Adam Wainwright
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 230LBS | Age: 43
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 1, #29, Atlanta Braves | Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, GA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 59 50 6 8 0 0 .160 .189 .220 .409
2021 74 57 1 7 0 0 .123 .167 .158 .325
2023 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
16 Seasons 848 744 55 143 10 0 .192 .220 .290 .510
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .160 0 0 .409
2021 .123 0 0 .325
2023 .000 0 0 .000
16 Seasons .192 10 0 .510
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting 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%
2015 33 30 8 0 0.0 0.0 85.2 103.5 13.6 0.0 .075 .076 .000 .072 .093 12.5 20.0 0.0
2016 34 227 50 2 4.0 2.9 89.2 108.0 16.4 30.0 .243 .393 .286 .286 .382 34.0 24.6 2.9
2017 35 153 34 2 5.9 4.0 81.4 105.3 6.0 32.4 .205 .366 .308 .250 .378 11.8 30.0 2.0
2018 36 46 6 0 0.0 0.0 87.5 103.6 21.5 0.0 .090 .132 .080 .098 .215 16.7 50.0 0.0
2019 37 210 37 0 0.0 0.0 87.9 107.6 14.6 27.0 .179 .243 .177 .204 .308 22.2 33.9 3.4
2021 39 270 46 1 2.2 1.4 86.1 109.8 4.7 15.2 .140 .203 .149 .176 .265 23.9 33.8 4.1
2023 41 7 1 0 0.0 0.0 102.1 102.1 -8.0 0.0 .131 .139 .000 .117 .235 100.0 50.0 0.0
Player 943 182 5 2.7 1.8 86.7 109.8 11.6 23.6 .182 .281 .209 .215 .318 23.8 31.2 2.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 75.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 12.5 50.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 48.0 18.0 24.0 10.0 54.0 28.0 18.0 0.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 6.0 4.0 2.9
2017 58.8 23.5 17.6 0.0 29.4 47.1 23.5 11.8 17.6 20.6 17.6 2.9 5.9 4.0
2018 33.3 33.3 16.7 16.7 50.0 33.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 50.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 43.2 21.6 27.0 8.1 35.1 40.5 24.3 5.4 24.3 21.6 29.7 2.7 0.0 0.0
2021 76.1 10.9 10.9 2.2 39.1 50.0 10.9 45.7 28.3 8.7 10.9 4.3 2.2 1.4
2023 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 57.1 17.6 18.7 6.6 41.2 40.1 18.7 15.9 25.3 19.8 19.8 3.8 2.7 1.8
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 4-Seam Fastball -3.5 0 6 85.7 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Cutter -20.0 0 1 14.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .261 .277 .235 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -1 109 40.4 28 .263 .368 .373 18.0 14.3 13.8 .265 .420 .349 28.6
2021 Slider -4.2 -2 59 21.9 16 .000 .000 .064 51.6 62.5 37.0 .024 .024 .022 0.0
2021 Sinker -6.1 -2 39 14.4 11 .000 .000 .000 25.0 18.2 33.3 .125 .197 .141 22.2
2021 Curveball -4.3 -2 39 14.4 9 .000 .000 .000 42.1 66.7 31.6 .020 .022 .020 0.0
2021 Changeup 4.3 0 10 3.7 4 .250 .250 .225 33.3 25.0 50.0 .135 .146 .126 33.3
2021 Cutter 4.9 0 9 3.3 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 0.0 0.0 .344 .376 .317 66.7
2021 Sweeper -17.9 -1 5 1.9 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 66.7 100.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 71 33.8 20 .200 .267 .262 26.8 25.0 23.8 .250 .408 .322 7.7
2019 Sinker -4.0 -2 43 20.5 12 .273 .455 .309 13.0 8.3 10.0 .213 .253 .199 36.4
2019 Slider -5.7 -2 37 17.6 9 .000 .000 .000 60.9 66.7 40.0 .126 .131 .117 0.0
2019 Curveball -5.0 -1 22 10.5 6 .000 .000 .150 22.2 33.3 18.2 .086 .095 .144 50.0
2019 Changeup -3.0 0 14 6.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Cutter -10.3 -1 11 5.2 6 .167 .167 .150 28.6 33.3 50.0 .203 .243 .195 25.0
2019 Sweeper -10.7 0 1 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -1 22 47.8 8 .125 .125 .113 38.5 50.0 57.1 .119 .177 .127 25.0
2018 Slider -7.7 -1 11 23.9 3 .000 .000 .000 57.1 66.7 40.0 .013 .013 .019 0.0
2018 Sinker 0.3 0 5 10.9 1 -- -- -- 66.7 0.0 -- -- -- -- 0.0
2018 Cutter 2.2 0 3 6.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Curveball -0.1 0 3 6.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Changeup -8.7 0 1 2.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Split-Finger 5.3 0 1 2.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -1 57 37.3 19 .154 .462 .304 20.6 21.1 30.8 .129 .362 .237 0.0
