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Adam Wainwright

Cardinals Career team 2005–2023
Number #50
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 45
Height 6' 7"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Brunswick, MO
Born Aug 30, 1981

Key Insights

2023
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Wainwright's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.8 mph, against 85.3 off his cutter.

178 and 404 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Wainwright projects a .370 average, 11th percentile.

1785 pitches in 2023. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 689th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Wainwright averages 80.8 mph across his arsenal, 1st percentile in the league.

1785 pitches in 2023. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 764th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Wainwright has given up 20 tracked home runs, 12 of them to centre field, the longest 442 feet.

20 tracked home runs allowed in 2023.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

45% of the balls put in play against Wainwright have gone to centre field.

174 of 387 located batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 87.4 mph off the bat against Wainwright and left-handers 89.8.

210 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 177 from left-handers.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 30, 1981
Birth Place Brunswick, MO
Height 6' 7"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right