Adam Wainwright was born on Sunday, August 30, 1981, in Brunswick, Georgia. Wainwright was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 2005, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Adam Wainwright baseball stats page.
"I wasn't thinking anything until I hit third (base). I was wandering around the bases making sure I was going the right way. I hit third and I said, 'Oh, my goodness. I just hit a home run in my first at-bat.' It was crazy." - Adam Wainwright in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Joe Strauss, 05/24/2006)
Adam Wainwright![]() Adam Wainwright Autograph on a 2006 Upper Deck SPx Rookie Signatures (#146) |
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Adam WainwrightAdam Wainwright Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 2005 | 24 | Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 25 | Cardinals | 61 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.0 | 309 | 64 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 2007 | 26 | Cardinals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 202.0 | 882 | 212 | 83 | 93 | 13 | 70 | 4 | 136 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 27 | Cardinals | 20 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 544 | 122 | 47 | 51 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 28 | Cardinals | 34 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233.0 | 970 | 216 | 68 | 75 | 17 | 66 | 1 | 212 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 29 | Cardinals | 33 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 2.42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 230.1 | 910 | 186 | 62 | 68 | 15 | 56 | 2 | 213 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 31 | Cardinals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.94 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 198.2 | 831 | 196 | 87 | 96 | 15 | 52 | 3 | 184 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 32 | Cardinals | 34 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.94 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 241.2 | 956 | 223 | 79 | 83 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 219 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 33 | Cardinals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 2.38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 227.0 | 898 | 184 | 60 | 64 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 179 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 34 | Cardinals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 111 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 35 | Cardinals | 33 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 198.2 | 847 | 220 | 102 | 108 | 22 | 59 | 4 | 161 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 36 | Cardinals | 24 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 5.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.1 | 546 | 140 | 70 | 73 | 14 | 45 | 4 | 96 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 37 | Cardinals | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.1 | 181 | 41 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 38 | Cardinals | 31 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.2 | 745 | 181 | 80 | 83 | 22 | 64 | 7 | 153 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 39 | Cardinals | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | 262 | 54 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 40 | Cardinals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.05 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 206.1 | 828 | 168 | 70 | 72 | 21 | 50 | 3 | 174 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 41 | Cardinals | 32 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 191.2 | 803 | 192 | 79 | 80 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 143 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 42 | Cardinals | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 484 | 151 | 83 | 89 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 18 Years | 478 | 411 | 13 | 200 | 128 | .610 | 3.53 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2,668.1 | 11,116 | 2,577 | 1,047 | 1,117 | 233 | 736 | 40 | 2,202 | 51 | 81 | 4 | 17 | ||
Adam WainwrightAdam Wainwright Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 2005 | 24 | Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2006 | 25 | Cardinals | 61 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.167 |
| 2007 | 26 | Cardinals | 37 | 62 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 | .323 | .387 |
| 2008 | 27 | Cardinals | 25 | 60 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .286 | .350 |
| 2009 | 28 | Cardinals | 40 | 89 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .189 | .326 |
| 2010 | 29 | Cardinals | 37 | 84 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .226 |
| 2012 | 31 | Cardinals | 33 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .121 | .159 | .197 |
| 2013 | 32 | Cardinals | 35 | 71 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .208 | .268 |
| 2014 | 33 | Cardinals | 32 | 72 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .213 | .222 |
| 2015 | 34 | Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2016 | 35 | Cardinals | 34 | 62 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .234 | .452 |
| 2017 | 36 | Cardinals | 26 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .279 | .452 |
| 2018 | 37 | Cardinals | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 |
| 2019 | 38 | Cardinals | 31 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .189 | .220 |
| 2020 | 39 | Cardinals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2021 | 40 | Cardinals | 33 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .123 | .167 | .158 |
| 2022 | 41 | Cardinals | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2023 | 42 | Cardinals | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 18 Years | 505 | 744 | 55 | 143 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 75 | 27 | 0 | 250 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 11 | .192 | .220 | .290 | ||
