5.7% 14% 496 52 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 STL NL 9 31 3.44 21 68% 24% 5% 33% 38% 76% 0% 52% 94% 100% 0% 0 0 22% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 309 1194 3.86 745 62% 33% 16% 23% 28% 67% 2% 42% 76% 56% 4% 12 7 25% 76 37 3 35% 16 3 0 0 0
2007 25 STL NL 882 3166 3.59 1968 62% 30% 13% 23% 34% 70% 1% 43% 82% 59% 5% 44 25 20% 179 104 8 30% 32 15 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 544 1942 3.57 1217 63% 32% 14% 19% 34% 68% 1% 43% 79% 57% 5% 25 18 20% 107 46 5 34% 12 6 0 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 970 3614 3.73 2319 64% 32% 15% 24% 30% 68% 0% 44% 78% 63% 4% 38 26 26% 252 132 11 27% 41 11 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2714 9947 3.67 6270 63% 31% 14% 23% 32% 69% 1% 43% 79% 60% 4% 119 76 23% 616 320 27 30% 101 35 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 23 STL NL 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 STL NL 309 64 6 1 6 0 11 1 5 2 4 19 8 3 42% 1 3 1 107 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2007 25 STL NL 882 212 17 1 13 0 28 7 6 9 4 43 18 7 42% 14 6 1 352 6 8 43% 6 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 12 0
2008 26 STL NL 544 122 11 3 12 1 8 6 6 8 4 25 15 4 60% 5 3 1 182 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 11 0
2009 27 STL NL 970 216 26 1 17 0 17 8 9 7 10 36 13 9 36% 13 7 2 373 12 5 71% 12 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
5 Seasons 2714 616 60 6 49 1 64 23 26 27 22 126 54 23 43% 33 19 5 1016 25 17 60% 25 15 0 2 0 0 6 3 44 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 23 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 31 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 31
2006 24 2 1 .667 3.39 63 0 11 0 0 3 77.0 66 29 29 7 23 2 72 4 0 3 318 131 1.156 7.7 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.13 131
2007 25 16 13 .552 3.61 95 32 11 1 0 3 279.0 278 122 112 20 93 6 208 13 0 9 1200 122 1.330 9.0 0.6 3.0 6.7 2.24 122
2008 26 27 16 .628 3.48 115 52 11 2 0 3 411.0 400 173 159 32 127 7 299 16 0 12 1744 125 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.8 6.5 2.35 125
2009 27 46 24 .657 3.17 149 86 11 3 0 3 644.0 616 248 227 49 193 8 511 19 0 19 2714 135 1.256 8.6 0.7 2.7 7.1 2.65 135

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 23 0 0 18.00 2.0 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 2
2006 24 5 3 .625 3.08 73.0 63 28 25 6 22 70 4 1.164 7.8 2.7 8.6 3.18 0.7 61
2007 25 12 10 .545 3.51 200.0 206 87 78 13 68 135 9 1.370 9.3 3.1 6.1 1.99 0.6 32
2008 26 8 6 .571 3.21 129.0 121 51 46 12 34 89 3 1.202 8.4 2.4 6.2 2.62 0.8 20
2009 27 17 8 .680 2.64 228.0 216 74 67 17 66 207 3 1.237 8.5 2.6 8.2 3.14 0.7 34
5 Seasons 42 27 .609 3.13 632.0 608 244 220 49 191 501 19 1.264 8.7 7.1 2.62 0.7 149

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
2009-NL-P

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL--2.627--4th

Wins s c a p y
2009 NL--19--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL--.704--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL--1.210--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 NL--233.0--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL--212--4th

Games Started s c a p y
2009 NL--34--1st

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL--216--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--.579--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 NL--970--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 NL--157--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jim Hardin (970)
  2. Nat Hudson (962)
  3. Chad Billingsley (956)
  4. Marius Russo (955)
  5. Jered Weaver (955)
  6. Billy Taylor (953)
  7. Mike Lynch (952)
  8. Mickey Hughes (949)
  9. Mark Prior (949)
  10. Bob Emslie (948)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Mike Garcia (972)
  2. Orel Hershiser (967)
  3. Joe Horlen (964)
  4. David Cone (962)
  5. Tom Phoebus (960)
  6. David Palmer (960)
  7. Jack Chesbro (957) *
  8. Mike Boddicker (957)
  9. John Montefusco (956)
  10. Warren Spahn (956) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Steve Ridzik (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ed Head (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Garcia (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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