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Birth Date	8-30-1981
Height	6' 7"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	43 years, 7 months, 12 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2005	SLN	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	100	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0%	.143	1.50	10.98	13.50	128	7.71	165.8	0.0
2006	SLN	61	0	75.0	2	1	3	64	22	72	6	94	7.7	2.6	0.7	8.6	0%	.283	1.15	3.26	3.12	77	3.10	63.2	2.1
2007	SLN	32	32	202.0	14	12	0	212	70	136	13	102	9.4	3.1	0.6	6.1	0%	.304	1.40	3.83	3.70	94	4.21	87.2	3.4
2008	SLN	20	20	132.0	11	3	0	122	34	91	12	96	8.3	2.3	0.8	6.2	0%	.272	1.18	3.74	3.20	86	3.46	73.7	3.1
2009	SLN	34	34	233.0	19	8	0	216	66	212	17	92	8.3	2.5	0.7	8.2	0%	.296	1.21	3.07	2.63	73	2.89	62.0	7.0
2010	SLN	33	33	230.3	20	11	0	186	56	213	15	88	7.3	2.2	0.6	8.3	0%	.275	1.05	2.87	2.42	70	2.70	61.1	6.9
2012	SLN	32	32	198.7	14	13	0	196	52	184	15	98	8.9	2.4	0.7	8.3	0%	.315	1.25	3.13	3.94	76	2.89	66.2	5.3
2013	SLN	34	34	241.7	19	9	0	223	35	219	15	101	8.3	1.3	0.6	8.2	0%	.305	1.07	2.52	2.94	71	2.61	62.4	6.8
2014	SLN	32	32	227.0	20	9	0	184	50	179	10	101	7.3	2.0	0.4	7.1	0%	.267	1.03	2.85	2.38	85	2.88	70.6	5.5
2015	SLN	7	4	28.0	2	1	0	25	4	20	0	93	8.0	1.3	0.0	6.4	0%	.287	1.04	2.16	1.61	83	2.72	63.6	0.8
2016	SLN	33	33	198.7	13	9	0	220	59	161	22	91	10.0	2.7	1.0	7.3	45%	.330	1.40	3.96	4.62	92	4.26	94.4	2.5
2017	SLN	24	23	123.3	12	5	0	140	45	96	14	96	10.2	3.3	1.0	7.0	50%	.326	1.50	4.31	5.11	99	4.84	103.1	1.0
2018	SLN	8	8	40.3	2	4	0	41	18	40	5	92	9.1	4.0	1.1	8.9	51%	.310	1.46	4.23	4.46	97	3.78	84.5	0.7
2019	SLN	31	31	171.7	14	10	0	181	64	153	22	93	9.5	3.4	1.2	8.0	49%	.319	1.43	4.30	4.19	93	4.58	93.9	2.2
Career		383	316	2103.7	162	95	3	2012	576	1776	167	96	8.6	2.5	0.7	7.6	50%	.300	1.23	3.36	3.39	83	3.41	75.1	47.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2005	SLN	MLB	NL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	100	9.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0%	.143	1.50	10.98	13.50	128	7.71	165.8
2006	SLN	MLB	NL	61	0	75.0	2	1	3	64	22	72	6	94	7.7	2.6	0.7	8.6	0%	.283	1.15	3.26	3.12	77	3.10	63.2
2007	SLN	MLB	NL	32	32	202.0	14	12	0	212	70	136	13	102	9.4	3.1	0.6	6.1	0%	.304	1.40	3.83	3.70	94	4.21	87.2
2008	SLN	MLB	NL	20	20	132.0	11	3	0	122	34	91	12	96	8.3	2.3	0.8	6.2	0%	.272	1.18	3.74	3.20	86	3.46	73.7
2009	SLN	MLB	NL	34	34	233.0	19	8	0	216	66	212	17	92	8.3	2.5	0.7	8.2	0%	.296	1.21	3.07	2.63	73	2.89	62.0
2010	SLN	MLB	NL	33	33	230.3	20	11	0	186	56	213	15	88	7.3	2.2	0.6	8.3	0%	.275	1.05	2.87	2.42	70	2.70	61.1
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	32	32	198.7	14	13	0	196	52	184	15	98	8.9	2.4	0.7	8.3	0%	.315	1.25	3.13	3.94	76	2.89	66.2
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	34	34	241.7	19	9	0	223	35	219	15	101	8.3	1.3	0.6	8.2	0%	.305	1.07	2.52	2.94	71	2.61	62.4
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	32	32	227.0	20	9	0	184	50	179	10	101	7.3	2.0	0.4	7.1	0%	.267	1.03	2.85	2.38	85	2.88	70.6
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	7	4	28.0	2	1	0	25	4	20	0	93	8.0	1.3	0.0	6.4	0%	.287	1.04	2.16	1.61	83	2.72	63.6
2016	SLN	MLB	NL	33	33	198.7	13	9	0	220	59	161	22	91	10.0	2.7	1.0	7.3	45%	.330	1.40	3.96	4.62	92	4.26	94.4
2017	SLN	MLB	NL	24	23	123.3	12	5	0	140	45	96	14	96	10.2	3.3	1.0	7.0	50%	.326	1.50	4.31	5.11	99	4.84	103.1
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	8	8	40.3	2	4	0	41	18	40	5	92	9.1	4.0	1.1	8.9	51%	.310	1.46	4.23	4.46	97	3.78	84.5
2018	PMB	A+	FSL	2	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	90	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	50%	.250	0.33	0.14	0.00	47	2.26	47.8
