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Adam Wainwright
Adam P. Wainwright

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 7", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 11, 2005

Born August 30, 1981 in Brunswick, GA

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 23 STL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    3    3   1    1    0   0   0     9   0   0 13.50  4.23   31 1.500
 2006 24 STL NL   2   1  61   0   0   0  10  3   75.0   64   26   26   6   22   72   4   3   309   2   0  3.12  4.45  143 1.147
 2007 25 STL NL  14  12  32  32   1   0   0  0  202.0  212   93   83  13   70  136   9   6   882   4   0  3.70  4.39  119 1.396
 2008 26 STL NL   3   2   8   8   1   0   0  0   58.0   46   22   19   7   13   39   1   0   231   1   0  2.95  4.17  142 1.017
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .559  19  15 103  40   2   0  11  3  337.0  324  144  131  27  106  247  14   9  1431   7   0  3.50  4.37  125 1.276
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   7  48  19   0   0   5  1  160.0  154   68   62  12   50  117   6   4   680   3   0  3.50  4.37  125 1.276
 Career High     14  12  61  32   1   0  10  3  202.0  212   93   83  13   70  136   9   6   882   4   0  2.95  4.45  143 1.017

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 24 STL NL  61    6    2    3   1  0   1    1   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.167  311    7   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 25 STL NL  36   62    4   18   3  0   1    6   0  1   3  18  .290  .323  .387   84   24   9   0   0   0   1
 2008 26 STL NL  11   25    2    6   1  0   1    3   0  0   0   6  .240  .231  .400   63   10   0   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      111   93    8   27   5  0   3   10   0  1   3  24  .290  .309  .441   93   41   9   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        136   12   39   7  0   4   15   0  1   4  35  .290  .309  .441   93   60  13   1   0   0   1
 Career High     61   62    4   18   3  0   1    6   0  1   3  18                          24   9   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 24 STL NL    6    3    4  35.7   112| .500  .271| .500  .342|1.167  .440|1.667  .782| 311  .972   1.8   0.2   0%
 2007 25 STL NL   74   55    8   3.9   110| .290  .271| .323  .341| .387  .434| .710  .775|  84  .382  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 2008 26 STL NL   26   20    2   2.7   107| .240  .265| .231  .341| .400  .419| .631  .760|  63  .243  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       106   78   14   4.8   109| .290  .270| .309  .341| .441  .430| .750  .771|  93  .479  -1.2  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 23 STL NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2006 24 STL NL P 61 3 7 1 0 .909 .962 0.16 0.43 1.20 1.72 0 75.0 2007 25 STL NL P 32 13 28 2 4 .953 .967 1.28 0.40 1.83 1.68 32 202.0 2008 26 STL NL P 8 1 10 0 1 1.000 .957 1.38 0.45 1.71 1.83 8 58.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 23 STL NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 2006 24 STL NL P 61 3 7 1 0 .909 .962 0.16 0.43 1.20 1.72 0 75.0 2007 25 STL NL P 32 13 28 2 4 .953 .967 1.28 0.40 1.83 1.68 32 202.0 2008 26 STL NL P 8 1 10 0 1 1.000 .957 1.38 0.45 1.71 1.83 8 58.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 103 17 45 3 5 .954 .964 0.60 0.42 1.66 1.71 40 337.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 103 17 45 3 5 .954 .964 0.60 0.42 1.66 1.71 40 337
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   3.2   3   0   0   6 
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   3     2   0   1   4 
        WS    STL DET     W   3   0   0.00  1  0  1  0   3     2   0   1   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      3-0   9   0   0.00  1  0  4  0   9.2   7   0   2  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
        WS    STL DET     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2008 NL-1.017-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
2008 NL-7.14-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
2008 NL-2.02-4

Innings
2008 NL-58.0-3

Games Started
2008 NL-8-6

Comp. Games
2008 NL-1-1

Home Runs Allow.
2008 NL-7-10

SO to Walk
2008 NL-3.00-9

Batters Faced
2008 NL-231-4

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (738) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1436) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.5 (1209) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2000.

December 13, 2003: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Ray King and Jason Marquis to the St. Louis Cardinals for J.D. Drew and Eli Marrero.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006St. Louis Cardinals$327,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$410,000
Career (may be incomplete)$737,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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