He and his wife, Jenny, reside in St. Simons Island, Ga., with their four daughters, Baylie Grace (9/10/06), Morgan Addison (10/22/08), Macy James (11/11/11) and Sadee Faith (12/28/15) and son, Caleb Adam (2/8/19), who was legally adopted on 4/25/19... Graduated in 2000 from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Ga... Named the 2000 Gatorade Player of the Year in Georgia, when he was also an All-State selection in football... As a football player, was named All-State as a placekicker and All-Region as a wide receiver in 1999... Signed a college letter of intent to play baseball at Georgia Tech University... Originally selected by Atlanta in the first round (29th overall) in the June, 2000 First-Year Player Draft, as compensation for pitcher and future teammate Russ Springer signing with the Diamondbacks in the offseason... Voted by his teammates as the recipient of the 2008 Darryl Kile award... Signed the largest contract for a pitcher in franchise history on March 28, 2013, when he inked a five-year deal that carried him through the 2018 season... Signed one-year free-agent deals for the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons... Made a promise to his family that they would get a dog after he retires... Appeared in the 2016 film “Proximity,” which he filmed in the St. Louis area in 2015 while recovering from injury... During 2017 Spring Training, arranged for Ryan Sherriff to drive a Nissan Altima rental car, all expenses paid, so his teammate would no longer walk to and from the complex... Made his national TV broadcasting debut during the 2020 NLDS between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves on Fox Sports 1 with Adam Amin and A.J. Pierzynski... Joined Amin and Pierzynski again in 2021 for the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros... Hobbies include gardening, golfing, fishing, playing guitar and fantasy football... Fan of the Georgia Bulldogs and St. Louis Blues... Learned to throw a curveball before the age of 10, from his older brother, Trey.
**Philanthropic Efforts**. 2020 Roberto Clemente Humanitarian Award winner and four-time Cardinals nominee (2015-17, 2019), recognizing a player from each MLB club who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field... Through his charity, Big League Impact, Adam currently works with over two dozen players to bring their charitable aspirations to life... At the end of 2020, approximately $5.8 million was raised by 150 players to benefit 60 charities... He and his older brother Trey formed Waino’s World, Inc. in 2013, a non-profit fantasy football charity league in which more than $110,000 was raised for St. Louis area food bank Operation Food Search and international clean water engineering organization Water Mission... In 2014, the charity was renamed Big League Impact, which is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives, restore dignity and instill hope in our local communities and around the globe... In 2014, six Fantasy Football leagues were launched by Wainwright, David Wright, Max Scherzer, Freddie Freeman, Justin Masterson and Skip Schumaker, collectively raising more than $450,000 to benefit 20 non-profit organizations... Expanded to eight cities in 2015, raising over $500,000 and passed the $1,000,000 mark in total funds raised... Big League Impact and its community of professional athletes, actors, musicians and other public figures have raised over $3,000,000 for charitable causes and foundations through events ranging from annual Fantasy Football Leagues to karaoke sing-offs, March Madness Brackets, Digital Fantasy Contests, Dave & Buster’s game nights and donations from local philanthropists... On mission trips to Ethiopia, Haiti and Honduras, Adam identified a need for water and invested to provide sustainable aid... Constructed Haiti’s Ferrier Village Secondary School, which opened for the 2019-2020 school year. Also partnered with Water Mission to build a clean water system for the community... In Honduras, Big League Impact funded the construction of a clean water system servicing over 15,000 people... His trip to Ethiopia led to the purchase of an 11-acre plot that is now the site of a clinic and a dairy and crop farm... Partnered with Crisis Aid International to feed children in Africa who would have died of starvation. When he learned the organization cared for sex trafficking victims, Big League Impact provided aid to give victims a new opportunity... BLI and Food for the Hungry created Striking out Poverty to meet the needs of underserved communities. Global Ambassador Roberto Clemente Jr. works with BLI to provide aid across the Dominican Republic. In 2018, 11 players raised over $218,000 to fund baseball fields, water systems, farms and food programs... In 2017, launched the Striking Out Poverty initiative with Food for the Hungry, the first March Madness Bracket Challenge and a karaoke event that raised nearly $50,000... In 2018, Big League Impact oversaw 25 player-led initiatives that cleared the $3,000,000 mark of total raised, and inked an official partnership with Yahoo Fantasy Sports—becoming its official charitable partner... BLI also hosted its first three Dave & Buster’s game nights in Minneapolis, St. Louis and Seattle, bringing out dozens of Big Leaguers who competed with fans while playing video game, skee-ball and pop-a-shot basketball tournaments... In 2019, created the ALL WIN fundraising campaign to provide healthy meals across the St. Louis region. Funds generated by teammates and fans allowed Crisis Aid to feed 200 families for a year in South St. Louis as well as help Operation Food Search create a rural meals program... In 2019, Adam and country musician Garth Brooks established a partnership between their foundations on the Home Plate Program, to provide meals for children across all MLB Club markets.
2021
Finished 7th in the NL Cy Young Award voting, receiving three 5th place votes. Was the first 40-year-old pitcher to finish in the top 10 since Atlanta's John Smoltz (6th in 2007)... Was the only NL pitcher to finish in the top 10 in wins, innings, starts, ERA, WHIP, and BABIP... Led Major League Baseball in called strikes (664)... Made 32 starts (including six after turning age 40), marking his 9th season of 30 or more starts... Was one of only four MLB pitchers to surpass the 200.0 innings threshold (Zack Wheeler, Walker Buehler, Sandy Alcantara), his 6th season of his career and first since 2014... Became the team’s first 17-game winner since Miles Mikolas (18-4) in 2018, while his 3.05 ERA was the team’s best since Jack Flaherty’s 2.75 mark in 2019... Became the 85th pitcher all-time to reach 2,000 strikeouts, the 9th active, and the 2nd Cardinal joining Bob Gibson (3,117). Logged his 9th season with 100 or more strikeouts, 2nd all-time in Cardinals history behind Gibson (14)... Threw 194.2 of his 206.1 total innings to Molina, most innings by any MLB battery during the season... Opponents hit a career-low .220 against him, including a .180 mark (39-217) during the 3rd time through the lineup (4th-best