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Adam Wainwright

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 8/30/1981 (44)
Height, Weight 6'7", 230 lb
Hometown Brunswick, GA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
5-11 101.0 7.40 1.90 11.4% 8.5%
115th 7
W
126th 121.0
IP
196th 4.52
ERA
197th 1.32
WHIP
200th 21.8%
K%
127th 8.0%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
86.9 5.4% 25.0% 42.2% 5.6% 4.99 3.80
200th 93.6
FB MPH
200th 11.8%
SwStr%
186th 28.1%
CSW%
200th 50.2%
Str-ICR
72nd 6.1%
MTK%
110th 5.00
PLV
141st 3.47
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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2005 STL 2 0 2.0 0-0 0 13.50 1.50 - 11.02 - - 0.0% 11.1% 9.0 4.50 .143 - 0.0% - - - - - -
2006 STL 61 0 75.0 2-1 0 3.12 1.15 - 3.31 - - 23.3% 7.1% 7.7 0.72 .289 - 78.4% - - - - - -
2007 STL 32 32 202.0 14-12 21 3.70 1.40 - 3.90 - - 15.4% 7.9% 9.4 0.58 .309 - 72.6% - - - - - -
2008 STL 20 20 132.0 11-3 12 3.20 1.18 - 3.78 - - 16.7% 6.3% 8.3 0.82 .276 - 75.9% - - - - - -
2009 STL 34 34 233.0 19-8 25 2.63 1.21 - 3.11 - - 21.9% 6.8% 8.3 0.66 .301 - 80.4% - - - - - -
2010 STL 33 33 230.1 20-11 25 2.42 1.05 - 2.86 - - 23.4% 6.2% 7.3 0.59 .281 - 79.1% - - - - - -
2012 STL 32 32 198.2 14-13 18 3.94 1.25 - 3.10 - - 22.1% 6.3% 8.9 0.68 .320 - 67.8% - - - - - -
2013 STL 34 34 241.2 19-9 26 2.94 1.07 - 2.55 - - 22.9% 3.7% 8.3 0.56 .311 - 74.5% - - - - - -
2014 STL 32 32 227.0 20-9 25 2.38 1.03 - 2.88 - - 19.9% 5.6% 7.3 0.40 .270 - 78.0% - - - - - -
2015 STL 7 4 28.0 2-1 3 1.61 1.04 - 2.13 - - 18.0% 3.6% 8.0 0.00 .294 - 75.9% - - - - - -
2016 STL 33 33 198.2 13-9 18 4.62 1.40 - 3.93 - - 19.0% 7.0% 10.0 1.00 .334 - 69.5% - - - - - -
2017 STL 24 23 123.1 12-5 8 5.11 1.50 - 4.30 - - 17.6% 8.2% 10.2 1.02 .331 - 68.7% - - - - - -
2018 STL 8 8 40.1 2-4 2 4.46 1.46 - 4.28 - 0.00 22.1% 9.9% 9.1 1.12 .319 - 74.1% - - 9.6% 29.5% 0.48 -
2019 STL 31 31 171.2 14-10 14 4.19 1.43 - 4.36 - 0.00 20.5% 8.6% 9.5 1.15 .323 - 76.5% - - 8.2% 28.3% 0.45 -
2020 STL 10 10 65.2 5-3 7 3.15 1.05 3.88 4.11 4.62 2.69 20.6% 5.7% 7.4 1.23 .247 17.0% 78.8% 37.2% 46.6% 11.1% 31.2% 0.54 4.89
2021 STL 32 32 206.1 17-7 22 3.05 1.06 3.98 3.67 4.06 2.93 21.0% 6.0% 7.3 0.92 .257 15.9% 78.4% 37.5% 49.5% 8.9% 30.5% 0.53 5.08
2022 STL 32 32 191.2 11-12 16 3.71 1.28 4.20 3.66 4.34 3.15 17.8% 6.7% 9.0 0.75 .302 10.8% 75.0% 40.2% 44.6% 7.3% 28.5% 0.48 5.05
2023 STL 21 21 101.0 5-11 4 7.40 1.90 6.45 5.99 6.09 3.80 11.4% 8.5% 13.5 1.78 .359 18.9% 63.0% 43.2% 42.3% 5.4% 25.0% 0.29 4.99
SP MLB Percentile 31 45 37 33-9 27 2 2 2 7 1 29 0 36 1 16 2 59 5 9 40 0 6 0 43
SP MLB AVG 24 21 121.0 7-7 8 4.52 1.32 4.55 4.51 4.41 3.47 21.8% 8.0% 8.8 1.35 .295 20.6% 72.3% 39.0% 43.9% 11.8% 28.1% 0.49 5.00
Career 478 411 2,668.1 200-128 246 3.53 1.24 4.49 3.54 4.58 0.20 19.8% 6.6% 8.7 0.79 .302 21.2% 74.2% 29.1% 45.9% 8.1% 28.7% 0.46 5.03