2018	SFD	AA	TEX	3	3	10.0	1	0	0	5	0	9	0	105	4.5	0.0	0.0	8.1	42%	.192	0.50	1.94	0.00	80	2.33	49.2
2018	MEM	AAA	PCL	2	2	9.0	1	0	0	8	4	11	0	80	8.0	4.0	0.0	11.0	38%	.381	1.33	2.63	0.00	79	3.94	83.3
2019	SLN	MLB	NL	31	31	171.7	14	10	0	181	64	153	22	93	9.5	3.4	1.2	8.0	49%	.319	1.43	4.30	4.19	93	4.58	93.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	1861	0.5013	0.4218	0.7898	0.5734	0.2694	0.8785	0.6000	0.2102
2009	3589	0.4770	0.4347	0.7795	0.5748	0.3069	0.8872	0.5955	0.2205
2010	3324	0.4982	0.4326	0.7643	0.5700	0.2962	0.8612	0.5789	0.2357
2012	3079	0.4829	0.4501	0.7965	0.6073	0.3034	0.8726	0.6542	0.2035
2013	3524	0.4804	0.4722	0.7831	0.6066	0.3479	0.8948	0.6028	0.2169
2014	3234	0.5099	0.4573	0.7863	0.5913	0.3180	0.8810	0.6032	0.2137
2015	383	0.5091	0.4935	0.8095	0.6564	0.3245	0.8672	0.6885	0.1905
2016	3166	0.4883	0.4311	0.7956	0.5757	0.2932	0.8899	0.6189	0.2044
2017	2130	0.4779	0.4300	0.8210	0.5963	0.2779	0.8880	0.6893	0.1790
2018	730	0.4603	0.4000	0.7603	0.5506	0.2716	0.8595	0.5888	0.2397
2019	2783	0.4977	0.4168	0.8026	0.5704	0.2647	0.8823	0.6324	0.1974
Career	27803	0.4895	0.4400	0.7887	0.5855	0.3005	0.8810	0.6168	0.2113

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-06-11	2014-06-21	DTD	10	9	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2014-04-23	2014-04-27	DTD	4	4	Right	Knee	Hyperextension		-	-
2013-04-03	2013-04-07	DTD	4	3	Right	Upper Arm	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-03-22	2011-10-29	60-DL	221	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2011-02-28
2011-02-21	2011-03-22	Camp	29	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2011-02-28
2011-01-17	2011-01-17	Off	0	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Partial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear	-
2010-09-25	2010-10-04	DTD	9	9	Right	Forearm	Strain		-
2008-09-02	2008-09-02	DTD	0	0		Low Back	Spasms		-
2008-06-08	2008-08-22	60-DL	75	65	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Middle Finger Volar Plate	-
2007-05-15	2007-05-15	DTD	0	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-
2004-06-08	2004-09-08	Minors	92	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2006	SLN	$327,000
2007	SLN	$410,000
2008	SLN	$500,000
2009	SLN	$2,787,500
2010	SLN	$4,837,500
2011	SLN	$6,687,500
2012	SLN	$9,000,000
2013	SLN	$12,000,000
2014	SLN	$19,500,000
2015	SLN	$19,500,000
2016	SLN	$19,500,000
2017	SLN	$19,500,000
2018	SLN	$19,500,000
2019	SLN	$2,000,000
2020	SLN	$5,000,000
2021	SLN	$8,000,000
2022	SLN	$17,500,000
2023	SLN	$17,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
18 yr	Previous	$184,049,500
18 yr	Total	$184,049,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
17 y 27 d	Steve Hammond	1 year/$17.5M (2023)

Details

1 year/$17.5M (2023). Signed extension with St. Louis 10/26/22. Performance bonuses: $500,000 each for 28, 30 games started. $10M is deferred, paid in $1M installments each 7/1, 2024-33. Award bonuses: $500,000 for top 10 finish in Cy Young vote. $50,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP, WS MVP. $25,000 for Silver Slugger. Full no-trade protection. Perks: hotel suite on road.
1 year/$17.5M (2022). Signed extension with St. Louis 10/2/21. Full no-trade protection.
1 year/$8M (2021). Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 1/29/21. Performance bonuses based on games started and relief appearances. Award bonuses: $500,000 for 1st-10th finish in Cy Young vote. $50,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove, Division Series MVP, LCS MVP, WS MVP. $25,000 for Silver Slugger. Full no-trade protection (also already may block all trades as a 10-and-5 player).
