Adam Wainwright
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 230LBS | Age: 43
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 1, #29, Atlanta Braves | Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, GA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 17 7 3.05 32 32 0 206.1 174 1.06
2022 11 12 3.71 32 32 0 191.2 143 1.28
2023 5 11 7.40 21 21 0 101 55 1.90
18 Seasons 200 128 3.53 478 411 3 2,668.1 2,202 1.24
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 32 17-7 3.05 206.1 174 1.06
2022 32 11-12 3.71 191.2 143 1.28
2023 21 5-11 7.40 101 55 1.90
18 Seasons 478 200-128 3.53 2,668.1 2,202 1.24
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 33 383 87 3 3.4 2.7 85.3 111.6 8.4 37.9 .239 .330 .258 .265 .308 26.4 18.0 3.6 1.61 2.87
2016 34 3195 622 37 5.9 4.4 86.9 110.6 11.1 37.5 .275 .427 .335 .329 .380 30.2 19.0 7.0 4.62 4.61
2017 35 2155 400 17 4.3 3.1 86.7 113.2 8.5 34.8 .275 .412 .340 .327 .363 33.8 17.6 8.2 5.11 4.64
2018 36 732 121 8 6.6 4.4 85.9 114.8 10.1 32.2 .232 .391 .327 .314 .360 24.0 22.1 9.9 4.46 4.18
2019 37 2876 520 34 6.5 4.6 88.9 113.6 10.2 32.1 .265 .429 .330 .329 .382 39.2 20.5 8.6 4.19 4.82
2020 38 930 191 12 6.3 4.6 87.3 113.2 12.0 33.0 .265 .436 .277 .324 .382 36.6 20.6 5.7 3.15 4.48
2021 39 3068 595 37 6.2 4.5 88.2 112.2 10.0 34.3 .251 .388 .273 .302 .353 35.6 21.0 6.0 3.05 3.84
2022 40 3133 599 39 6.5 4.9 87.8 112.3 11.0 37.4 .270 .418 .306 .328 .370 36.6 17.8 6.7 3.71 4.53
2023 41 1785 387 43 11.1 8.9 89.0 115.3 12.9 40.6 .325 .562 .414 .401 .427 38.8 11.4 8.5 7.40 7.35
Player 18257 3522 230 6.5 4.8 87.7 115.3 10.6 35.7 .271 .428 .322 .329 .375 34.9 18.6 7.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wainwright relies on 7 pitches.
Sinker
(31.4%) ,
Curveball
(30.6%) ,
Cutter
(22.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(9.9%) ,
Changeup
(5.0%) ,
Slider
(0.3%) ,
Slow Curve
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 51.7 17.2 27.6 3.4 36.8 36.8 26.4 6.9 37.9 18.4 23.0 5.7 3.4 2.7
2016 45.2 17.8 30.9 6.1 36.8 39.4 23.8 4.3 34.1 22.0 26.5 5.1 5.9 4.4
2017 49.8 17.3 29.3 3.8 35.8 37.3 26.3 6.3 34.3 20.0 29.5 3.8 4.3 3.1
2018 51.2 19.8 21.5 7.4 41.3 36.4 22.3 3.3 41.3 20.7 19.0 5.8 6.6 4.4
2019 49.4 20.0 25.0 5.6 39.2 40.4 20.4 3.3 35.2 19.8 26.0 5.0 6.5 4.6
2020 44.0 23.0 26.2 6.8 39.3 39.8 20.9 5.2 31.9 25.1 26.2 5.2 6.3 4.6
2021 48.7 21.5 25.4 4.4 40.0 37.1 22.9 3.2 36.6 22.0 26.1 5.7 6.2 4.5
2022 43.7 25.2 26.5 4.5 41.1 35.1 23.9 4.2 30.9 24.2 27.4 6.7 6.5 4.9
2023 41.1 28.4 26.9 3.6 41.1 40.6 18.3 4.1 28.2 23.3 28.2 5.2 11.1 8.9
Player 46.5 21.5 27.1 4.9 39.1 38.2 22.7 4.2 33.7 22.0 26.7 5.4 6.5 4.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2023 Changeup STL R 89 81.4 32.6 -0.6 14.0ARM 0.5 8.8 -3.4 14.0ARM -0.4
2023 Cutter STL R 385 82.8 31.9 2.5 5.6GLV 0.4 7.6 -0.2 5.6GLV 3.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 169 85.7 22.3 -1.5 1.7ARM -3.7 14.8 -1.0 1.7ARM -5.6
