Adam Wainwright, baseball player, 2005

Adam Wainwright

Born: 8/30/1981 in Brunswick, GA, USA

MLB Debut: 2005-09-11

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'7" | Weight: 230 lbs

Full name: Adam Parrish Wainwright

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Biography

Adam Wainwright was a prominent Major League Baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 2005 to 2022, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals. Born in 1981, Wainwright became known for his exceptional skill on the mound, finishing his career with a record of 200-128 and an earned run average (ERA) of 3.53. Over his 17-year career, he accumulated 2,202 strikeouts and recorded 3 saves, establishing himself as one of the premier pitchers of his era. His ability to command multiple pitches and maintain composure in high-pressure situations made him a key asset to the Cardinals' pitching rotation. Wainwright's achievements extended beyond his impressive statistical output, as he was named an All-Star three times during his career. He played a crucial role in the Cardinals' success during the 2010s, contributing to their playoff runs and their 2011 World Series championship. Wainwright's longevity and consistency in a competitive era of baseball highlighted his dedication to the game and his team. His career is remembered not only for the numbers he posted but also for his leadership and sportsmanship, leaving a lasting impact on the Cardinals franchise and its fanbase.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
200 128 478 411 28 11 3 2668.3 2577 1047 233 736 2202 3.53 0

Career ERA 3.53 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 16.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2005 STL NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 1 0 13.50 — -
2006 STL NL 2 1 61 0 0 0 3 75.0 64 26 22 72 3.12 4.53 (+31%) -
2007 STL NL 14 12 32 32 1 0 0 202.0 212 83 70 136 3.70 4.47 (+17%) -
2008 STL NL 11 3 20 20 1 0 0 132.0 122 47 34 91 3.20 4.32 (+26%) -
2009 STL NL 19 8 34 34 1 0 0 233.0 216 68 66 212 2.63 4.32 (+39%) -
2010 STL NL 20 11 33 33 5 2 0 230.3 186 62 56 213 2.42 4.08 (+41%) -
2012 STL NL 14 13 32 32 3 2 0 198.7 196 87 52 184 3.94 4.01 (+2%) -
2013 STL NL 19 9 34 34 5 2 0 241.7 223 79 35 219 2.94 3.87 (+24%) -
2014 STL NL 20 9 32 32 5 3 0 227.0 184 60 50 179 2.38 3.74 (+36%) -
2015 STL NL 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 28.0 25 5 4 20 1.61 3.96 (+59%) -
2016 STL NL 13 9 33 33 1 1 0 198.7 220 102 59 161 4.62 4.19 (-10%) -
2017 STL NL 12 5 24 23 0 0 0 123.3 140 70 45 96 5.11 4.36 (-17%) -
2018 STL NL 2 4 8 8 0 0 0 40.3 41 20 18 40 4.46 4.15 (-8%) -
2019 STL NL 14 10 31 31 0 0 0 171.7 181 80 64 153 4.19 4.51 (+7%) -
2020 STL NL 5 3 10 10 2 0 0 65.7 54 23 15 54 3.15 4.45 (+29%) -
2021 STL NL 17 7 32 32 3 1 0 206.3 168 70 50 174 3.05 4.27 (+28%) -
2022 STL NL 11 12 32 32 1 0 0 191.7 192 79 54 143 3.71 3.97 (+7%) -
2023 STL NL 5 11 21 21 0 0 0 101.0 151 83 41 55 7.40 4.33 (-71%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
508 744 55 143 39 2 10 75 0 27 250 0.192 0.220 0.290 0.510 -3815.4

Career AVG .192 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 24.7% below league average.

Career OBP .220 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 32.1% below league average.

Career SLG .290 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 29.6% below league average.