1 year/$5M (2020). Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 11/11/19. Performance bonuses: $1.5M each for 20, 25 starts. $2M for 28 starts. $500,000 each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 relief appearances. Full no-trade protection.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by St. Louis 10/29/18. Performance bonuses: Games started: $0.5M for 5 GS. $1M each for 10 GS, 15 GS. $1.5M for 20 GS. $2M each for 25, 30 GS. Relief appearances: $0.5M each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 games. Games finished: $0.5M each for 25, 30 GF. $0.6M each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 GF.
5 years/$97.5M (2014-18). Signed extension with St. Louis 3/27/13. 14-18: $19.5M annually. Full no-trade protection. Award bonuses: $0.5M each for Top 10 finish in Cy Young vote. $50,000 each for Gold Glove, All-Star, WS MVP, LCS MVP or Division Series MVP.
4 years/$15M (2008-11), plus 2012-13 club options. Signed extension with St. Louis 3/20/08. $0.75M signing bonus. 08:$0.5M, 09:$2.6M, 10:$4.65M, 11:$6.5M, 12:$9M club option, 13:$12M club option. Replaced contract renewed 3/4/08 (1 year/$0.448M - split contract paying $0.246M minors). Club must exercise options together. Options guaranteed with top 5 finish in 2010 or 2011 Cy Young vote (met 11/16/10). 2012 option increases to $10M with 2010 or 2011 Cy Young award. St. Louis exercised 2012-13 options 10/27/11.
1 year/$410,000 (2007). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/07.
1 year/$327,000 (2006). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/06.
1 year (2005). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/05. Recalled 9/05.
1 year (2004). Contract purchased by Atlanta 11/03. Acquired by St. Louis in trade from Atlanta 12/03 (St. Louis sent Wainwright, RHP Jason Marquis and LHP Ray King to Atlanta in exchange for OF J.D. Drew and OF Eli Marrero). Optioned to Triple-A 3/04.
Drafted by Atlanta 2000 (1-29) (Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Ga.). $1.25M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
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Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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2016-12-01 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you have any biggest bounce-back candidate or buy-low suggestions for us? Thanks for taking the time to chat with us. (Jay M. from Allegan County, MI)	Chris Archer seems obvious, although given the 200+ strikeouts it's not like he did nothing last year. I like Justin Upton as a buy low and on the pitching side I think Adam Wainwright has one more halfway decent season in him before he retires. (Mike Gianella)
2016-08-01 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Mike, besides Martin, who would be a few of your 2nd half trade targets? Thanks (DanDaMan from Vineyard)	Adam Wainwright has been quietly solid after a bad April and should be good down the stretch. Jose Bautista has moved down a lot of people's lists after a poor first half and injury but could still be solid for the last eight weeks. Neil Walker is done with his slump. I'm sure your league has noticed but it someone hasn't I'd pounce. (Mike Gianella)
2016-05-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I've got Matt Moore, James Shields, Tyson Ross (currently on DL), JA Happ, Kevin Gausman, and Adam Wainwright (among other starting pitchers) at the back of my rotation/bench in my keeper league. I feel I need to drop one of them soon to balance my roster. Should it be Wainwright? His performance has been lackluster so far but I wonder how much hope I should hold onto that he turns a corner and pitches (mostly) like his old self. (mattstupp from NYC)	I'm tempted to tell you to punt on Happ only because the regression fairy came for him in a big way last night. But yeah, Waino has been not great and he's getting up there in years. I'm hardly a fantasy expert, though, so about five grains of salt there. I'm not an authority on such matters. (Nicolas Stellini)
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which two should I keep? Miguel Sano, Yasiel Puig, Rougned Odor, Jonathan Lucroy, Adam Wainwright, Marcus Stroman. Incentives in my league are heavily in favor of keeping players who will have the most value this year. (mattstupp from NYC)	This is tough, but I'd lean on Puig and Stroman as the guys who're most likely to raise the most WARP this year. Now, if we're talking your typical 5x5 fantasy numbers, I'd consider booting Stro and going Sano ... and that's not taking into account positional scarcity. But for me Odor's the only other contender other than those three. Puig for sure in my book. (Bryan Grosnick)
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	It seems like the Cardinals have had a terrible last few months; lose to the Cubs, top prospect suspended 80 games, Molina and Peralta go down with major thumb injuries, and the only free agent that took their money was Mike Leake, while Lackey and Heyward go to the Cubs. Am I right that this is not going well for the Redbirds? (Nude Pablo Sandoval from Boston)	That's a bad username. I'm tempted to not answer your question, but it is an easy one. Yeah, things are looking dark in St. Louis. That means that Adam Wainwright will win 22 games and Greg Garcia will turn into Brandon Crawford. (Bryan Grosnick)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Adam Wainwright threw 40,159 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (87mph), Curve (72mph) and Cutter (83mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (86mph). He also rarely threw a Change (80mph), Splitter (83mph), Slider (76mph) and Slow Curve (63mph).