Adam Wainwright Repertoire

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Adam Wainwright Game Log

Adam Wainwright Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2005 STL 2 0 2.0 0-0 0 0 - 31 21 10 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2006 STL 61 0 75.0 2-1 0 3 - 1,193 744 449 309 64 43 15 0 6 72 22 4 3
2007 STL 32 32 202.0 14-12 21 0 - 3,173 1,971 1,202 882 212 148 47 4 13 136 70 9 6
2008 STL 20 20 132.0 11-3 12 0 - 1,947 1,220 727 544 122 77 29 4 12 91 34 3 3
2009 STL 34 34 233.0 19-8 25 0 - 3,608 2,314 1,294 970 216 159 38 2 17 212 66 3 7
2010 STL 33 33 230.1 20-11 25 0 - 3,356 2,166 1,190 910 186 133 33 5 15 213 56 4 2
2012 STL 32 32 198.2 14-13 18 0 - 3,091 2,019 1,072 831 196 133 40 8 15 184 52 6 5
2013 STL 34 34 241.2 19-9 26 0 - 3,533 2,384 1,149 956 223 158 48 2 15 219 35 6 5
2014 STL 32 32 227.0 20-9 25 0 - 3,256 2,142 1,114 898 184 133 39 2 10 179 50 7 4
2015 STL 7 4 28.0 2-1 3 0 - 383 255 128 111 25 16 9 0 0 20 4 0 0
2016 STL 33 33 198.2 13-9 18 0 - 3,194 2,017 1,177 847 220 146 48 4 22 161 59 5 1
2017 STL 24 23 123.1 12-5 8 0 - 2,174 1,353 821 546 140 95 27 4 14 96 45 5 2
2018 STL 8 8 40.1 2-4 2 0 0 732 447 285 181 41 28 8 0 5 40 18 2 1
2019 STL 31 31 171.2 14-10 14 0 0 2,876 1,796 1,080 745 181 118 38 3 22 153 64 8 2
2020 STL 10 10 65.2 5-3 7 0 0 930 615 315 262 54 36 9 0 9 54 15 2 0
2021 STL 32 32 206.1 17-7 22 0 0 3,068 2,009 1,059 828 168 111 34 2 21 174 50 9 4
2022 STL 32 32 191.2 11-12 16 0 0 3,133 2,024 1,109 803 192 138 35 3 16 143 54 7 5
2023 STL 21 21 101.0 5-11 4 0 0 1,785 1,088 697 484 151 93 36 2 20 55 41 1 1
SP MLB Percentile 31 45 37 33-9 27 0 0 41 37 52 46 26 26 10 33 29 12 44 86 76
SP MLB AVG 24 21 121.0 7-7 8 0 0 2,004 1,287 717 515 117 74 24 2 18 115 40 5 4
Career 478 411 2,668.1 200-128 246 3 0 41,463 26,585 14,878 11,116 2,577 1,766 533 45 233 2,202 736 81 51