Career OPS 0.510 vs. league average 0.736 across their career seasons — 30.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2005 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 STL NL 61 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.500 — — — — 0.0
2007 STL NL 37 62 4 18 3 0 1 6 0 3 18 0.290 .268 (+8%) .335 (-4%) .422 (-8%) .758 (-6%) -69.3
2008 STL NL 25 60 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 2 20 0.267 .263 (+1%) .333 (-14%) .416 (-16%) .749 (-15%) -168.9
2009 STL NL 40 89 7 16 5 1 2 4 0 1 26 0.180 .262 (-31%) .332 (-43%) .417 (-22%) .750 (-31%) -528.4
2010 STL NL 37 84 4 14 5 0 0 6 0 7 23 0.167 .257 (-35%) .325 (-29%) .402 (-44%) .728 (-37%) -536.9
2012 STL NL 33 66 5 8 2 0 1 4 0 3 32 0.121 .254 (-52%) .318 (-50%) .405 (-51%) .724 (-51%) -572.4
2013 STL NL 35 71 4 15 4 0 0 6 0 0 23 0.211 .253 (-17%) .317 (-34%) .396 (-33%) .714 (-33%) -418.4
2014 STL NL 32 72 4 13 3 0 0 6 0 3 22 0.181 .251 (-28%) .313 (-32%) .386 (-42%) .700 (-38%) -445.6
2015 STL NL 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2016 STL NL 34 62 6 13 7 1 2 18 0 2 17 0.210 .255 (-18%) .321 (-27%) .417 (+8%) .738 (-7%) -116.4
2017 STL NL 26 42 7 11 2 0 2 11 0 1 15 0.262 — — — — 0.0
2018 STL NL 8 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.091 — — — — 0.0
2019 STL NL 31 50 6 8 3 0 0 2 0 2 20 0.160 .252 (-37%) .322 (-42%) .434 (-49%) .757 (-46%) -420.2
2020 STL NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 STL NL 34 57 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 3 25 0.123 .243 (-50%) .317 (-47%) .410 (-62%) .727 (-55%) -538.9
2022 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 STL NL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
29 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2021 NLWC SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2020 NLWC2 SLN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 NLCS SLN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2019 NLDS2 SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2015 NLDS1 SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLCS SLN 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2014 NLDS2 SLN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2013 NLCS SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2013 NLDS1 SLN 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000
2013 WS SLN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2012 NLCS SLN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
2012 NLDS1 SLN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000
2009 NLDS1 SLN 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2006 NLCS SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NLDS2 SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 WS SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 5 29 16 4 114.3 105 36 22 123 2.83

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2021 NLWC SLN 0 0 1 1 0 5.3 4 1 2 5 1.69
2020 NLWC2 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 3.3 6 2 2 3 5.40
2019 NLCS SLN 0 1 2 1 0 9.0 9 3 1 11 3.00
2019 NLDS2 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 7.7 4 0 2 8 0.00
2015 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 3 0 0 5.3 3 1 0 6 1.69
2014 NLCS SLN 0 1 2 2 0 11.7 10 4 5 9 3.09
2014 NLDS2 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 4.3 11 6 1 5 12.46
2013 NLCS SLN 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 6 2 0 5 2.57
2013 NLDS1 SLN 2 0 2 2 0 16.0 11 2 1 15 1.12
2013 WS SLN 0 2 2 2 0 12.0 14 6 2 14 4.50
2012 NLCS SLN 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 4 1 0 5 1.29
2012 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 2 2 0 8.0 13 7 3 15 7.88
2009 NLDS1 SLN 0 0 1 1 0 8.0 3 1 1 7 1.12
2006 NLCS SLN 0 0 3 0 2 3.0 2 0 1 4 0.00
2006 NLDS2 SLN 0 0 3 0 1 3.7 3 0 0 6 0.00
2006 WS SLN 1 0 3 0 1 3.0 2 0 1 5 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 478 411 236 323 10 29

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2005 SLN P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2006 SLN P 61 0 3 7 1 0
2007 SLN P 32 32 13 28 2 4
2008 SLN P 20 20 7 20 1 1
2009 SLN P 34 34 27 29 0 0
2010 SLN P 33 33 21 36 1 5
2012 SLN P 32 32 15 19 1 2
2013 SLN P 34 34 25 36 0 6
2014 SLN P 32 32 20 30 1 2
2015 SLN P 7 4 4 3 0 0
2016 SLN P 33 33 19 22 0 1
2017 SLN P 24 23 19 18 0 4
2018 SLN P 8 8 1 7 1 0
2019 SLN P 31 31 15 17 0 1
2020 SLN P 10 10 2 8 0 0
2021 SLN P 32 32 19 16 2 2
2022 SLN P 32 32 18 16 0 0
2023 SLN P 21 21 8 11 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 478
Designated Hitter 1

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2021 Pitcher of the Month August
2020 Roberto Clemente Award
2017 Silver Slugger P
2015 Hutch Award
2014 Pitcher of the Month September
2014 Player of the Week Week of 2014-05-25
2013 Gold Glove P
2013 Pitcher of the Month June
2009 Gold Glove P
2009 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 SLN NL $19,500,000
2015 SLN NL $19,500,000
2014 SLN NL $19,500,000
2013 SLN NL $12,000,000
2012 SLN NL $9,000,000
2011 SLN NL $6,687,500
2010 SLN NL $4,837,500
2009 SLN NL $2,787,500
2008 SLN NL $687,500
2007 SLN NL $410,000
2006 SLN NL $327,000
Total Career Earnings $95,237,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2021 Cy Young Award NL 7th 3.0 210 0
2021 Most Valuable Player NL 20th 3.0 420 0
2014 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 97.0 210 0
2014 Most Valuable Player NL 8th 53.0 420 0
2013 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 86.0 210 1
2013 Most Valuable Player NL 20th 3.0 420 0
2010 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 122.0 224 0
2010 Most Valuable Player NL 17th 12.0 448 0
2009 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 90.0 160 12
2009 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 16.0 448 0