2017 Sinker 3.1 1 37 24.2 16 .357 .429 .346 21.7 18.8 42.9 .275 .347 .269 30.8
2017 Slider 0.8 0 25 16.3 7 .286 .286 .257 50.0 42.9 37.5 .284 .323 .264 0.0
2017 Curveball 5.0 1 17 11.1 5 .200 .800 .400 44.4 60.0 30.0 .179 .677 .337 0.0
2017 Cutter -0.2 0 12 7.8 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .148 .150 .133 0.0
2017 Changeup -6.6 0 5 3.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 60 181 -2 -1 -1 0 -3
2009 95 318 -7 -4 0 0 -11
2010 95 361 -4 -7 1 2 -8
2012 78 303 -5 -5 0 1 -9
2013 92 297 -3 -6 0 0 -10
2014 87 294 -3 -4 -1 0 -8
2016 69 227 7 -2 0 0 4
2017 50 153 1 -1 0 0 1
2019 60 216 -4 -3 -1 0 -8
2021 77 280 -4 -4 0 0 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 30 50.0 80.0 75.0 66.7 60.0 46.7 50.0 73.3 22.7 13.3 100.0
2016 227 54.6 77.4 75.0 34.0 57.1 44.1 55.1 57.7 26.7 10.1 78.3
2017 153 52.9 81.5 72.7 40.3 27.6 45.1 62.0 62.1 32.6 7.8 100.0
2018 46 56.5 73.1 52.6 35.0 28.6 43.5 58.3 56.5 50.0 8.7 100.0
2019 210 52.0 73.1 76.3 44.8 39.5 41.5 47.5 59.5 33.6 8.5 76.5
2021 270 50.4 70.6 75.0 42.5 29.8 39.6 48.6 56.7 31.4 7.0 73.7
2023 7 42.9 66.7 50.0 100.0 75.0 57.1 50.0 85.7 33.3 0.0 --
Player 943 52.4 75.1 73.6 41.7 39.5 42.6 52.9 59.2 31.5 8.5 82.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 36 15
2016 59 13
2017 44 21
2019 54 15
2021 68 6
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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 20.0 2 1.7 0 1 1 1 50.0
2018 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2021 -- 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 --
Player 20.5 4 2.0 2 4 1 1 25.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Player 4 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 3
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.2 89.2 4.0 ↑ 81.4 -7.8 ↓ 87.5 6.1 ↑ 87.9 0.4 ↑
Launch Angle 13.6 16.4 2.8 ↑ 6.0 -10.4 ↓ 21.5 15.5 ↑ 14.6 -6.9 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 4.0 4.0 ↑ 5.9 1.9 ↑ 0.0 -5.9 ↓ 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 12.5 34.0 21.5 ↑ 11.8 -22.2 ↓ 16.7 4.9 ↑ 22.2 5.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 0.0 30.0 30.0 ↑ 32.4 2.4 ↑ 0.0 -32.4 ↓ 27.0 27.0 ↑
xBA .075 .243 0.168 ↑ .205 -0.038 ↓ .090 -0.115 ↓ .179 0.089 ↑
BA .000 .210 0.210 ↑ .262 0.052 ↑ .091 -0.171 ↓ .160 0.069 ↑
xwOBA .072 .286 0.214 ↑ .250 -0.036 ↓ .098 -0.152 ↓ .204 0.106 ↑
wOBA .000 .286 0.286 ↑ .308 0.022 ↑ .080 -0.228 ↓ .177 0.097 ↑
xSLG .076 .393 0.317 ↑ .366 -0.027 ↓ .132 -0.234 ↓ .243 0.111 ↑
SLG .000 .452 0.452 ↑ .452 0.000 .091 -0.361 ↓ .220 0.129 ↑
K% 20.0 24.6 4.6 ↑ 30.0 5.4 ↑ 50.0 20.0 ↑ 33.9 -16.1 ↓
BB% 0.0 2.9 2.9 ↑ 2.0 -0.9 ↓ 0.0 -2.0 ↓ 3.4 3.4 ↑
Swing % 73.3 57.7 -15.6 ↓ 62.1 4.4 ↑ 56.5 -5.6 ↓ 59.5 3.0 ↑
Whiff% 22.7 26.7 4.0 ↑ 32.6 5.9 ↑ 50.0 17.4 ↑ 33.6 -16.4 ↓
In Zone % 50.0 54.6 4.6 ↑ 52.9 -1.7 ↓ 56.5 3.6 ↑ 52.0 -4.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.0 45.4 -4.6 ↓ 47.1 1.7 ↑ 43.5 -3.6 ↓ 48.0 4.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 66.7 34.0 -32.7 ↓ 40.3 6.3 ↑ 35.0 -5.3 ↓ 44.8 9.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 55.1 5.1 ↑ 62.0 6.9 ↑ 58.3 -3.7 ↓ 47.5 -10.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 80.0 72.5 -7.5 ↓ 82.0 9.5 ↑ 75.0 -7.0 ↓ 74.6 -0.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 68 0 0.0 .291
2017 Shifts R 49 0 0.0 .316
2018 Shifts R 12 0 0.0 .080
2019 Shifts R 56 0 0.0 .170
2021 Shifts R 74 0 0.0 .149
2023 Shades R 2 0 0.0 .000
! 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 100 14.0 63.0% 0.0% 55 20.0 18.2% 1.8%
2012 60 14.1 65.0% 0.0% 44 23.0 0.0% 15.9%
2013 79 15.6 36.7% 0.0% 24 24.8 0.0% 20.8%
2014 76 15.4 42.1% 1.3% 32 21.3 0.0% 15.6%
2015 5 13.2 80.0% 0.0% 1 15.8 0.0% 0.0%
2016 52 16.4 34.6% 3.8% 34 25.5 0.0% 23.5%
2017 31 15.2 45.2% 0.0% 17 23.5 0.0% 0.0%
2018 13 17.5 23.1% 0.0% 2 17.9 0.0% 50.0%
2019 59 15.9 33.9% 0.0% 15 23.8 6.7% 6.7%
2021 58 16.3 31.0% 5.2% 43 26.1 0.0% 32.6%
2023 1 15.8 0.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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