in NL)... Became the 2nd Cardinal in history to win 17 games in a season after turning age 40, joining Hall of Famer Grover Alexander (21-10 at 40 in 1927)... His 32 starts and 174 strikeouts were franchise records for Cardinals in their age 39 season or older, while his total of 22 quality starts matched 40-year-old Alexander’s record of 22 in 1927. Adam's 206.1 innings pitched ranked 3rd behind Alexander's 243.2 at age 41 and 268.0 at age 40... Since 2000, became the 27th MLB pitcher age 39 or older to pitch 200 or more innings and the first since Toronto's R.A. Dickey (214.1) in 2015... Adam (127) was the first pitcher aged 39 or older since Mike Mussina (131 in 2008) to throw at least 200 innings with an ERA+ of 125 or better. St. Louis won 18 of his final 21 starts and went 12-2 in his 15 starts after the All-Star break. His 10 wins and 100.2 IP after the All-Star break led all of MLB... Won National League Pitcher for the Month for August, his 3rd career (June 2013 and Sept. 2014). Went 5-1 with a 1.43 ERA and 36 strikeouts in six starts, leading the NL in wins, innings pitched (44.0) and WHIP (0.80)... Went 9-5 with a 2.74 ERA in 19 starts at Busch Stadium. Led MLB in home innings pitched (128.1), shared the MLB lead in starts, and ranked 2nd in wins... Threw 9.0 innings in two starts (T-1st in MLB), 8.0+ innings in seven starts (T-1st in MLB), and 7.0+ in 16 starts (2nd in MLB)... Threw his curveball 1,034 times (33.7% of 3,068 total pitches), 2nd-most in MLB to Atlanta’s Charlie Morton (1,096, 36.7%)... Was 8-2 in 12 starts following a Cardinals loss (St. Louis was 10-2), and ended team losing streaks of six, five, four, and three (twice) games in length... Recorded 14 starts of tossing 100 or more pitches, most on the Cardinals and T-6th among MLB pitchers. Went 8-2 with a 1.69 ERA in those starts... Led all of Major League Baseball in sacrifice bunts (14), surpassing single-season career highs of nine (2007 & 2013)... The Cardinals team defense recorded 25 outs above average with Wainwright on the mound, most by any team for any pitcher in MLB single-season history since 2016... Went 4-0 in four Interleague games, the best record by a Cardinal in Interleague play since it began in 1997... Made his 6th career Home Opener start on 4/8 vs. Milwaukee, tying Bob Gibson for most among Cardinals... Struck out 10 on 4/20 at Washington, his 11th career double-digit strikeout game. Became one of three Cardinals to strike out 10+ batters at age 39 years or older (Chuck Finley & Bob Gibson). Struck out seven during his 3rd time through the lineup, joining only Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver to accomplish the feat at 39 years or older... Struck out his 1,000th career batter at Busch Stadium vs. NYM (5/3) fanning Dominic Smith (looking) in the 2nd inning, becoming the 24th pitcher in MLB history to record 1,000 or more strikeouts at a single stadium... Earned wins on both Mother’s Day (5/9) & Father’s Day (6/20). Pitching in his 400th career game, went 8.1 scoreless IP for his 2nd-straight win (5/9) vs. Colorado while stretching his scoreless innings streak to 11.0 and improving to 11-1 vs. the Rockies. Was credited with a complete game in the Cardinals 9-2 win at Atlanta in Game 1 of a Father’s Day doubleheader (6/20), fanning 11 in the 7-inning game... Became the oldest Cardinals pitcher (39 yrs.) to work 8.0 scoreless innings and allow just one hit, taking a no-decision in the Cardinals 2-1 loss in 10 innings vs. the Cubs on 5/23... Opposed a starting pitcher with 20 or fewer career MLB appearances in six consecutive starts from 5/28-6/20: Seth Frankoff, Vladimir Gutierrez, Jean Carlos Mejía, Braxton Garrett & Bryse Wilson. Hit a career-high three batters vs. Cincinnati (6/3), while becoming only the 6th Cardinal in team history (since 1906) to hit three or more batters without issuing a walk... Made his first career appearance at Progressive Field in Cleveland on 7/27 & gained his 175th career win. Also marked his club-record 33rd career venue to pitch in... He and Yadier Molina made their 300th career start together on 9/3 at Milwaukee, as the duo limited Milwaukee to two runs (one earned) over 6.1 innings in the 15-4 win. St. Louis jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings, thanks to Wainwright's RBI single that scored Molina. Became the 2nd Cardinal to win a game at age 40+ vs. Milwaukee, joining Murray Dickson (CG 7-1 win) vs. Warren Spahn & the Braves at County Stadium (6/1/57)... Went 4-0 with a 0.30 ERA (1 ER/30.0 IP) in four starts vs. Pittsburgh. Among MLB pitchers with 4+ starts in a single season vs. the Pirates, only 1961 Cubs' Don Cardwell (0.24 ERA in four starts) had a lower ERA in MLB history... Threw a two-hit shutout on 88 pitches at Pittsburgh on 8/17 at PNC Park, walking none and striking out seven. Became the oldest Cardinal to throw a two-hit shutout since Jim Kaat (1980) and one of eight in MLB history to do so without issuing a walk (Randy Johnson, Cy Young, Jamie Moyer, Curt Schilling, Lefty Grove, Rad Faber, Eddie Plank)... Matched up against fellow 40+ year-old Rich Hill in a 7-0 win vs. the Mets on 9/13 at Citi Field and posted a season-high 5th straight win. The Wainwright-Hill starting matchup featured two starters both over the age of 40 for the first time in MLB since 6/18/15: Toronto’s R.A. Dickey (40.232) vs. Mets’ Bartolo Colon (42.025). The last time a Cardinals pitcher was involved was 6/18/33 with Dazzy Vance (42.106) vs. Cincinnati’s Eppa Rixey (42.046)... The last time Wainwright faced another starting pitcher who was older than him was 10/2/16 on the final game of the regular season: Wainwright (35.033) started opposite Pittsburgh’s Ryan Vogelsong (39.072), which was Vogelsong’s final career MLB appearance... Won his 17th and final game on 9/28 vs. Milwaukee, extending the Cardinals franchise-record win streak to 17 games.
2021 POSTSEASON: Made his 28th career postseason appearance (16th start) in the NL Wild Card Game at Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing one run over 5.1 innings in St. Louis’ 3-1 walk-off loss...at age 40.037, became the oldest pitcher in MLB postseason history to start a Wild Card game, breaking a record previously established by himself in the 2020 Wild Card Series at San Diego at age 39.032...became the 2nd-oldest pitcher to make a postseason start in Cardinals history. The only Cardinal older was Grover “Pete” Alexander (41.222) in Game 2 of the 1928 World Series vs. the New York Yankees... became the 3rd-oldest pitcher in MLB postseason history to start a winner-take-all game, behind Roger Clemens (41 in 2003 for NYY vs. BOS and 42 in 2004 for HOU vs. STL)...opposite Max Scherzer (age 37.071), the Wild Card Game marked only the 2nd winner-take-all game in postseason history where both starting pitchers were ages 37 or older, joining 2001 ALDS Game 5 between Cleveland's Chuck Finley (38.323) and Seattle's Jamie Moyer (38.331)...was Wainwright's 15th career postseason start with Yadier Molina behind the plate, T-5th all-time in MLB postseason history.
