Adam Wainwright

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	8/30/1981 (42)
Height, Weight	6'7", 230 lb
Hometown	Brunswick, GA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	5-11	101.0	7.40	1.90	11.4%	8.5%	25.0%

	107^th 7 W	116^th 114 IP	193^rd 4.60 ERA	198^th 1.33 WHIP	200^th 21.6% K%	127^th 8.0% BB%	186^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	86.9	5.4%	30.8%	42.3%	4.99	6.59

	199^th 93.5 FB MPH	200^th 11.7% SwStr%	160^th 27.6% HC%	115^th 43.8% GB%	103^rd 4.98 PLV	193^rd 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	STL	8	8	40.1	2	4	4.46	-	4.28	-	1.46	9.2	22.1%	9.9%	.319	-	-	1.12	-	74.1%	9.6%	29.5%	-
2019	STL	31	31	171.2	14	10	4.19	-	4.36	-	1.43	9.5	20.5%	8.6%	.323	-	-	1.15	-	76.5%	8.2%	28.3%	-
2020	STL	10	10	65.2	5	3	3.15	3.88	4.11	4.36	1.05	7.4	20.6%	5.7%	.247	26.3%	46.6%	1.23	13.8%	78.8%	11.1%	31.2%	5.24
2021	STL	32	32	206.1	17	7	3.05	3.98	3.67	3.90	1.06	7.3	21.0%	6.0%	.257	25.3%	49.5%	0.92	12.7%	78.4%	8.9%	30.5%	5.19
2022	STL	32	32	191.2	11	12	3.71	4.23	3.66	4.14	1.28	9.0	17.8%	6.7%	.302	27.1%	44.6%	0.75	8.8%	75.0%	7.3%	28.5%	5.17
2023	STL	21	21	101.0	5	11	7.40	6.45	5.99	5.71	1.90	13.5	11.4%	8.5%	.359	30.8%	42.3%	1.78	15.9%	63.0%	5.4%	25.0%	4.99
SP MLB Percentile		45	45	41	38	9	4	4	9	5	1	1	0	36	2	20	41	18	40	6	0	7	49
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		134	134	776.2	54	47	4.11	-	-	-	1.32	9.1	18.7%	7.3%	.301	24.2%	45.9%	1.08	17.3%	74.2%	8.1%	28.7%	5.15

Repertoire

Sinker | 31%
Curveball | 31%
Cutter | 23%
Four-Seamer | 10%
Changeup | 5%
Slider | 0%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	89.7	7.8%	-	-	7.0%	17.5%	24.6%	66.7%	54.4%	-	-	.438	.480	.462	-	-	-	-	-
2019	90.0	11.8%	-	-	4.4%	23.1%	27.5%	60.9%	53.8%	-	-	.316	.369	.367	-	-	-	-	-
2020	89.2	23.8%	13.3%	45.7%	5.0%	24.4%	29.4%	59.7%	53.8%	44.2%	39.5%	.232	.335	.231	23.5%	.232	.335	25.8%	2,180
2021	89.0	28.0%	14.1%	51.4%	3.6%	28.4%	32.1%	63.5%	59.6%	52.3%	28.2%	.172	.224	.230	0.0%	.217	.269	31.5%	2,226
2022	88.6	27.6%	18.5%	49.2%	3.6%	25.0%	28.6%	63.9%	57.9%	37.7%	34.4%	.256	.296	.318	7.5%	.273	.327	36.7%	2,197
2023	86.9	31.4%	19.3%	47.1%	3.6%	23.2%	26.8%	61.4%	51.4%	47.5%	25.4%	.394	.495	.413	36.7%	.312	.400	38.2%	2,167
SP MLB Percentile	1	69	21	27	17	66	50	21	14	26	61	10	9	13	17	30	25	28	56
SP MLB AVG	92.7	25.0%	25.8%	51.1%	5.7%	20.9%	26.6%	66.1%	58.8%	55.5%	23.2%	.299	.360	.320	16.4%	.291	.359	32.9%	2,144