Adam WainwrightAdam Wainwright Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 2005 Cardinals | P | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 2006 Cardinals | P | 61 | 0 | 225 | 11 | 0.2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .909 | 1.20 |
| 2007 Cardinals | P | 32 | 32 | 606 | 43 | 1.3 | 41 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 1.83 |
| 2008 Cardinals | P | 20 | 20 | 396 | 28 | 1.4 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 1.84 |
| 2009 Cardinals | P | 34 | 34 | 699 | 56 | 1.6 | 56 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.16 |
| 2010 Cardinals | P | 33 | 33 | 690 | 58 | 1.8 | 57 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 2.23 |
| 2012 Cardinals | P | 32 | 32 | 596 | 35 | 1.1 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 1.54 |
| 2013 Cardinals | P | 34 | 34 | 726 | 61 | 1.8 | 61 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.27 |
| 2014 Cardinals | P | 32 | 32 | 681 | 51 | 1.6 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 1.98 |
| 2015 Cardinals | P | 7 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
| 2016 Cardinals | P | 33 | 33 | 596 | 41 | 1.2 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.86 |
| 2017 Cardinals | P | 24 | 23 | 370 | 37 | 1.5 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.70 |
| 2018 Cardinals | P | 8 | 8 | 121 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 1.79 |
| 2019 Cardinals | P | 31 | 31 | 515 | 32 | 1.0 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.68 |
| 2020 Cardinals | P | 10 | 10 | 197 | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.37 |
| 2021 Cardinals | P | 32 | 32 | 619 | 37 | 1.2 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 1.53 |
| 2022 Cardinals | P | 32 | 32 | 575 | 34 | 1.1 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.60 |
| 2023 Cardinals | P | 21 | 21 | 303 | 19 | 0.9 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.69 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 478 | 411 | 8,005 | 569 | 1.2 | 559 | 236 | 323 | 10 | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 1.89 | |
| 18 Years | 478 | 411 | 8,005 | 569 | 1.2 | 559 | 236 | 323 | 10 | 29 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 1.89 | |
Adam WainwrightAdam Wainwright Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 2005 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 2006 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.27 | 8.64 | 2.64 |
| 2007 Cardinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 1.94 | 6.06 | 3.12 |
| 2008 Cardinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 2.68 | 6.20 | 2.32 |
| 2009 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44.5 | 3.4 | 22.3 | 3.21 | 8.19 | 2.55 |
| 2010 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 14.0 | 3.80 | 8.32 | 2.19 |
| 2012 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 2.1 | 16.5 | 3.54 | 8.34 | 2.36 |
| 2013 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 11.8 | 6.26 | 8.16 | 1.30 |
| 2014 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 3.58 | 7.10 | 1.98 |
| 2015 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.00 | 6.43 | 1.29 |
| 2016 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.73 | 7.29 | 2.67 |
| 2017 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 2.13 | 7.01 | 3.28 |
| 2018 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 2.22 | 8.93 | 4.02 |
| 2019 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 25.0 | 2.39 | 8.02 | 3.36 |
| 2020 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.60 | 7.40 | 2.06 |
| 2021 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 3.48 | 7.59 | 2.18 |
| 2022 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.65 | 6.71 | 2.54 |
| 2023 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.34 | 4.90 | 3.65 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 18 Years | 0 | 2 | .000 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 74.4 | 3.0 | 9.9 | 2.99 | 7.43 | 2.48 |
Adam WainwrightAdam Wainwright Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 2005 St. Louis Cardinals | 60 | $316,000.00 | - | - |
| 2006 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $327,000.00 | - | Stats |
| 2007 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $410,000.00 | - | - |
| 2008 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $687,500.00 | - | - |
| 2009 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $2,787,500.00 | - | - |
| 2010 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $4,837,500.00 | Stats | - |
| 2012 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $9,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2013 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $12,000,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
| 2014 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $19,500,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2015 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $19,500,000.00 | - | - |
| 2016 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $19,500,000.00 | - | - |
| 2017 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $19,500,000.00 | - | - |
| 2018 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $19,500,000.00 | - | - |
| 2019 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $2,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2020 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $1,850,000.00 | n/a | - |
| 2021 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $8,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2022 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $17,500,000.00 | - | - |
| 2023 St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | $17,500,000.00 | - | - |
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