2020
NL Ranks: Wins (5, T-8th), ERA (3.15, 10th), complete games (2, T-1st), Opponent BA (.221, 9th), WHIP (1.05, 7th), win % (.625, T-12th), Hits/9 IP (7.40, 9th), Baserunners/9 IP (9.73, 8th), Pct. pitches in play (20.5, 4th), Pct. swings in play (44.6, 4th), Pct. 1st pitch strikes (67.6, 1st)...Conditioned with Kwang Hyun Kim at his home in St. Louis during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic...Started 4-0 for the first time in his career (3-0 in 2010). The Cardinals were 6-4 in his starts... Threw 6.0 or more innings in eight of 10 starts and 7.0 or more innings in four...At a combined 28,173 days, teamed up with Yadier Molina to become the oldest battery in Cardinals history with a complete game and the oldest since Kansas City’s Larry McWilliams and Bob Boone of (9/29/1989) at 28,303 days. Molina was playing in his 2,000th career game, as the battery made their 269th career start together...Surpassed Bob Forsch for 3rd place all-time in St. Louis Cardinals history with his 164th career win, coming vs. Cincinnati on 8/20...Celebrated his 39th birthday by hurling his 23rd career complete game and 200th quality start in a 7-2 win over Cleveland (8/30), allowing four hits for a pair of runs with nine strikeouts in 9.0 innings in his first complete game since 2016, which also coincided with Yadier Molina appearing in his 2,000th career game...At age 39, became the oldest Cardinal to earn a win in a complete game since Chuck Finley (39.274) in 2002 and the oldest to throw a complete game win with nine or more strikeouts since Dazzy Vance (42.183) at Chicago in 1933...Three starts later, Wainwright tossed his 24th career complete game in a 4-2 win at Milwaukee (9/16/20 - Game 1), becoming the fourth pitcher age 39 or older to throw two complete games in a single season since 2010 (R.A. Dickey, Bartolo Colon, Jamie Moyer) and the first Cardinal to do so since Jim Kaat (six in 1980)...Winner of the prestigious 2020 Roberto Clemente Award, annually given by Major League Baseball to the player “who best represents the game of baseball through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement...Joined Yadier Molina (2018), Carlos Beltran (2013), Albert Pujols (2008), Ozzie Smith (1995) and Lou Brock (1975) as former Cardinals winners.
2020 POSTSEASON: Made his 27th career postseason appearance (15th start) in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series at San Diego, allowing two runs over 3.1 innings in St. Louis’ 11-9 loss...Game 2 marked his 14th postseason start with Yadier Molina behind the plate, tying Giants’ Madison Bumgarner & Buster Posey, Yankees’ Orlando Hernandez & Jorge Posada, and Cleveland’s Charles Nagy & Sandy Alomar Jr. for 6th-most in MLB postseason history...marked his first career Wild Card appearance...at age 39.032, became the oldest pitcher in MLB postseason history to start a Wild Card game and the 6th-oldest pitcher to make a postseason start in Cardinals history.
2019
Comeback pitcher of the year candidate made 31 starts in 2019, reaching at least 150 innings and 150 strikeouts for first time since 2016 (161 strikeouts in 198.2 IP) while recording his lowest ERA since 2.38 in 2014...His 14 wins were his most since winning 20 in 2014. Posted his 10th career double-digit win season, tying Bob Forsch for 3rd all-time among Cardinals, and becoming the lone active National League pitcher to do so...Was first Cardinal since Pete Alexander (16 wins in 1928 at age 41) to post 14+ wins at age 38 or older, and first in MLB since Mets Bartolo Colon (15 wins in 2016 at age 43)...Made 23 starts with Yadier Molina behind the dish. He and Molina have been a starting battery for 265 games, 7th-most all-time in Major League history (since 1908)...Went 9-4 with a 2.56 ERA (95.0 IP) in 16 starts at Busch Stadium, ranking T4th in the NL in wins and 7th in ERA...Received one run of support or fewer in 13 starts and zero runs in seven outings...Started the Mexico Series opener in Monterrey, Mexico (4/13), holding the Reds hitless over his first 5.0 innings on before allowing solo home runs in the 6th and 7th innings and being tagged with his first loss of the season, 5-2...Reached career win No. 150 on 4/24 vs. Milwaukee to finish a three-game series sweep of the Brewers at Busch Std...Struck out a season-high 10 batters in a 4-3 loss at Philadelphia on 5/28. His 10th career double-digit strikeout game and first since May 25, 2014 at Cincinnati (12 K's)...Helped St. Louis complete a three-game series sweep of the Cubs with 8.0 scoreless IP in a 2-1 win on 6/2 at Busch Std. Walked a career-high 7, but allowed only 2 hits while throwing 126 pitches...Reached 2,000 career innings in 6/9 start, becoming the 10th active MLB pitcher and 6th Cardinal to reach that mark in club history (first since Bob Forsch, 1974-88). Andrew Knizner became the 15th different catcher of Wainwright's career that game...Missed 10 games (June 10-19) due to a left hamstring strain suffered while running the bases after hitting a double on June 9 at Chicago Cubs...After the All-Star break, shared the NL lead in wins (9-3) with Clayton Kershaw and teammate Dakota Hudson (also matching his career-best nine Post ASB wins in 2009...Allowed two runs over 6.2 innings for a loss in a 2-0 defeat to Oakland on 8/26 at Busch Stadium in his 300th career start. Marked his 184th career appearance at Busch Stadium III, tying Trevor Rosenthal (2012-17) for most all-time...Finished season by going 5-1 with a 2.97 ERA in six September starts, leading NL pitchers in wins during the month...Ended season one career win shy of tying Bob Forsch (163) for 3rd all-time in franchise history. Passed Bill Sherdel (1918-30, '32) for 4th in his 7/14 start vs. Arizona...Threw his curve ball 35.6% of his total pitches (1,025 of 2,876) in 2019, with the opposition batting .240 (60-250) with five home runs and 74 strikeouts. Only Rays RHP Charlie Morton (37.3%) & Yankees RHP Domingo German (36.1%) threw a higher pct. of curve balls in MLB (min. 2,000 total pitches). (Statcast)...8.1% of his curve balls (214) were called for strikes, highest in MLB (minimum 2,000 total pitches). (Statcast)...Named the Cardinals nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award for 4th time in his career...Was 0-1 with a 1.62 ERA (3 ER/16.2 IP) and 19 strikeouts in three games (two starts) during the Postseason...surpassed Orlando Hernandez (107), Mariano Rivera (110) and John Lackey (114) for 14th place all-time in postseason strikeouts (115)...made one start and threw 7.2 scoreless innings in a no-decision in NLDS Game 3 vs. ATL; struck out eight, tying Jack Flaherty (twice) for the most innings with a postseason career-high of 11 strikeouts, but allowed three runs taking the loss in NLCS Game 2 vs. WSH... his 11 strikeouts ranked 4th all-time in a Cardinals postseason game...the double-digit strikeout figure marked his 3rd career in a postseason game, ranking 2nd in Cardinals history behind Bob Gibson (5) and one of four Cardinals all-time with a 10 K game...his consecutive 7.0-inning starts with eight or more strikeouts marked the first pitcher in Cardinals postseason franchise history to accomplish the feat...joined Bob Gibson (Game 1, 1968 WS) as the only Cardinals to throw 7.0 or more innings, issue one walk or fewer and strike out 11 or more batters.
