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Adam Wainwright

Adam Parrish Wainwright

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Cardinals 2005-2010
Agents: Steve Hammond [*]
Final Game: September 24, 2010   vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:22PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #187. Spud Chandler… #188. Jon Lester… #189. Bruce Sutter… #190. ADAM WAINWRIGHT… #191. John Tudor… #192. Johnny Antonelli… #193. Mariano Rivera… 

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 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 3 544 133 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 7 970 155 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
6 Seasons 66 35 .653 2.97 182 119 11 8 2 3 874.1 802 316 289 64 249 10 724 23 0 21 3624 140 1.202 8.3 0.7 2.6 7.5 2.91
162 Game Avg. 15 8 .653 2.97 41 27 2 2 0 1 198 181 71 65 14 56 2 164 5 0 5 819 140 1.202 8.3 0.7 2.6 7.5 2.91

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 23 STL NL 2.0 0 3 1 0 .3 -2 -0.1 $
2006 24 STL NL 75.0 0 26 44 1 1.1 18 1.4 $327,000
2007 25 STL NL 202.0 32 93 122 1 1.1 29 3.0 $410,000
2008 26 STL NL 132.0 20 51 73 5 .9 22 2.2 $687,500
2009 27 STL NL 233.0 34 75 129 5 1.1 54 6.0 $2,787,500 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 230.1 33 68 125 1 .9 57 5.9 $4,837,500 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
6 Seasons 874.1 119 316 494 13 1.0 178 18.4 $9,049,500

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
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

Standard Batting

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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 67 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
6 Seasons 203 337 301 22 67 16 1 5 23 0 2 13 87 .223 .254 .332 .586 55 100 3 0 22 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 269 240 18 53 13 1 4 18 0 2 10 69 .223 .254 .332 .586 55 80 2 0 18 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 STL NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $327,000 1
2007 25 STL NL 74 -1 -1 0 0 0 7 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $410,000 1
2008 26 STL NL 65 -3 -1 0 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $687,500 1
2009 27 STL NL 96 -9 -0 -0 1 0 10 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $2,787,500 1 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 28 STL NL 96 -9 -1 0 -0 0 10 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $4,837,500 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
5 Seasons 337 -20 -3 -0 0 0 34 10 21 2.1 21 2.1 0.0 $9,049,500

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 2 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 Seasons (4 Series) 9 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
2005 STL NL 23 P 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.75
2006 STL NL 24 P 61 75.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 0 0 1.20 0.16 .958 1.72 1.71
2007 STL NL 25 P 32 202.0 43 13 28 2 4 .953 1 1 1.83 1.28 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 STL NL 26 P 20 132.0 28 7 20 1 1 .964 4 6 1.84 1.35 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 STL NL 27 P 34 233.0 56 27 29 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 2.16 1.65 .955 1.72 1.70 CYA-3,MVP-15,GG
2010 STL NL 28 P 33 230.1 58 21 36 1 5 .983 1 1 2.23 1.73 .954 1.73 1.72 AS,CYA-2,MVP-17
6 Seasons P 182 874.1 196 71 120 5 10 .974 5 1 1.97 1.05 .958 1.71 1.70
6 Seasons TOT 182 874.1 196 71 120 5 10 .974 5 6 1.97 1.05 .958 1.71 1.70
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 (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  6.4 (7th)
2010 NL  6.2 (4th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 NL  6.0 (2nd)
2010 NL  5.9 (4th)

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

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)
Career  .653 (25th)

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

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

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

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 NL  8.323 (10th)

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)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  2 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  216 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  3.804 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.579 (6th)
2010 NL  0.586 (9th)

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  158 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  38 (3rd)
2010 NL  38 (3rd)
Career  117 (193rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.1 (3rd)
Career  12.3 (188th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 NL  42.67 (3rd)
2010 NL  41.83 (3rd)
Career  129.77 (110th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.0 (3rd)
Career  12.0 (142nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.8 (7th)
2010 NL  3.4 (3rd)
Career  9.5 (154th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 NL  4.7 (3rd)
2010 NL  4.7 (2nd)
Career  13.9 (113th)

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)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (566), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 26 (190), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tim Lincecum (950)
  2. Josh Johnson (948)
  3. Lady Baldwin (941)
  4. Charlie Sweeney (939)
  5. Hod Eller (938)
  6. Ernie Shore (937)
  7. Bob Wicker (935)
  8. Hugh Bedient (934)
  9. Atley Donald (934)
  10. King Cole (931)
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
  4. Orel Hershiser (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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$9,000,000
201331St. Louis Cardinals$12,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,737,000Does 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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