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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
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$59.4M (08-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.027, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Steve Hammond [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #353. Mort Cooper… #354. Ray Collins… #355. Frank Smith… #356. ADAM WAINWRIGHT… #357. Bob Veale… #358. Chris Short… #359. Thornton Lee… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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 37 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 3 544 132 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 7 970 155 1.210 8.3 0.7 2.5 8.2 3.21 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 20 11 .645 2.42 33 33 0 5 2 0 230.1 186 68 62 15 56 2 213 4 0 2 910 160 1.051 7.3 0.6 2.2 8.3 3.80 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 14 13 .519 3.94 32 32 0 3 2 0 198.2 196 96 87 15 52 3 184 6 2 5 831 97 1.248 8.9 0.7 2.4 8.3 3.54
7 Yrs 80 48 .625 3.15 214 151 11 11 4 3 1073.0 998 412 376 79 301 13 908 29 2 26 4455 130 1.211 8.4 0.7 2.5 7.6 3.02
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .625 3.15 40 28 2 2 1 1 200 186 77 70 15 56 2 169 5 0 5 830 130 1.211 8.4 0.7 2.5 7.6 3.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 23 STL NL 2.0 2 0 3 13.50 4.64 0.49 -0.35 100.7 3.82 -2 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .399 .499 $
2006 24 STL NL 75.0 61 0 26 3.12 4.72 0.27 -0.35 99.8 4.10 8 0.8 1.1 -0.1 1.3 16 .514 .505 $327,000
2007 25 STL NL 202.0 32 32 93 4.14 4.68 0.21 0.19 99.2 4.62 12 1.2 -0.1 2.5 31 .538 .507 $410,000
2008 26 STL NL 132.0 20 20 51 3.48 4.59 0.36 0.18 98.7 4.36 14 1.5 -0.1 2.4 26 .574 .509 $687,500
2009 27 STL NL 233.0 34 34 75 2.90 4.50 0.14 0.18 97.7 4.43 39 4.4 -0.2 6.0 62 .631 .527 $2,787,500 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 230.1 33 33 68 2.66 4.36 0.18 0.16 95.6 4.16 38 4.4 -0.2 5.9 60 .632 .527 $4,837,500 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 30 STL NL 198.2 32 32 96 4.35 4.28 -0.01 0.16 96.3 4.29 -4 -0.4 -0.1 0.9 17 .487 .497 $9,000,000
7 Seasons 1073.0 214 151 412 3.46 4.49 0.17 0.14 97.5 4.35 105 11.7 1.0 -0.7 18.9 210 .555 .510 $18,049,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 1.13 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
2012 30 STL NL NLDS W WSN 0 0 7.88 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 7 7 3 3 0 15 0 0 1 40 2.000 14.6 3.4 3.4 16.9 5.00
2012 30 STL NL NLCS L SFG 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 0.571 5.1 1.3 0.0 6.4
3 Yrs (6 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.48 13 4 9 0 0 4 32.2 27 9 9 5 6 0 42 1 0 2 132 1.010 7.4 1.4 1.7 11.6 7.00
3 NLDS 0 0 3.66 6 3 3 0 0 1 19.2 19 8 8 4 4 0 28 1 0 1 83 1.169 8.7 1.8 1.8 12.8 7.00
2 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.90 4 1 3 0 0 2 10.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 37 0.700 5.4 0.9 0.9 8.1 9.00
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 33 72 66 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 32 .121 .159 .197 .356 -3 13 1 0 3 0 0 1
7 Yrs 236 409 367 27 75 18 1 6 27 0 2 16 119 .204 .237 .308 .545 45 113 4 0 25 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 281 252 19 51 12 1 4 19 0 1 11 82 .204 .237 .308 .545 45 78 3 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 33 72 -9 -0 0 0 10 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $9,000,000 1
7 Seasons 236 409 -28 -3 1 0 58 26 2.7 11 38 2.7 .511 .502 2.7 0.0 38 $18,049,500