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.232	.335	.243	.384	25.8%	11.6%	37.2%	25.8%	85.8	84.7	12.3	7.4	6.8	-1.0	6.0	6.7	2,180
2021	.217	.269	.282	.292	31.5%	4.7%	34.2%	23.0%	91.7	87.8	9.1	7.7	7.3	-1.0	6.1	6.6	2,226
2022	.273	.327	.328	.400	36.7%	8.4%	49.7%	35.2%	92.9	88.0	16.0	7.8	7.3	-1.0	6.1	6.5	2,197
2023	.312	.400	.324	.445	38.2%	14.4%	46.7%	36.4%	91.3	92.5	9.5	8.0	6.7	-1.1	6.0	6.6	2,167
SP MLB Percentile	30	25	36	16	28	8	17	17	31	20	33	19	75	62	79	62	56
SP MLB AVG	.291	.359	.309	.367	32.9%	6.6%	38.1%	29.3%	89.5	86.6	6.2	9.0	5.3	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,144

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	57	16	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	38	19	.438	.688	.480
2019	338	84	15	7	0	2	14	7	1	0	206	132	.316	.487	.369
2020	221	62	7	2	0	4	13	5	1	0	132	89	.232	.482	.335
2021	858	222	24	10	0	0	50	21	2	0	545	313	.172	.222	.224
2022	865	219	38	8	2	4	50	13	1	0	553	312	.256	.374	.296
2023	560	154	29	15	1	11	22	12	0	0	344	216	.394	.746	.495
SP MLB Percentile	82	81	15	2	6	1	80	18	55	15	81	11	10	7	9
SP MLB AVG	286	81	14	4	0	2	11	7	1	0	192	93	.299	.454	.360

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	44.2%	16.3%	39.5%	4.7%	23.5%	27.9%	41.9%	30.2%	10.9%	7.0%	32.6%	23.3%	18.6%	7.0%	32.6%
2021	52.3%	19.5%	28.2%	5.4%	0.0%	22.8%	45.6%	31.5%	14.1%	1.3%	40.3%	24.2%	22.8%	6.7%	32.2%
2022	37.7%	27.9%	34.4%	5.2%	7.5%	31.6%	38.7%	29.7%	17.5%	1.9%	24.7%	23.4%	29.2%	12.3%	42.2%
2023	47.5%	27.1%	25.4%	1.7%	36.7%	32.5%	43.3%	24.2%	13.2%	3.4%	32.2%	16.9%	29.7%	3.4%	44.9%
SP MLB Percentile	26	21	61	28	17	30	83	41	12	45	25	52	26	62	13
SP MLB AVG	55.5%	21.3%	23.2%	5.4%	16.4%	37.4%	35.2%	27.4%	18.0%	4.9%	40.6%	17.2%	25.1%	5.6%	33.7%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.438	.480	.462	.500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.316	.369	.367	.387	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	25.8%	11.6%	37.2%	25.8%	.232	.335	.231	.302	.232	.335	.243	.384	85.8	84.7	12.3
2021	31.5%	4.7%	34.2%	23.0%	.172	.224	.230	.230	.217	.269	.282	.292	91.7	87.8	9.1
2022	36.7%	8.4%	49.7%	35.2%	.256	.296	.318	.335	.273	.327	.328	.400	92.9	88.0	16.0
2023	38.2%	14.4%	46.7%	36.4%	.394	.495	.413	.467	.312	.400	.324	.445	91.3	92.5	9.5
SP MLB Percentile	28	8	17	17	10	9	13	10	30	25	36	16	31	20	33
SP MLB AVG	32.9%	6.6%	38.1%	29.3%	.299	.360	.320	.344	.291	.359	.309	.367	89.5	86.6	6.2