2023 Slider STL R 4 75.6 50.5 1.9 16.0GLV 5.8 -2.7 4.3 16.0GLV 11.1
2023 Sinker STL R 535 86.9 25.0 -1.7 13.2ARM -0.8 11.2 -3.6 13.2ARM -1.7
2023 Curveball STL R 530 71.5 68.1 1.0 16.5GLV 4.5 -13.5 3.7 16.5GLV 7.7
2022 Changeup STL R 189 82.2 32.4 0.6 14.3ARM 0.9 8.0 -2.1 14.3ARM 0.1
2022 Cutter STL R 784 84.3 32.1 -0.3 6.3GLV 1.7 6.1 -2.2 6.3GLV 3.6
2022 Sinker STL R 871 88.6 22.7 -1.4 13.0ARM -0.8 12.1 -3.8 13.0ARM -1.8
2022 Curveball STL R 993 72.8 67.5 2.0 16.1GLV 5.1 -14.9 5.0 16.1GLV 7.0
2022 Slider STL R 3 75.3 54.2 6.0 18.6GLV 6.7 -5.1 6.9 18.6GLV 12.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL R 292 88.0 20.2 -2.2 1.4ARM -4.3 15.1 -1.1 1.4ARM -5.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Sinker -4.0 -23 561 31.4 154 .394 .746 .499 9.3 14.3 18.2 .339 .636 .432 49.2
2023 Curveball -0.7 -4 549 30.8 157 .291 .475 .361 15.3 11.5 9.7 .318 .549 .390 32.5
2023 Cutter -0.9 -4 404 22.6 99 .344 .473 .391 15.2 6.1 12.8 .308 .490 .358 31.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -2 177 9.9 52 .326 .512 .419 13.3 17.3 17.3 .308 .488 .400 52.9
2023 Changeup -3.3 -3 89 5.0 20 .389 .611 .455 10.0 0.0 0.0 .372 .598 .439 22.2
2023 Slider -5.8 0 5 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .960 1.122 .920 0.0
2022 Curveball 1.0 10 993 31.7 275 .251 .353 .287 22.3 21.1 16.7 .248 .352 .291 29.0
2022 Sinker -0.2 -2 871 27.8 220 .255 .373 .302 8.9 22.7 18.9 .290 .478 .354 51.9
2022 Cutter 0.5 4 784 25.0 198 .283 .440 .344 17.9 11.1 12.3 .280 .460 .342 33.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 293 9.4 72 .281 .351 .366 15.1 16.7 10.9 .268 .369 .366 35.6
2022 Changeup 0.3 1 189 6.0 37 .222 .389 .272 18.1 2.7 5.6 .274 .421 .311 25.7
2022 Slider -1.9 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 88 81.5 92 16.7 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Curveball 530 71.5 96 24.6 7:30 7:30 0
2023 Cutter 386 82.8 49 9.0 11:45 10:30 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 169 85.7 77 14.1 12:45 12:15 30
2023 Sinker 532 86.9 83 17.2 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Changeup 186 82.2 91 16.5 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 Curveball 982 72.8 97 25.1 7:15 7:30 -15
2022 Cutter 781 84.3 46 8.7 11:15 10:15 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 287 88.0 76 14.5 12:30 12:15 15
2022 Sinker 862 88.6 83 17.7 12:45 1:45 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 505 1,822 12 13 -5 -6 14
2009 990 3,699 25 45 -16 -10 43
2010 898 3,322 28 26 -7 -10 38
2012 892 3,327 4 17 -9 -11 1
2013 1089 4,028 25 24 -9 -11 28
2014 969 3,533 22 36 -15 -9 33
2015 129 442 4 6 -2 -1 7
2016 843 3,180 1 14 -14 -11 -10
2017 537 2,134 8 13 -17 -9 -5
2018 180 732 3 6 -5 -4 0
2019 778 3,019 11 33 -26 -11 7
2020 279 1,002 1 16 -6 -5 7
2021 846 3,163 26 31 -21 -11 26
2022 802 3,133 17 32 -28 -9 12
2023 483 1,785 -17 4 -16 -7 -36