2018
Made eight starts in an injury-shortened season, four of which came in September...Missed a total of 129 games with three stints on the DL: left hamstring strain (3/26-4/4) and right elbow inflammation (4/20-5/12 and 5/14-9/9)...St. Louis was 4-4 in his starts. Since 2016, the Cardinals have sported a 41-24 record in his appearances...Pitched at least 6.0 innings on three occasions, and 7.0 innings once (two quality starts)...Threw his curveball 35.8% of the time (262 of 732 total pitches), limiting the opposition to a .152/.146/.197 slashline...Activated on 4/5 and started the Cardinals home opener vs. Arizona (the 5th of his career)...Took the loss after tossing 3.2 innings, his second-shortest home Opening Day start (2012 vs. Chicago)...Passed career 1,900 innings pitched in his 4/11 start vs. Milwaukee, becoming the 15th active pitcher to do so...Earned his first win of the season in a 5-3 victory at Chicago (4/17) at Wrigley Field, allowing one unearned run with five strikeouts in 5.0 IP. Temperature at first pitch was 35°....Marked his 15th career win vs. the Cubs (T10th all-time in Cardinals history) and his 11th career win at Wrigley Field (3rd all-time in Cardinals history)...Reached 1907.1 career innings in 4/17 start at CHI, passing Slim Sallee (1905.1) for 6th all-time in franchise history...Made six rehab appearances across three levels (8/13-9/1) while recovering from right elbow inflammation...Scattered 12 hits with 23 strikeouts over 17.0 scoreless IP between Palm Beach (High-A) Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA)...Activated from the 60-day disabled list (right elbow inflammation) on 9/10 vs. Pittsburgh and made his first start for St. Louis in 121 days. Allowed four runs in 5.0 frames in the Cardinals' 8-7 comeback win...Surpassed Todd Worrell (1985-89, '92) with his 349th career game, moving into 8th place all-time in Cardinals history. Struck out Corey Dickerson (swinging) for his 1,600th career strikeout...Struck out season-high nine batters over 6.0 scoreless frames in a 5-0 win over the Dodgers at Busch Stadium on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball (9/16). Has pitched 6.0 or more innings in 12 consecutive starts vs. the Dodgers (8/10/07-present), currently T3rd-longest active vs. Los Angeles and trailing Curt Schilling (19) and David Cone (16)...Became the first pitcher to throw 1,000 career innings at Busch Stadium III on 9/16, and the 5th Cardinal to throw 1,000 innings at home stadiums, joining Bill Sherdel (1,087.1 at Sportsman's Park), Jesse Haines (1,554.0 at Sportsman's Park), Bob Gibson (1,182.0 at Busch Stadium II) and Bob Forsch (1,402.1 at Busch Stadium II)...Logged a season-high 10.0 inning scoreless streak from 9/1-9/22...Made four starts in September, striking out 25 in his 22.1 innings pitched while going 1-1 with a 4.84 ERA (Cardinals were 3-1)...Despite making fewer September starts than his teammates, finished 3rd on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts.
2017
Named National League Louisville Silver Slugger award winner, his first career. Co-led Major League pitchers in RBI (11, Carlos Martinez) and runs scored (7), ranked T2nd in extra-base hits (4) and home runs (2), T4th in doubles (2), and T7th in hits (10) ... Shared the team lead in wins (12) while making 24 appearances (23 starts) during an injury-shortened season ... Was 8-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 11 home starts (64.1 IP). His .889 home win pct. ranked T2nd in the N.L. Was 5-0 with a 1.16 ERA (31.0 IP/4 ER) in five day starts at home ... Was one of 12 N.L. pitchers to record a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (37 total chances) ... Won 10+ games prior to the All-Star Break for the 5th time in his career despite beginning the year with three-straight losses for the the third time (2012, 2016-17) in his career ... Fanned Jacoby Ellsbury (4/16 at NYY) for his 1,500th career strikeout; part of a strike-them-out, throw-them-out double play as Yadier Molina nabbed Aaron Hicks attempting to steal second base ... Joined Bob Gibson as the only Cardinals pitchers in history to reach 1,500 strikeouts. Is one of 24 active pitchers with 1,500 strikeouts ... Collected career win No. 135 at MIL on 4/21, pushing him past Dizzy Dean (1930, '31-37) for 6th place on St. Louis all-time leaderboard ... Matched career-high 4 RBI in win 4/21 at MIL (2nd of career, 9/20/16 at COL), highlighted by go-ahead, 2-run HR into leftfield second deck off Wily Peralta. Also added two-run single for his 19th career 2-hit game (9th all-time among Cards pitchers). The only other Cardinals pitcher with two wins in which he had at least four RBIs was Bob Gibson, (four times) (Elias) ... Picked up 2nd straight win in Game 2 of St. Louis 4/27 doubleheader sweep of TOR, while passing Harry Brecheen's (1940, '43-52) 1790.1 innings pitched for 8th all-time in Cards franchise history ... Was 3-0, 2.64 ERA (30.2 IP) in five May starts, one of five pitchers with perfect win pct (min 4 GS) ... Allowed one run over a 4-start stretch (26.1 IP, 0.34 ERA) from 5/14-6/1 that included a 16.1 IP scoreless streak ... Had six-game win streak 4/21-6/1 which was tied for the longest win streak in National League at the time ... Underwent arthroscopic surgery on 10/3 to trim a small piece of cartilage from his right elbow (same procedure following 2014 season) ... For the third straight year, named Cardinals nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, which recognizes a player from each MLB Club who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
2016
Made a team-leading 33 starts, his most since 34 starts in 2013...Ranked among National League leaders in batters faced ( 847, 5th), innings pitched (198.2, 7th) and starts (T3rd). Also paced N.L. pitchers in hits (220) earned runs (102) and doubles allowed (48)...Notched 8th career season with 10 or more wins, tying Bill Sherdel (1920-29) and Bill Doak (1914-22) for 4th-most in Cards history (Bob Gibson leads with 14). Has posted 10 or more wins in each season with 10 or more starts...Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 21 of 33 starts, and 18 were quality starts. St. Louis was 22-11 in his starts...Finished 7th among N.L. pitchers with a 55.6% stolen base rate, allowing five steals in nine attempts...Named 2016 Rawlings National League Gold Glove Award finalist. Was one of six qualified N.L. pitchers to record a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (41 total chances) (min. 30 TC/162 G)...Ranked 3rd in the N.L. in double plays induced (27) and 2nd in GDP/9 IP (1.22)...Ranked 11th among National League pitchers in fewest HR/9 IP (1.00), yet yielded a careerhigh 22 home runs. Did not allow a home run over a nine-start stretch from 6/3-7/21 (66.2 IP), the longest homerless streak by a N.L. pitcher in 2016...Went 5-0 over a seven-start span (4/27-5/28), his five-game win streak tied for the longest by a Cardinal in 2016 (Wacha)...Allowed seven runs (six earned) over 5.0 IP for a win in STL's 12-10 victory at Angels (5/12), marking the 13th career outing allowing seven or more runs, but first occurance picking up the win (Cards are 2-11). It was also just the 4th time since 1984 a Cardinals starter had allowed seven or more runs and still received the win; since 1931, only teammate Lance Lynn (2013) did so pitching 5.0 innings as well...Went 3-1 with a 1.77 ERA (35.2 IP/ 7 ER) in July, ranking 7th in MLB ERA during the month...Was one of 18 N.L. pitchers to record a complete game shutout, firing a three-hit shutout (120 pitches) vs. MIA (7/16)...Posted an 18.0-inning scoreless streak from 7/7-21, the longest by a Cardinals pitcher in 2016...Allowed a season-high 26 runs (21 earned) in six August starts (31.0 IP), his most allowed surpassing 24 from August 2014...Picked up 14th career win vs. Milwaukee on 9/10 holding the Brewers to a run on six hits in 8.0 innings. His 14 wins over Milwaukee lead all active pitchers and are his most vs. an opponent in his career...Led Major League pitchers in RBI (18), doubles (7), extra-base hits (10). Ranked T1st in triples (1), T3rd in home runs (2) and T6th in hits (13)...Ten of his 13 hits went for extra bases (7 doubles, 1 triple, 2 homers)...Became first Cards pitcher in franchise history to