Adam Wainwright Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2005 STL 0.0% 11.1% .250 .625 .958 .401 .143 .250 - - - - - - - -
2006 STL 23.3% 7.1% .230 .349 .644 .283 .289 .309 - - - - - - - -
2007 STL 15.4% 7.9% .269 .388 .721 .319 .309 .322 - - - - - - - -
2008 STL 16.7% 6.3% .245 .392 .688 .301 .276 .298 - - - - - - - -
2009 STL 21.9% 6.8% .244 .349 .646 .288 .301 .318 - - - - - - - -
2010 STL 23.4% 6.2% .224 .330 .604 .269 .281 .298 - - - - - - - -
2012 STL 22.1% 6.3% .259 .392 .701 .305 .320 .338 - - - - - - - -
2013 STL 22.9% 3.7% .248 .356 .636 .280 .311 .327 - - - - - - - -
2014 STL 19.9% 5.6% .222 .310 .581 .259 .270 .281 - - - - - - - -
2015 STL 18.0% 3.6% .238 .324 .590 .258 .294 .294 - - - - - - - -
2016 STL 19.0% 7.0% .287 .446 .784 .335 .334 .358 - - - - - - - -
2017 STL 17.6% 8.2% .286 .443 .794 .340 .331 .354 - - - - - - - -
2018 STL 22.1% 9.9% .263 .410 .753 .327 .319 .347 - - - - - - - -
2019 STL 20.5% 8.6% .273 .440 .782 .330 .323 .352 - - - - - - - -
2020 STL 20.6% 5.7% .221 .369 .640 .277 .247 .283 .237 .295 .267 .343 86.7 87.0 11.7 3.88
2021 STL 21.0% 6.0% .220 .352 .627 .273 .257 .284 .250 .303 .297 .354 87.7 89.0 9.5 3.98
2022 STL 17.8% 6.7% .261 .382 .697 .306 .302 .321 .266 .321 .302 .361 87.8 89.3 10.9 4.20
2023 STL 11.4% 8.5% .345 .573 .973 .413 .359 .392 .312 .390 .317 .411 88.4 89.8 12.5 6.45
SP MLB Percentile 0 36 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 8 12 63 53 55 2
SP MLB AVG 21.8% 8.0% .253 .430 .749 .324 .295 .331 .248 .323 .285 .375 88.8 90.1 13.1 4.55
Career 19.8% 6.6% .254 .385 .693 .309 .302 .322 .245 .322 .298 .378 87.8 89.0 10.8 4.49

Adam Wainwright Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 STL 6.4% (89.4) 7.8% (89.7) 7.1% (83.3) - - 12.8% (73.8) 1.4% (80.3) - - 14.2% 21.7%
2019 STL 5.5% (89.5) 11.8% (90.0) 8.9% (84.8) - - 15.3% (75.0) 0.8% (84.1) - - 17.3% 24.9%
2020 STL 12.8% (89.4) 23.8% (89.2) 22.8% (85.0) 0.1% (82.9) - 38.1% (73.5) 2.5% (81.8) - - 36.6% 63.4%
2021 STL 9.5% (89.1) 28.0% (89.0) 22.0% (84.9) - - 34.1% (73.4) 6.4% (82.7) - - 37.4% 62.5%
2022 STL 9.1% (88.1) 27.6% (88.6) 25.3% (84.3) - - 31.8% (72.8) 6.3% (82.2) - - 36.7% 63.3%
2023 STL 9.9% (85.7) 31.4% (86.9) 22.6% (82.9) 0.4% (75.8) - 30.7% (71.5) 5.1% (81.5) - - 41.2% 58.8%
SP MLB Percentile 2 (0) 72 (1) 66 (0) 0 (0) - 94 (1) 9 (11) - - 22.5% 76.5%
SP MLB AVG 38.3% (93.6) 24.7% (92.7) 19.2% (88.4) 23.3% (84.6) 13.9% (81.5) 14.9% (78.9) 17.3% (85.2) 18.2% (85.9) 26.9% (76.6) 47.1% 52.9%
Career 8.6% (88.4) 23.1% (88.6) 19.1% (84.3) 0.1% (76.7) - 27.8% (73.1) 4.3% (82.3) - - 31.7% 51.2%