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 383 51.4 71.1 85.7 29.6 65.5 40.2 54.1 50.9 18.5 6.8 73.1
2016 3,195 47.7 62.6 86.8 27.3 60.5 42.6 61.5 44.1 20.2 7.6 71.1
2017 2,155 47.2 64.3 86.1 26.3 69.7 42.4 59.6 44.3 18.4 7.3 71.8
2018 732 45.4 61.1 84.2 24.5 56.1 41.7 54.7 41.1 23.3 5.9 81.4
2019 2,876 48.1 60.9 86.5 25.2 63.5 41.5 58.7 42.4 19.5 7.8 74.3
2020 930 48.4 62.9 83.7 30.2 58.6 43.0 67.6 46.0 24.1 7.5 65.7
2021 3,068 49.5 60.7 86.9 27.3 62.3 45.4 64.4 43.8 20.2 7.8 65.8
2022 3,133 49.8 61.6 89.0 25.4 68.5 44.3 62.6 43.5 16.9 7.3 68.6
2023 1,785 48.4 62.3 91.1 21.7 74.0 42.9 54.5 41.3 13.1 7.3 70.8
Player 18,257 48.5 62.2 87.2 26.1 64.6 43.1 60.8 43.6 18.9 7.5 70.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 19 43 87 75
2016 29 12 34 53 30 8 51 86 81 35 64 24 29 22 35 81 85
2017 33 15 42 72 21 41 80 63 45 21 53 12 35 12 43 76 69
2018 10 33 80 86
2019 30 23 38 55 22 13 59 42 26 30 41 8 10 9 33 81 83
2020 41 25 32 42 53 13 59 68 53 33 84 31 73 7 37 80 82
2021 62 33 55 71 64 10 75 64 73 30 83 9 44 5 51 89 72
2022 23 11 25 44 25 8 66 65 61 18 65 1 10 2 45 86 64
2023 1 1 1 1 2 7 7 49 51 1 47 1 2 1 31 73 59
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.7 22 20.4 2 18 21 5 22.7
2017 22.8 14 13.3 1 5 10 5 35.7
2018 23.0 5 5.6 -1 1 5 2 40.0
2019 22.5 23 23.5 -1 15 15 12 52.2
2020 22.1 9 9.6 -1 5 5 5 55.6
2021 22.8 22 21.0 1 6 16 10 45.5
2022 23.7 16 19.2 -3 13 19 5 31.3
2023 22.6 20 19.3 1 7 20 5 25.0
Player 22.6 131 131.9 -1 70 111 49 37.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 22 19 15 27 21 17 24 21 13 15 20 26 22 18 20 25 11 17 21 22 20 14 31 28 21 18 19 34 20 21 13
2017 14 13 11 15 14 15 16 14 12 10 12 19 11 13 12 15 13 13 14 15 14 9 19 13 14 11 11 16 13 15 8
2018 5 7 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 5
2019 23 25 21 29 25 20 25 23 18 17 18 25 30 23 20 24 19 19 27 24 25 26 28 33 22 20 21 28 32 20 17
2020 9 10 13 9 10 10 10 9 9 7 8 13 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 11 9 11 11 9 8 8 11 9 9 10 7
2021 22 24 21 20 20 18 24 21 15 15 16 24 23 20 19 25 19 19 25 23 22 23 26 27 17 20 24 22 24 17 18
2022 16 13 17 16 22 20 25 15 13 14 16 23 22 18 21 20 18 15 19 21 19 23 25 21 15 14 23 26 21 21 21
2023 20 18 13 13 20 18 22 19 11 16 18 16 23 19 22 23 21 19 23 21 22 20 28 24 17 15 18 20 24 19 16
Player 131 129 114 135 138 124 152 127 96 99 114 152 146 125 130 147 115 117 144 144 136 131 175 160 119 111 132 162 149 129 105
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.6 88.8 0.2 88.0 -0.8 87.5 -0.5 88.0 0.5 87.6 -0.4 87.5 -0.1 86.8 -0.7 85.3 -1.5
Offspeed Velocity 83.1 83.3 0.2 81.4 -1.9 81.0 -0.4 83.9 2.9 81.8 -2.1 82.7 0.9 82.2 -0.5 81.4 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 74.8 74.4 -0.4 72.3 -2.1 73.3 1.0 74.9 1.6 73.5 -1.4 73.4 -0.1 72.8 -0.6 71.5 -1.3
Exit Velocity 85.3 86.9 1.6 86.7 -0.2 85.9 -0.8 88.9 3.0 87.3 -1.6 88.2 0.9 87.8 -0.4 89.0 1.2
Launch Angle 8.4 11.1 2.7 8.5 -2.6 10.1 1.6 10.2 0.1 12.0 1.8 10.0 -2.0 11.0 1.0 12.9 1.9