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	7.0%	17.5%	24.6%	66.7%	54.4%	14.3%	49.1%	85.7%	-	-	27.8%	-	63.6%	50.0%
2019	-	-	4.4%	23.1%	27.5%	60.9%	53.8%	11.7%	37.9%	88.3%	-	-	28.0%	-	62.1%	50.9%
2020	13.3%	45.7%	5.0%	24.4%	29.4%	59.7%	53.8%	14.1%	35.3%	85.9%	87.5%	85.5%	29.7%	12.5%	68.5%	55.1%
2021	14.1%	51.4%	3.6%	28.4%	32.1%	63.5%	59.6%	10.3%	35.1%	89.7%	76.3%	93.0%	32.8%	10.0%	65.5%	53.7%
2022	18.5%	49.2%	3.6%	25.0%	28.6%	63.9%	57.9%	9.2%	39.0%	90.8%	82.7%	93.4%	30.7%	15.6%	63.3%	54.5%
2023	19.3%	47.1%	3.6%	23.2%	26.8%	61.4%	51.4%	9.3%	38.2%	90.7%	86.0%	92.4%	26.6%	17.4%	56.3%	44.7%
SP MLB Percentile	21	27	17	66	50	21	14	23	14	23	22	38	64	40	20	33
SP MLB AVG	25.8%	51.1%	5.7%	20.9%	26.6%	66.1%	58.8%	12.6%	45.2%	87.4%	76.9%	91.0%	24.3%	21.2%	63.2%	48.1%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.2%	12.3%	24.6%	-	13.9%	14.3%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64.5%	10.9%	24.6%	-	18.3%	16.9%
2020	35.7%	24.0%	40.3%	29.4%	24.4%	46.2%	5.4%	23.5%	52.5%	67.0%	7.7%	25.3%	45.7%	14.2%	23.2%
2021	36.5%	24.4%	39.2%	28.6%	31.0%	40.4%	7.0%	26.8%	48.8%	64.0%	10.3%	25.8%	51.4%	13.3%	22.2%
2022	39.5%	25.2%	35.3%	28.2%	29.7%	42.1%	8.1%	27.1%	47.7%	61.4%	8.2%	30.4%	49.2%	13.9%	19.0%
2023	42.5%	20.7%	36.8%	25.7%	32.1%	42.1%	7.5%	25.7%	53.6%	63.8%	14.6%	21.6%	47.1%	16.0%	18.2%
SP MLB Percentile	33	17	79	39	70	55	53	10	95	52	54	58	27	28	56
SP MLB AVG	49.2%	25.9%	24.9%	29.2%	29.6%	41.2%	7.5%	40.3%	33.8%	63.8%	15.7%	20.4%	51.1%	18.9%	16.3%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	338	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	221	4.63	1,024	32.6%	21.7%	45.7%	-13.1%	-0.1	4.49	-1
2021	858	4.56	3,911	32.4%	22.6%	45.0%	-12.6%	-26.9	4.66	-21
2022	865	4.46	3,858	29.9%	21.3%	48.8%	-18.8%	-8.2	5.01	-9
2023	560	4.56	2,556	33.0%	18.6%	48.4%	-15.4%	22.3	5.56	+17
SP MLB Percentile	82	25	82	20	28	12	12	0	-	1
SP MLB AVG	286	4.73	1,359	38.4%	20.7%	40.9%	-2.4%	-0.4	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	73.8	12.8%	-	-	11.7%	22.3%	34.0%	63.8%	60.6%	-	-	.143	.196	.200	-	-	-	-	-
2019	75.0	15.3%	-	-	11.4%	21.4%	32.7%	68.6%	62.0%	-	-	.250	.287	.307	-	-	-	-	-
2020	73.5	38.1%	42.0%	43.5%	16.9%	18.4%	35.3%	69.5%	64.4%	50.8%	24.6%	.194	.206	.277	0.0%	.224	.238	21.9%	2,752
2021	73.4	34.1%	38.0%	46.1%	12.9%	22.4%	35.3%	68.7%	63.2%	49.3%	28.1%	.212	.255	.256	14.0%	.228	.274	18.6%	2,814
2022	72.8	31.8%	33.1%	48.6%	10.1%	23.0%	33.1%	68.1%	61.7%	44.0%	29.5%	.251	.285	.306	6.8%	.257	.305	21.1%	2,734
2023	71.5	30.7%	29.8%	47.3%	6.8%	18.6%	25.4%	62.8%