record four three-RBI games in one season, and the first in MLB since Don Newcombe had four in 1955 (Wes Ferrell, 5, 1931, MLB record). His 18 RBI were most by Cards pitcher since Bob Gibson's 19 in 1965 and 1970...Hit a three-run triple in 4/27 outing at ARI, the second three-bagger of his career (last 10/2/09 vs. MIL, Braden Looper)...Doubled and slugged his 7th career home run vs. PHI (5/2), a three-run shot into Big Mac Land. The last Cards pitcher with a homer, double and 3 RBI in a game was Chris Carpenter at CIN (10/1/2009)...Recorded an extra base hit in four straight plate appearances (triple, home run, double, double) over three-game period (4/27- 5/7) to become the second pitcher since 1900 to record an extra-base hit in four consecutive at-bats (Snake Wiltse, Philadelphia A's, 8/10/1901 vs. the Senators, all in one game ). (Elias)...Hit a pinch-hit, game-winning, two-run double in the 12th inning of STL's extra-inning 9-3 win over PIT at PNC Park (6/10)...With double on 9/5 at PIT, became first pitcher in modern MLB history to produce extra-bases on nine consecutive hits, passing record owned by current teammate Mike Leake, who recorded extra bases on eight straight hits from 2014-15 (w/ Cincinnati) (Elias). While earning a win in his start at COL on 9/20, was 2-for-2 at the plate with a double and career-high 4 RBI. Became the 25th pitcher in Cardinals history with 4 or more RBI in a game and the most recent since Jake Westbrook (8/31/2011)...Named the Cardinals 2016 nominee for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award, which recognizes a player from each MLB Club who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
2015
Made four starts before landing on the disabled list with a ruptured right Achilles. Was ranked among the National Leagueleaders with a 1.44 ERA at the time of the injury…Injury occurred while batting during his 4/25 start at MIL (top of the 5th)…Missed 142 games before being activated on 9/30, and appearing in relief for one inning allowing one run. It was his first relief app. since Game 5 of the 2006 World Series (10/27/06) and his first regular season relief appearance since 9/30/06 vs. MIL…Was the Cardinals Opening Day starting pitcher at Wrigley Field on 4/5 (his 4th career Opening Day start) and made the home opening start at Busch Stadium vs. MIL on 4/13…Had a career-high scoreless streak of 27.0 innings snapped vs. MIL (4/13), dating back to 9/12/14 vs. COL…Hurled 6.0 scoreless innings, 5 hits, no walks, 6 strikeouts at CHI (4/5) in the season opener on ESPN Sunday Night baseball…Made his 3rd start of the season on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball 4/19 vs. CIN, tossing 8.0 innings allowing one run in a 2-1 Cardinals win, posting a game time of 2:02, the fastest game of the Cardinals season…Did not allow a run in 10.0 innings on the road (8 H, 0 BB, 10 K's) as a starting pitcher…Made three relief appearances over the final five games of the regular season, two scoreless.
2014
Finished 3rd in the N.L. Cy Young vote (Kershaw & Cueto) and 8th in N.L. MVP vote...Started 32 games, marking his 6th career season and 3rd consecutive to start 30 or more games...Posted a 20-9 record, his second season with 20 wins (2010). Became the first Cardinals pitcher since Joaquin Andujar (1984-85) to win 20 games in two different seasons...Prior to Andujar it was Bob Gibson (1965-66, 68-70) in five seasons...Had 12 starts with 7.0 or more scoreless innings, the most by an MLB pitcher since 1916...Has 39 wins over the past two seasons (2013-14), tied with Max Scherzer for the most in MLB...His 53 wins, 98 games started and 667.1 innings pitched since 2012 are the most among NL pitchers...Among NL leaders, ranked T2nd with 20 wins, 3rd with his 2.38 ERA, 2nd with 227.0 IP, T15th with 179 strikeouts, 2nd with 5 complete games and T1st with 3 shutouts...Was one of three N.L. pitchers with a one-hit and a two-hit complete game (Madison Bumgarner & Andrew Cashner)...His 18 complete games since the start of 2010 are tied with Roy Halladay for the most over that period. Has 9 shutouts since the start of 2010, tied with Clayton Kershaw for the most in that period...Hurled an N.L. co-leading three shutouts in 2014, his highest career single-season total...Ran off three scoreless inning streaks of 20.0 or more innings pitched. Relief pitcher Wade Davis (KC) was the only other pitcher with two streaks of 20.0 or more...His 25.0 inning scoreless streak (4/12-27) ranked 4th longest in N.L. The streak was snapped on 5/2 at CHI, 1.0 IP shy of his career-high streak of 26.0 scoreless innings...Joined teammate Lance Lynn as the first Cardinals pitchers with 175 or more strikeouts in three consecutive seasons since Bob Gibson (1970-72)...Hardest starting pitcher in the N.L. to homer off (0.40 HR/9 IP). Had allowed just 7 home runs all season before giving up 3 in his 9/2 start vs. PIT...Ranked 3rd among N.L. pitchers with 1.03 WHIP, 9.56 baserunners/9 IP, and 4th with a 7.30 hits/9 IP...Induced 24 double plays ranking T1st among N.L. pitchers and was 7th with 0.95 GIDP/9 IP. His 73 double plays since 2012, is tops in in MLB...Recorded monthly ERAs under 2.00 four times: April (1.42), June (1.16), July (1.62), September (1.38)...Ranked T2nd among MLB pitchers with 13 hits and T3rd with 6 RBI. Posted his 2nd career 3-RBI game vs. PIT (9/2)...Ranked T1st in NL with 11 road wins (11-6); 1st in road ERA (1.72)...Named to his 3rd All-Star game by vote of N.L. players and was honored as the starting pitcher, the 1st Cardinal since Chris Carpenter in 2005 to draw ASG start. (1.0 IP, 3 runs on 3 hits with 2 K's)...Posted his 100th career win with a 1-0 blanking of the Reds on 3/31 in his 3rd career Opening Day start. Worked 7.0 scoreless IP, fanning nine, at Great American Ball Park...Did not allow an extra base hit (9 singles) for 25.0 IP from 6th inn. on 4/12 vs. CHI to the 1st inn. on 5/2 at CHI...Joined Darryl Kile, Bob Tewksbury & John Denny as only Cardinals to have won 5 games in a single March/April with win #5 on 4/27 vs. MIL...Working on six days rest, threw a near perfect game on 5/20 vs. ARI, facing just one over the minimum. Pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout as he walked none and struck out nine in the 5-0 win. The one-hit CG was a career low...Moved into sole possession of 8th place on the STL All-Time wins list (107) with his 5/25 win at CIN...Earned N.L. co-Player of the Week honors 5/26 for his 2-0, 0.00 ERA week, leading the N.L. with 21 K's & 17.0 IPs, which included a complete game, 1-hitter (28 BF), season-high 12 strikeout game and a start of 8.0 scoreless IP...Snapped his 20.0 inning scoreless streak (5/13-30) with a run in the 1st inn. in his 5/30 start vs. SF...Had a 2-1 record with a 1.16 ERA in four June starts. His June ERA was fourth best in the National League...Allowed just 4 ER in his final six starts (0.81 ERA) leading into the All-Star break...Was 3-1 with a 1.62 ERA in five July starts. His 1.62 ERA ranked 4th among N.L. pitchers...Won a season-best five consecutive games over his final five starts, including two complete games...Pitched his 5th complete game and second in three starts 9/17 vs. MIL. Posted his ML-high 3rd CG shutout (9th career) while throwing 102 pitches. Broke up no-hitter with single in the 6th. His six career complete games are the most against the Brewers passing Greg Maddux...Named the N.L. Pitcher of the Month for September. His five Sept. wins were T1st in the N.L. and his 1.38 ERA ranked 6th...His 5-0 September record was the first month he'd won 5 or more games with no losses. He was 5-1 in Sept. of 2012...Underwent athroscopic surgery on 10/24 to trim a small piece of cartilage from his right elbow...Made 3 starts in the 2014 postseason and was 0-1 with a 5.63 ERA over 16.0 innings with 14 strikeouts...received a no decision in Game 1 of the NLDS at LAD (10/3) exiting after 4.1 innings allowing 6 runs on a career postseason high 11 hits in a game the Cardinals rallied to win, 10-9...took the loss in Game 1 of the NLCS vs. SF (10/11) surrendering three runs (2 ER) over 4.2 innings...fired 7.0 strong innings at SF (10/16) in Game 5, allowing two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts in his lowest pitch count of the postseason at 97 pitches.
2013
Made a team-leading 34 starts, tying his career high (2009) and was one of four pitchers in MLB to make 34 starts (T1st)... Winner of his 2nd career Rawlings Gold Glove award, as he flawlessly handled 61 total chances (1st in N.L.)... Finished 2nd in the National League Cy Young vote (Kershaw)... Finished the season T1st in the National League with 19 wins (Zimmermann, WSH)... Topped the Majors with 241.2 innings pitched and ranked 3rd in the National League with 219 strikeouts... Was 7th in the league with his 2.94 ERA, his 3rd season with a sub-3.00 ERA (2009: 2.63 & 2010: 2.42)... Had 10 starts wtih no walks. Walked just 35 batters, 3rd fewest among M.L. starters with 200+ IP (C. Lee, PHI 32 in 222.2 IP & B. Arroyo, CIN 34 in 202.0)... Among National League pitchers, ranked 2nd in BB/9 IP (1.30), 6th in HR/9 IP (0.56), 7th in WHIP (1.07) and T1st in ShO (2)... Had an MLB best 5 complete games and T1st with 2 shutouts (Kershaw & J. Zimmerman)... Selected to his 2nd All-Star Game, voted in by players, but did not make an appearance in the game... Has 1,127 strikeouts and moved into 2nd on the all-time Cardinals list on 9/7, passing Dizzy Dean (1,095)...passed Chris Carpenter (1,085) for 3rd on STL all-time strikeout list on 8/23... Did not walk a batter in first 34.2 IP to start the season season. Since 1900 it is the 2nd-longest STL streak: Slim Sallee in 1913, no walks in 1st 40.0 IP... Pitched a CG 4-hit shutout with 12 K's vs. MIL on 4/13. Became the 1st Cards pitcher since Bob Gibson (6/17/70) to pitch a CG shutout with a strikeout in every inning (tied career high)... Voted NL Pitcher of the Month for June; 4-2, 1.77 ERA in six starts... Recorded his 1,000th career strikeout 6/13 at NYM (D.Wright). Was the first N.L. pitcher to 10 wins, doing so at NYM on 6/13... Won his 15th game with a 3-1 complete game win over ATL on 8/23, his 5th CG of the season,16th career. It was his 50th career win at Busch Stadium III... Made 5 starts in the postseason and had a 2-3 record, 2.57 ERA...his 2.57 ERA ranked 2nd among 5-game starters during the postseason (Lester-BOS 1.56) and was T3rd among pitchers with 3 or more starts (Verlander-DET 0.39, Lester, Greinke-LAD 2.57)...led the team with 34 strikeouts, tied for the most among all pitchers (Scherzer-DET) and T9th-most in MLB singleseason history...went 2-0 in the Division Series vs. PIT, earning the win in both Game 1 and 5...pitched 7.0 innings in Game 1, allowing only 3 hits and one run (solo HR), striking out 9 (0BB)...pitched a complete game in Game 5 win, allowing one run on 8 hits in the decisive 6-1 win...allowed 2 runs on 6 hits (0BB, 5K) in his lone start in the League Championship Series (Game 3), a 3-0 loss at Los Angeles Dodgers...started Game 1 of the World Series at Boston and was charged with the loss, allowing 5 runs (3ER) in 5.0 IP...also started Game 5 and again took the loss, allowing Boston's 3 runs in the 3-1 defeat (7.0IP, 8H, 3R, BB, 10K).
2012
Tied for the N.L. lead in home wins with 10 (Bumgarner, Cueto, Dickey), going 10-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 17 home starts. His 184 strikeouts led the Cardinals and ranked 13th in the N.L. He was 12th in strikeouts/9.0 IP(8.34) and 12th in K/BB ratio
(3.54). Was T16th in wins (14) and T2nd in complete games (3)&shutouts (2). Ranked 6th in the N.L. in ground ball pct (66.0) & in ground ball/fly ball ratio (1.94). His 9 unearned runs ranked T8th in the NL. Went 5-1 in August, one of four NL pitchers to post five wins. Recorded two of his three complete games in August. Hit a solo HR, his 6th career, on 9/5 vs. the Mets. Committed just one error (6/12 vs. CWS) in 35 total chances for a .971 fielding pct. In five of six seasons has committed one error or less (most was 2 in 2007). Made his first start since 9/24/10 on 4/8 at MIL pitching 5.2 innings and allowing three runs in the loss. His first three starts of the season were all under 6.0 innings -the first time in his career ever to have three starts in a row that short. Started the season 0-3 for the first time in his career. Posted a 10-7 win vs. PIT on 5/1 in his first win since his final start of 2010 season (9/24 at CHI). Pitched his best game since coming back from his 2011 surgery on 5/22, throwing a complete game 4-0 shutout over SD.
Allowed just four hits, walked one and had nine strikeouts. Pitched his 2nd complete game of the season on 8/4 vs. MIL, allowing five hits and one run (1st inning), while walking none and striking out seven in the 6-1 win. Also had two hits, including the GWing RBI with an RBI double in the 3rd. Threw his 3rd complete game of the season, a five-hit shutout vs. Houston on 8/21. Struck out a season-high 12, matching his career high. 2012 POSTSEASON: Started three games during the playoffs...started Division Series Game 1 vs. Washington and struck out 10 over 5.2 IP allowing a single run but did not get a decision in the 3-2 loss...allowed 6 runs in 2.1 innings in his Game 5 start before team came back for dramatic 9th inning 9-7, come-from-behind win to send the team to the League Championship Series...earned
the win in LCS Game 4 vs.San Francisco...went 7.0 IP and allowed one run on four hits with five K's...it marked the first LCS start in his career.
2011
His season ended during Spring Training when it was announced he would need elbow ligament replacement surgery...Missed the entire season after surgery on his right elbow on 2/28 by team physician, Dr. George Paletta...Club exercised the options on his contract on 10/14 for both the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
2010
Finished another strong season, leading the Majors in several categories while posting his first 20-win season...Named to his first All-Star team and threw a scoreless 7th inning while fanning two in the N.L. win...His 2.42 ERA ranked 2nd in the National League, the 2nd-straight year he finished with an ERA under 3.00...Collected 20 wins for the first time in his career, 2nd only to R. Halladay (21) & had five complete games, also 2nd in the N.L...Pitched 230.1 innings, 3rd in the N.L. and his 213 strikeouts ranked 4th. The 213 K's were one more than his previous career high set in 2009 (212) and the most by a Cardinal since C. Carpenter fanned the same number in 2005...Set a career low with opponents hitting just .224, 7th among N.L. hurlers. Was also T7th as opponents batted just .200 with runners in scoring position...Had two shutouts, 6/4 vs. MIL and 8/6 at FLA, matching several Major League pitchers for 2nd most...Recorded 25 quality starts T1st among N.L. pitchers, beginning the season with seven-straight QS...Had a Major League record 28 consecutive quality starts at home that was snapped on 9/4 vs. CIN (five runs (2 ER) in 5.0 IP)...Had a 26.0 scoreless innings streak from 7/4-27 and a 25.0 inning scoreless streak from 8/1-18. The streaks were 5th and T7th longest in the N.L., respectively...Went 19-0 when receiving four or more runs of support...Was 12-3 with a 1.78 ERA (3rd in N.L.) when pitching at Busch (16 starts). He didn't lose a home start until 8/18 vs. MIL and tied for Majors lead in home wins. Was 8-8 in 17 road starts with a 3.08 ERA (9th)...His 1.89 day ERA was the lowest among N.L. pitchers, and had an 11-3 record in 15 daytime starts...His 8-0 April winning streak in 12 starts dating to '08 was snapped on 4/24 at SF. It was the longest April winning streak among active pitchers (Elias)...Threw his first career complete-game shutout 6/4 vs. MIL in an 8-0 win, retiring the last 18 batters...Earned his 20th win in his last start, 9/24 at CHI. He became the 4th Cardinals pitcher to record 20 wins under Dave Duncan's watch, joining Chris Carpenter, Matt Morris and Darryl Kile...Pinch hit three times in 2010 (0-3). Did not hit a HR for the first time during a full Major League season.
2009
Finished 3rd in N.L. Cy Young voting and had the most first-place votes in what was the 2nd-tightest race in the history of the
award...Was named the National League's Outstanding Pitcher of the Year by MLBPA Player's Choice Awards..Led the league in wins (19) and innings pitched (233.0) and had a career high 34 starts...Was first St. Louis pitcher to lead league in innings pitched since Joaquin Andujar in 1984 (261.1)...His 2.63 ERA was 4th-lowest in the league. His 2.05 home ERA ranked 4th and 2.39 night ERA 2nd in the league...Was baseball's first pitcher to 16, 17 and 18 wins...His 212 K's led all STL pitchers and ranked 4th in NL...Went 7-7 with a 2.05 ERA in 19 starts at Busch Stadium. Was 12-1, 3.39 ERA in 15 starts on the road - most road wins since Carpenter (12-2005)...Had a 26-start streak of working at least 6.0 IP snapped on 9/4 at PIT (5.0 IP), the longest Cards streak since Chris Carpenter had 28 games of 6.0 IP or longer from 4/16-9/13/05. Also had his 13-straight QS streak snapped on 9/4...In his last 27 starts (191.2 IP/48 ER) posted a 2.25 ERA from May 16 on - 2.03 ERA if you take away 9/4 start at PIT (6 ER)...Went 4-1, 1.17 ERA in six July starts and was 11-3 with a 1.90 ERA (128.0 IP/27ER) in 18 starts after July 1...Cards were 16-6 in his last 22 starts, scoring two runs or less in four of the six losses...Struck out 12 batters & allowed only one run in 9.0 innings, but took a no-decision in the Cards' 2-1 win vs. SF on 7/1...the last pitcher who did not win a game in which he threw at least 9.0 innings, gave up no more than one run and struck out at least 12 batters was Carlos Zambrano, on 7/22/05 in St. Louis...Hit his 2nd HR of the season, 5th career, in 8/14 win over SD. Pinch hit six times for Tony La Russa (0-5, SH).
2008
Went 11-3 with a 3.20 ERA in 20 starts during an injury shortened season...Cards went 15-5 in his 20 games started...Was on the disabled list and missed 65 games from 6/8-8/22 due to a right middle finger sprain...Made three rehab appearances, two at Memphis (AAA) and one at Springfield (AA) and combined to allow five runs on 12 hits
in 8.1 IP while walking two and fanning 10 (5.40 ERA)...Was tabbed as the team's Opening Day starter 3/31 vs. COL, and pitched 3.0 innings before rain forced a postponement and
canceled out a 5-1 lead...Opponents batted just .192 (30-156) off him during six starts, 4/16-5/12...Opponents batted just .192 (30-156) off him during six starts, 4/16-5/12...Was forced out of his start on 6/7 at HOU after 5.0 IP with a sprain to his right middle finger...Has a current and career-high 6-game winning streak that began on 6/7 at HOU...Went 5-0, 3.35 ERA (40.1 IP/15 ER) with 15 BB & 29 K in his seven starts after coming off the DL...Was 7-1 with a 2.63 ERA (78.2 IP / 23 ER) in 11 starts at home...Two of his three losses came on the road over nine starts (4-2, 4.05 ERA)...Was a perfect 3-0 in three starts with a 1.64 ERA vs. the N.L. East...3-1 with a 2.23 ERA in five starts vs. the West and 5-2,
3.88 in 11 Central-division starts...Pitched 6.0 or more innings in 15 of his 20 starts, over 6.0 IP in 11 starts and 8.0 innings or more in five of 20 starts...STL scored 107 runs when he pitched for a team-high 5.4 run support avg.
2007
After a successful season as a reliever, converted back to a starter and was one of team's most consistent and reliable... his 14 wins were the most ever by a Cardinals pitcher in their initial season in a starting role...with his start on 9/19 vs. PHI became the first Cardinals pitcher to start 30 games in his first season as a starter since teammate Rick Ankiel did so in 2000...Cardinals won 19 of his 32 games started, tops among the team's starters...was 7-5 after the All-Star break with a 2.71 ERA and in seven road starts after the break, was 5-2 with a 2.60 ERA...had quality starts in 10 of his last 12 outings...went 2-1 with a 1.87 ERA (33.2 IP / 7 ER) over his last five starts at Busch Stadium...led the team with 136 total strikeouts...finished 2-3 with a 3.69 ERA in six June starts, in July was 4-1 with a 3.09 ERA and lowered his August ERA to 2.00, with a 2-1 record in five starts...batted .290 and was 3-for-5 (.600) as a pinch hitter...started the inaugural Civil Rights exhibition game on 3/31 at AutoZone Park in Memphis and earned the win vs. CLE...made his first major league start on 4/6 at HOU and earned a 4-2 win...posted his first CG effort of his career on 8/10 vs. LA, throwing 121 pitches, in 2-1 loss...had not allowed a HR for six-plus starts, covering 47.0 IP, before Dodgers' James Loney touched him for a 2-run shot in 9th inning with the score knotted at 0-0.
2006
Rookie spent his first full season in the Majors. Led all St. Louis relievers with 23 Holds & 72 strikeouts...Ranked among NL rookie pitching leaders in ERA (3.12), opponent BA (.230) and games pitched (61)...Had 72 K's in 75.0 IP & 20 multi-K games in 61 appearances...Struck out 16 of the last 45 batters he faced over his last 11
games (11.2 IP). Was 12th among all N.L. relievers in baserunners allowed (10.8) per 9 IP...Had each of the team's two saves (9/27 vs. SD & 9/30 vs. MIL) after Isringhausen went down with injury on 9/5...Worked 1.1 IP 9/22 at HOU for 23rd Hold, but had his 8.2 scoreless IP string ended when he allowed two runs in the 8th...Handled the final out in 8th inn. 9/5 at WSH, stranding two runners, for his 22nd Hold...Fanned career-high four on 8/30 vs. FLA in 2.0 scoreless innings for 21st Hold...Recorded final 2 outs in 8th 8/17 vs. CIN, stranding potential go-ahead run at 3rd. Pitched 2.0 scoreless IP on 8/4 vs. MIL...Worked a perfect 1.2 IP for 17th Hold 7/26 at COL. Allowed 5 hits & 2 runs in two appearances at CHI from 7/29-30...Allowed a solo HR in the 8th 6/30 vs. KC that tied the game for his 2nd BlnSv on the year. Fanned 3 in 2.0 IP 6/27 vs. CLE...Suffered his first blown save 6/10 at MIL, allowing game-tying run in the 7th...Earned win on 5/24 at SF and HRed on the first pitch of his 1st career at-bat, as he joined Hoyt Wilhelm (NY Giants-1952) &
John Montefusco (SF Giants-1974) as only relievers to hit their first HR & gain win in the same game...Picked up 1st career save 5/19 at KC...walked the first batter then retired eight straight. Ended 9.0-inning scoreless streak that
spanned seven outings on 5/14 vs. ARI...Picked up first Major League win 5/9 vs. COL, tossing a perfect 8th inn...Allowed his first run of the season on 4/16 vs. CIN
(HR) ending 7.2 scoreless IP streak. Tossed 3.0 scoreless innings on 4/13 vs. MIL, allowing one hit...Opened the season on a Major League roster for the first time in his career.
2005
Earned his first taste of Major League action after a solid season at Triple-A Memphis...Posted a 10-10 record, 4.40 ERAin 29 starts for the Redbirds...Led the Pacific Coast League with 182.0 IP and ranked 2nd with
147 strikeouts...His 10 wins ranked T-5th in the league...By making his 29th start of the season, Wainwright tied the Memphis club record (Larry Luebbers, 1998). The total also
matched the PCL high...Also led the PCL in hits allowed (204), at-bats against (724), total batters faced (793) and wild pitches (12)...Won his last three starts at Memphis and allowed just three earned runs over his final 19.0 IP (1.42 ERA)...Was recalled to St. Louis prior to game 9/6 from Triple-A Memphis...Made his Major League debut on 9/11 vs. NY, allowing a 3-run homer (V. Diaz) in an inning of work...Logged a scoreless inning on 9/23 at MIL, his first appearance since his debut...Won four of his first six decisions spanning 10 starts in the months of April and May (4-2, 2.43 ERA, 66.2 IP / 18 ER)...Struggled in 12 starts in June and July, with a combined 2-6 mark and 5.71 ERA (75.2 IP / 48 ER)...Was stingy with two outs, limiting opponents to a .247 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs...Held
opponents to 29 hits in 125 at-bats (.232) with runners on base and two outs...Allowed seven hits in 16 at-bats (.438) in bases loaded situations...Pitched a season-high 8.0 innings on 7/2 at Nashville, allowing a run on five hits while fanning six, to snap a personal three-
game losing streak...Struck out 12 batters on 8/20 at Iowa in a 4-3 loss...walked two and allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits in 7.0 IP...Was named the PCL's Pitcher of the Week for the final week of the season...in two starts, he posted a pair of wins and an
0.75 ERA (12.0 IP / 1 ER) while striking out 14.
2004
His first triple-A season started in fine fashion before elbow discomfort forced him to discontinue throwing in June...Returned to action during the Arizona Fall League season, appearing in four games with Mesa Solar Sox...Went 2-0 with a 2.35 ERA in his first four starts for Memphis, striking out 23 while walking just six in 23.0 IP...Posted a 3-0 win over Albuquerque in his 4/9 season debut, allowing just two hits in 6.0 IP. Improved his record to 3-1 with a win over Portland on 5/13 (7.0 IP/1 ER)...Final win came on 6/2 vs. Colorado Springs, a game in which he fanned a season-high nine batters...Made his final start for Memphis in a loss to Iowa on 6/7 (5.1 IP/6 ER)...Was 0-1, 5.23 ERA in four starts for Mesa in Arizona Fall League action, striking out 12 batters in his 10.1 IP...For his minor league career, Adam has fanned 624 batters in 602.2 IP.
2003
Pitched his first season at the Double-A level, toiling for Greenville of the Southern League...Was named the Greenville Braves' Pitcher of the Year with a 10-8 record and a 3.37 ERA in 27 games (all starts)...In 149.2 innings pitched he walked just 37 batters while fanning 128. For his minor league career, Adam has fanned 560 batters in 539.0 IP...Ranked second in the league in starts and 10th in ERA...Earned league Pitcher of the Week honors for 8/22-28...In August he posted a 4-1 record with a 2.06 ERA.
2002
Pitching for Class-A Myrtle Beach, Adam led the Carolina League with 167 strikeouts in 163.1 IP...went 5-0 with a 2.47
ERA in eight starts 5/14-6/14...allowed two or fewer runs in five
straight starts 6/14-7/12...fanned a season-high 11 in a 4-1 win
over Potomac on 6/4...surrendered only seven homers in 163.1
IP...named the top prospect in the Braves' organization by
Baseball America...earned roster spot in the MLB Future's Game
in Milwaukee...threw a scoreless fourth inning with a strikeout for
the USA team.
2001
Named the organizations's top pitching prospect and #2 overall by Baseball America...Named the Braves top pitching prospect by Baseball Weekly...Led the organization in strikeouts with 184; breaking Bruce Chen's Macon record and leading the South Atlantic League...Was named Best Pitching Prospect in the SAL by Baseball America...His 28 games started tied a team record and his 164.2 innings pitched were third most in M-Braves history...Recorded one walk for every 3.83 K's this season, the 13th best single season ratio in M-Braves history.
2000
In his first professional season, he dominated in the Gulf Coast League, leading to a promotion after just seven starts... Baseball America rated him the 7th best prospect in the organization and as the top prospect in the Appalachian League last season. Had a ratio of one walk for every 6.75 strikeouts...Was named Gulf Coast Braves Pitcher of the Year. Named GCL player of the week 7/17-23.