Barrel % 3.4 5.9 2.5 4.3 -1.6 6.6 2.3 6.5 -0.1 6.3 -0.2 6.2 -0.1 6.5 0.3 11.1 4.6
Hard Hit % 26.4 30.2 3.8 33.8 3.6 24.0 -9.8 39.2 15.2 36.6 -2.6 35.6 -1.0 36.6 1.0 38.8 2.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.9 37.5 -0.4 34.8 -2.7 32.2 -2.6 32.1 -0.1 33.0 0.9 34.3 1.3 37.4 3.1 40.6 3.2
xBA .239 .275 0.036 .275 0.000 .232 -0.043 .265 0.033 .265 0.000 .251 -0.014 .270 0.019 .325 0.055
BA .238 .287 0.049 .286 -0.001 .263 -0.023 .273 0.010 .221 -0.052 .220 -0.001 .261 0.041 .345 0.084
xwOBA .265 .329 0.064 .327 -0.002 .314 -0.013 .329 0.015 .324 -0.005 .302 -0.022 .328 0.026 .401 0.073
wOBA .258 .335 0.077 .340 0.005 .327 -0.013 .330 0.003 .277 -0.053 .273 -0.004 .306 0.033 .414 0.108
xSLG .330 .427 0.097 .412 -0.015 .391 -0.021 .429 0.038 .436 0.007 .388 -0.048 .418 0.030 .562 0.144
SLG .324 .446 0.122 .443 -0.003 .410 -0.033 .440 0.030 .369 -0.071 .352 -0.017 .382 0.030 .573 0.191
K% 18.0 19.0 1.0 17.6 -1.4 22.1 4.5 20.5 -1.6 20.6 0.1 21.0 0.4 17.8 -3.2 11.4 -6.4
BB% 3.6 7.0 3.4 8.2 1.2 9.9 1.7 8.6 -1.3 5.7 -2.9 6.0 0.3 6.7 0.7 8.5 1.8
Swing % 50.9 44.1 -6.8 44.3 0.2 41.1 -3.2 42.4 1.3 46.0 3.6 43.8 -2.2 43.5 -0.3 41.3 -2.2
Whiff% 18.5 20.2 1.7 18.4 -1.8 23.3 4.9 19.5 -3.8 24.1 4.6 20.2 -3.9 16.9 -3.3 13.1 -3.8
In Zone % 51.4 47.7 -3.7 47.2 -0.5 45.4 -1.8 48.1 2.7 48.4 0.3 49.5 1.1 49.8 0.3 48.4 -1.4
Out of Zone % 48.6 52.3 3.7 52.8 0.5 54.6 1.8 51.9 -2.7 51.6 -0.3 50.5 -1.1 50.2 -0.3 51.6 1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 27.3 -2.3 26.3 -1.0 24.5 -1.8 25.2 0.7 30.2 5.0 27.3 -2.9 25.4 -1.9 21.7 -3.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.6 28.7 -1.9 27.9 -0.8 26.0 -1.9 25.5 -0.5 32.1 6.6 26.5 -5.6 25.0 -1.5 23.6 -1.4
First Pitch Strike % 54.1 61.5 7.4 59.6 -1.9 54.7 -4.9 58.7 4.0 67.6 8.9 64.4 -3.2 62.6 -1.8 54.5 -8.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 823 .336 452 12 2.7 371 57 15.4
2017 Shifts 537 .339 273 5 1.8 264 28 10.6
2018 Shifts 180 .327 84 3 3.6 96 18 18.8
2019 Shifts 714 .331 389 25 6.4 325 120 36.9
2020 Shifts 262 .277 134 28 20.9 128 49 38.3
2021 Shifts 825 .273 399 53 13.3 426 171 40.1
2022 Shifts 802 .306 423 80 18.9 379 210 55.4
2023 Shades 464 .401 241 2 0.8 223 138 61.9
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1064 14.0 58.0% 0.5% 557 21.7 2.5% 8.4%
2012 875 15.1 49.8% 1.0% 538 22.2 1.1% 6.3%
2013 1113 17.0 28.8% 2.8% 509 24.4 0.4% 13.6%
2014 1071 17.1 31.0% 2.2% 460 24.7 0.2% 15.0%
2015 94 16.4 40.4% 1.1% 65 24.4 3.1% 23.1%
2016 916 16.6 36.0% 3.1% 646 25.7 2.5% 22.6%
2017 649 16.6 31.3% 0.9% 403 23.3 0.0% 6.5%
2018 225 16.9 30.7% 0.4% 142 24.8 0.0% 7.7%
2019 876 16.1 37.9% 1.4% 523 24.0 0.6% 10.7%
2020 308 16.2 35.7% 0.3% 129 24.0 0.0% 10.9%
2021 1021 16.9 30.0% 1.6% 487 24.4 0.2% 12.1%
2022 999 16.8 29.7% 2.8% 538 23.6 0.0% 11.5%
2023 518 15.5 44.8% 0.8% 382 19.3 2.9% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution