Adam Wainwright
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Adam Wainwright

6' 7", 230 lbs·Lived to 45·Bats R / Throws R
2×Gold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2015–2023 · 18,319 pitches · 87.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.38
Best ERA · 2014
20
Most W · 2014
219
Most K · 2013
1.031
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · OPS
13 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
18 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

18 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2005STL3000
2006STL61611.5001.667217
2007STL376216.290.71094
2008STL256016.267.63685
2009STL408924.180.51569
2010STL378406.167.45763
2012STL336614.121.35649
2013STL357106.211.47667
2014STL327206.181.43662
2015STL71000.000.0000
2016STL3462218.210.68693
2017STL2642211.262.73197
2018STL81101.091.18225
2019STL315002.160.40954
2020STL10000
2021STL345704.123.32545
2022STL32000
2023STL23200.000.0000
Career5087441075.192

Career · Pitching

18 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2005STL22.00013.503201.500
2006STL6175.0213.12145721.147
2007STL32202.014123.701211361.396
2008STL20132.01133.20135911.182
2009STL34233.01982.631642121.210
2010STL33230.320112.421682131.051
2012STL32198.714133.941021841.248
2013STL34241.71992.941312191.068
2014STL32227.02092.381571791.031
2015STL728.0211.61245201.036
2016STL33198.71394.62901611.404
2017STL24123.31255.1185961.500
2018STL840.3244.4693401.463
2019STL31171.714104.191071531.427
2020STL1065.7533.15141541.051
2021STL32206.31773.051401741.057
2022STL32191.711123.711071431.283
2023STL21101.05117.4059551.901
Career4782668.42001282202
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 18,117 pitches · 2015–2023
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)CUSIFCFFCH
CU · Curveball31.4% · 73.5 mph
SI · Sinker27.4% · 89.3 mph
FC · Cutter24.4% · 84.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball12.0% · 89.3 mph
CH · Changeup4.3% · 82.3 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (0.5%) not mapped.

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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