Adam Wainwright Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 STL 21.3% (2) 24.6% (4) 26.9% (5) - - 34.0% (11) 10.0% (1) - - 23.1% 120.8%
2019 STL 24.5% (5) 27.5% (15) 25.1% (29) - - 32.7% (50) 13.6% (1) - - 26.6% 95.1%
2020 STL 29.4% (5) 29.4% (11) 28.8% (26) 100.0% (0) - 35.3% (60) 13.0% (1) - - 29.4% 32.2%
2021 STL 21.7% (12) 32.1% (31) 26.2% (78) - - 35.3% (135) 26.5% (16) - - 29.4% 31.2%
2022 STL 25.4% (13) 28.6% (31) 25.9% (73) - - 33.1% (100) 19.8% (13) - - 27.8% 28.9%
2023 STL 31.8% (8) 26.8% (20) 22.1% (28) 14.3% (1) - 25.4% (37) 13.2% (3) - - 28.0% 23.0%
SP MLB Percentile 85 (0) 49 (58) 17 (56) 1 (0) - 26 (68) 2 (2) - - 53.0% 6.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.7% (72) 26.8% (21) 27.0% (30) 29.1% (57) 27.3% (31) 29.6% (33) 24.1% (43) 23.6% (56) 23.8% (19) 27.8% 28.2%
Career 25.6% (45) 29.1% (112) 25.5% (239) 25.0% (1) - 32.7% (393) 20.4% (35) - - 28.2% 38.6%

Adam Wainwright Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 STL - - - - - - - - 15.0% - - - - -
2019 STL - - - - - - - - 16.1% - - - - -
2020 STL 46.6% 19.4% 27.7% 6.3% 34.0% 41.4% 39.8% 18.8% 14.4% 62.9% 26.2% 4.7% 6.3% 37.2%
2021 STL 49.5% 22.7% 22.2% 5.6% 34.7% 41.3% 36.6% 22.0% 15.6% 62.5% 26.6% 5.2% 5.7% 37.5%
2022 STL 44.6% 25.1% 24.8% 5.5% 38.4% 43.7% 32.9% 23.4% 17.0% 59.6% 27.5% 6.9% 6.0% 40.2%
2023 STL 42.3% 24.8% 27.7% 5.2% 41.3% 44.2% 36.7% 19.1% 14.2% 56.5% 28.2% 5.0% 10.4% 43.2%
SP MLB Percentile 40 15 79 8 4 73 87 7 2 8 9 81 10 9
SP MLB AVG 43.9% 22.3% 24.6% 9.3% 35.9% 41.7% 33.6% 24.8% 18.2% 60.9% 24.7% 6.3% 8.1% 39.0%
Career 45.9% 23.6% 24.9% 5.6% 37.3% 42.8% 35.7% 21.5% 15.7% 60.2% 27.2% 5.7% 6.9% 29.1%

Adam Wainwright Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 STL .263 .327 .319 .347 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 STL .273 .330 .323 .352 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 STL .221 .277 .247 .283 .237 .295 .267 .343 86.7 87.0 11.7 17.0% 37.2% 27.1%
2021 STL .220 .273 .257 .284 .250 .303 .297 .354 87.7 89.0 9.5 15.9% 37.5% 26.9%
2022 STL .261 .306 .302 .321 .266 .321 .302 .361 87.8 89.3 10.9 10.8% 40.2% 30.0%
2023 STL .345 .413 .359 .392 .312 .390 .317 .411 88.4 89.8 12.5 18.9% 43.2% 34.5%
SP MLB Percentile 1 1 2 2 1 2 8 12 63 53 55 59 9 1
SP MLB AVG .253 .324 .295 .331 .248 .323 .285 .375 88.8 90.1 13.1 20.6% 39.0% 27.0%
Career .254 .309 .302 .322 .245 .322 .298 .378 87.8 89.0 10.8 21.2% 29.1% 21.3%

Adam Wainwright Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 STL - 61.1% 41.1% - 23.3% 15.0% 76.7% - - 19.9% 9.6% 29.5% 16.5% 55.5% 0.48 -
2019 STL - 62.4% 42.4% - 19.4% 16.1% 80.6% - - 20.1% 8.2% 28.3% 18.1% 56.2% 0.45 -
2020 STL 44.4% 66.1% 46.0% 32.1% 24.1% 14.4% 75.9% 85.5% 60.8% 20.1% 11.1% 31.2% 20.5% 60.3% 0.54 50.9%
2021 STL 47.3% 65.5% 43.8% 28.9% 20.2% 15.6% 79.8% 88.9% 62.6% 21.6% 8.9% 30.5% 19.4% 60.0% 0.53 50.9%
2022 STL 46.6% 64.6% 43.5% 27.2% 16.9% 17.0% 83.1% 90.0% 69.5% 21.1% 7.3% 28.5% 19.1% 58.5% 0.48 49.2%
2023 STL 45.7% 61.0% 41.3% 22.7% 13.1% 14.2% 86.9% 92.1% 74.5% 19.6% 5.4% 25.0% 21.7% 52.5% 0.29 42.2%
SP MLB Percentile 50 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 98 0 6 98 1 0 0
SP MLB AVG 45.5% 64.2% 47.8% 30.7% 24.5% 18.2% 75.5% 84.2% 59.4% 16.3% 11.8% 28.1% 17.9% 58.3% 0.49 50.2%
Career 33.0% 64.1% 43.1% 27.4% 18.7% 15.7% 81.3% 89.6% 66.8% 20.6% 8.1% 28.7% 19.3% 57.4% 0.46 52.5%

Adam Wainwright Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 STL - - - - - - - - - -
2019 STL - - - - - - - - - -
2020 STL 44.4% 26.0% 25.1% 48.9% 24.9% 24.9% 50.1% 26.9% 48.1% 6.6%
2021 STL 47.3% 31.2% 24.0% 44.8% 24.7% 27.5% 47.8% 25.5% 50.5% 6.9%
2022 STL 46.6% 31.2% 24.4% 44.4% 25.6% 26.5% 47.9% 24.9% 50.8% 6.8%
2023 STL 45.7% 34.9% 23.4% 41.7% 26.2% 28.0% 45.8% 23.4% 53.2% 6.8%
SP MLB Percentile 50 52 90 68 26 5 55 7 95 60
SP MLB AVG 45.5% 35.0% 26.3% 38.7% 30.8% 24.1% 45.1% 29.6% 44.2% 6.5%
Career 33.0% 31.4% 24.1% 44.5% 25.3% 27.0% 47.7% 25.0% 50.9% 6.8%

Adam Wainwright Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 STL 58.1% 12.8% 29.2% 11.8% 54.7% 45.3% 25.9% - 18.7%
2019 STL 58.6% 13.2% 28.4% 15.6% 59.0% 47.6% 24.9% - 18.5%
2020 STL 63.5% 12.3% 24.2% 17.4% 67.6% 54.6% 23.9% 29.8% 24.0%
2021 STL 60.9% 11.8% 27.5% 17.2% 64.3% 53.1% 26.6% 23.7% 20.4%
2022 STL 59.4% 11.3% 29.4% 15.2% 62.5% 53.3% 27.2% 23.7% 15.5%
2023 STL 61.9% 15.1% 23.5% 17.3% 54.8% 43.4% 23.3% 21.2% 13.1%
SP MLB Percentile 95 4 0 88 6 4 79 6 1
SP MLB AVG 58.8% 11.6% 29.8% 15.0% 61.8% 50.6% 21.4% 25.6% 18.7%
Career 60.2% 12.6% 27.5% 16.1% 61.0% 50.2% 25.6% 16.7% 17.9%

Adam Wainwright PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 STL 732 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2019 STL 2,876 - - - - - - - - 0.00
2020 STL 930 4.89 39.9% 21.8% 38.2% 1.7% 6.4% -7.0 +6 2.69
2021 STL 3,068 5.08 46.4% 18.8% 34.8% 11.7% 5.9% -11.0 +9 2.93
2022 STL 3,133 5.05 46.5% 18.1% 35.4% 11.2% 5.8% 17.6 +20 3.15
2023 STL 1,785 4.99 45.3% 15.7% 38.9% 6.4% 5.6% 59.5 +60 3.80
SP MLB Percentile 41 43 50 6 19 19 62 1 0 29
SP MLB AVG 2,004 5.00 45.2% 18.8% 36.0% 9.2% 6.1% 14.2 +13 3.47
Career 41,463 5.03 45.7% 18.2% 36.2% 9.5% 5.8% 59.2 +94 0.20
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