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
2012 30 STL NL NLDS WSN W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 30 STL NL NLCS SFG L 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 13 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 NLDS 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 STL NL 23 P 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.75 2 0 0% 29% 0
2006 STL NL 24 P 61 0 0 75.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 1 3 1.20 0.16 .958 1.72 1.71 3 0 0% 28% 0
2007 STL NL 25 P 32 32 1 202.0 43 13 28 2 4 .953 2 2 1.83 1.28 .965 1.68 1.67 6 8 57% 25% 1
2008 STL NL 26 P 20 20 1 132.0 28 7 20 1 1 .964 3 5 1.84 1.35 .959 1.73 1.72 2 4 67% 27% 1
2009 STL NL 27 P 34 34 1 233.0 56 27 29 0 0 1.000 1 1 2.16 1.65 .955 1.72 1.70 12 5 29% 29% 1 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 STL NL 28 P 33 33 5 230.1 58 21 36 1 5 .983 4 3 2.23 1.73 .954 1.73 1.72 8 5 38% 29% 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
2012 STL NL 30 P 32 32 3 198.2 35 15 19 1 2 .971 -1 -1 1.54 1.06 .950 1.77 1.75 2 3 60% 27% 0
7 Seasons P 214 151 11 1073.0 231 86 139 6 12 .974 10 1 1.89 1.05 .956 1.73 1.71 35 25 42% 27% 4
7 Seasons TOT 214 151 11 1073.0 231 86 139 6 12 .974 10 11 1.89 1.05 .956 1.73 1.71 35 25 42% 27% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1028th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (3, 56%)
2010 NL (2, 54%)
1.10 Career Shares (49th)

Gold Gloves
2009 NL (P)

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

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.0 (6th)
2010 NL  5.9 (4th)
Active  18.9 (42nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL  2.63 (4th)
2010 NL  2.42 (2nd)
Active  3.15 (2nd)
Career  3.15 (228th)

Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  19 (1st)
2010 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .704 (4th)
2010 NL  .645 (7th)
Active  .625 (10th)
Career  .625 (61st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.210 (10th)
2010 NL  1.051 (3rd)
Active  1.211 (11th)
Career  1.211 (154th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  7.268 (5th)
Active  8.371 (20th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  2.188 (4th)
Active  2.525 (19th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  8.323 (10th)
Active  7.616 (22nd)
Career  7.616 (53rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 NL  233.0 (1st)
2010 NL  230.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 NL  212 (4th)
2010 NL  213 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
2009 NL  34 (1st)
2010 NL  33 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2010 NL  5 (2nd)
2012 NL  3 (2nd)
Active  11 (39th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
2012 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  4 (43rd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  216 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  3.804 (3rd)
Active  3.017 (17th)
Career  3.017 (44th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.579 (6th)
2010 NL  0.586 (9th)
2012 NL  0.680 (9th)
Active  0.663 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
2012 NL  13 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  87 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 NL  970 (1st)
2010 NL  910 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 NL  155 (4th)
2010 NL  160 (4th)
Active  130 (5th)
Career  130 (40th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  38 (3rd)
2010 NL  38 (3rd)
Active  114 (23rd)
Career  114 (200th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.2 (3rd)
Active  12.0 (22nd)
Career  12.0 (194th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 NL  42.67 (3rd)
2010 NL  41.76 (3rd)
Active  128.20 (25th)
Career  128.20 (106th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
Active  11.3 (33rd)
Career  11.3 (155th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.8 (7th)
2010 NL  3.4 (3rd)
Active  11.0 (25th)
Career  11.0 (128th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.7 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.7 (2nd)
Active  13.7 (22nd)
Career  13.7 (105th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2009 NL  27 (1st)
2010 NL  21 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2009 NL  1.65 (3rd)
2010 NL  1.73 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (535), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (422), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (238), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (374th), 21.6 career WAR/21.6 7yr-peak WAR/21.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Lefty Williams (953)
  2. Tim Lincecum (942)
  3. Josh Johnson (940)
  4. Yovani Gallardo (937)
  5. Doug Rau (936)
  6. Jim Hughes (935)
  7. Chad Billingsley (931)
  8. Brandon Webb (929)
  9. Ben Sanders (928)
  10. Jered Weaver (927)
Similar Pitchers through 30 
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  1. Joe McGinnity (947) *
  2. Urban Shocker (946)
  3. Doug Rau (944)
  4. Bob Buhl (943)
  5. Mort Cooper (942)
  6. Ed Figueroa (941)
  7. Hank Borowy (940)
  8. Bill Hands (939)
  9. Larry Jansen (938)
  10. Tim Belcher (937)
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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
  4. Orel Hershiser (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe McGinnity (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200624St. Louis Cardinals$327,000
200725St. Louis Cardinals$410,000
200826St. Louis Cardinals$687,500
200927St. Louis Cardinals$2,787,500
201028St. Louis Cardinals$4,837,500
201129St. Louis Cardinals$6,687,500
201230St. Louis Cardinals$9,000,000contracts
201331St. Louis Cardinals$12,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$24,737,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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