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Adam Wainwright Biography
Adam Wainwright is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 30, 1981 in Brunswick, Brunswick, United States. MLB starting pitcher who won a World Series Championship with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and was a member of the Cardinals’ 2011 World Series Championship team. He led the National League in wins in 2009 and was selected to his first All-Star game in 2010.
He became a member of the Cardinals when the Atlanta Braves traded him for J.D. Drew .
When the Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 MLB draft, Wainwright chose to forgo college to go straight to the pros, signing a contract that included a $1.25 million bonus. The Braves had been his favorite team growing up. Less than two weeks after high school graduation, Wainwright reported to the Braves rookie team and soon advanced to Atlanta’s Class A Danville Braves in the Appalachian League. He pitched for the Macon Braves in the South Atlantic League in 2001, where he broke the team record for strikeouts, previously held by Bruce Chen, with 184.
Wainwright attended high school at Glynn Academy in his native Brunswick, where he was an athletic and academic standout. A multi-sport athlete, Wainwright also played football, in which he was named to the All-State team as a wide receiver his junior and senior years as well as All-Region honors as a placekicker. With a fastball over 90 mph and batting average at times over .500, his future would lie in baseball, however, and Wainwright was named Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year in 2000. He garnered considerable interest from colleges and universities, including Georgia Tech, offering both academic and baseball scholarships.
He has four daughters with Jenny Curry, whom he married in 2004.
| Name | Adam Wainwright |
| First Name | Adam |
| Last Name | Wainwright |
| Occupation | Baseball Player |
| Birthday | August 30 |
| Birth Year | 1981 |
| Place of Birth | Brunswick |
| Home Town | Brunswick |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Jenny Curry |
| Children(s) | Baylie Grace Wainwright, Morgan Addison Wainwright, Macy Wainwright |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Wainwright married his high school sweetheart, Jenny Curry, in 2004. In a quirk of fate, he was in the midst of proposing to Curry in December 2003, when a telephone call interrupted him to inform him he’d been traded from the Braves to the Cardinals. Mrs. Wainwright holds a degree in interior design from Georgia Southern University. In the off-season, the Wainwrights reside on St. Simons Island, Georgia, with their four daughters and adopted son. Wainwright has openly expressed his Christian faith, and is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Adam Wainwright Net Worth
Adam Wainwright is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Adam Wainwright's net worth $55 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He passed on a scholarship to Georgia Tech University after being selected 29th overall by the Atlanta Braves in 2000.
He had Tommy John surgery in 2011, causing him to miss nearly the entire MLB season. He returned not long after and tied for the most wins in the National League in 2013 with 19.
Adam Parrish Wainwright (born August 30, 1981), nicknamed “Uncle Charlie”, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia. His performance in the minor leagues brought him notice as one of the Braves’ top pitching prospects. The Braves traded him to the Cardinals after the 2003 season, receiving outfielder J. D. Drew in a deal which has since been considered lopsided in favor of the Cardinals. Wainwright made his MLB debut on September 11, 2005, against the New York Mets.
| Net Worth | $55 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Baseball Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Wainwright pitched just 12 games for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds when he was shut down for nearly all the rest of the season with an elbow strain. There, he had a 4–4 win–loss record (W–L) with a 5.37 earned run average (ERA) in 63⅔ innings pitched (IP). He struck out 64 and allowed 68 H and 28 BB. In the Arizona Fall League, he returned to pitch ten innings. The next season, he spent with Memphis, starting 29 games, completing 182 IP and allowing 204 hits, 51 BB and striking out 147. His W–L record was 10–10. After two somewhat uneven seasons in the Cardinals’ minor-league system, Wainwright made his MLB debut for St. Louis on September 11, 2005.
The Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, and called upon Wainwright to start Game 1 against Jon Lester. It was Wainwright’s first World Series appearance since 2006, and first start. He allowed five runs and St. Louis lost, 8–1. In Game 5, a rematch against Lester, the Cardinals again lost, this time 3–1. Wainwright struck out 10 in seven innings, becoming the first Cardinal to reach double digits in strikeouts in a World Series game since Gibson against the Detroit Tigers in 1968. After the Cardinals took a 2–1 Series lead, the Red Sox won the final three games to take the title.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Adam Wainwright height 6 ft 7 in Adam weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 ft 7 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Wainwright spent the 2002 season in the Carolina League and also participated in that season’s All-Star Futures Game. In 2003, Wainwright advanced to the Braves’ Double-A club, Greenville. He was Baseball America’s top Braves prospect in 2003. In December of that year, the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Wainwright with pitchers Jason Marquis and Ray King in a trade that sent outfielder J. D. Drew and utility player Eli Marrero to the Braves.
After spending his first full MLB season as a relief pitcher, Wainwright briefly assumed closer duties, saving the series-clinching games of both the 2006 National League Championship Series and World Series. The next season, he returned to starting pitching, a role in which he has since remained, except for 2011, which he missed due to Tommy John surgery. He emerged as an ace as he led the National League multiple times in wins, innings pitched, and games started. He also has multiple top-ten finishes in earned run average, strikeouts, walks plus hits per inning pitched, and complete games. In 2014, he became the first pitcher in Major League history to post 9 of his first 18 starts with seven innings pitched and no runs allowed. In his career, Wainwright has won more than 150 games, three All-Star selections, two Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and finished in the top three in the Cy Young Award balloting four times.
Who is Adam Wainwright Dating?
According to our records, Adam Wainwright married to Jenny Curry . As of December 1, 2023, Adam Wainwright’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Adam Wainwright. You may help us to build the dating records for Adam Wainwright!Wainwright made the Cardinals’ Opening Day roster as a relief pitcher after having been a starter for his entire minor-league career. On May 24, 2006, he hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as batter in the major leagues against the San Francisco Giants’ Noah Lowry; he became the 22nd batter in Major League history and 11th National Leaguer to hit a home run off the first pitch thrown in his first at-bat.
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Wainwright moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation for 2007. Shortly after losing ace Chris Carpenter for the year due to elbow surgery, Wainwright emerged as the Cardinals’ most reliable starter. On August 10, he threw the first complete game of his career, a 2–1 loss to Los Angeles, and the only nine-inning complete game for the Cardinals that season. By September, Wainwright had established himself as the staff ace in Carpenter’s absence, going 9–6 with a 2.94 ERA from mid-May to the end of the season. He finished his first year by leading the club in almost every pitching category—games started, innings pitched, strikeouts, and wins—while compiling a 3.70 ERA and a 14–12 record. His 14 wins were the most in franchise history for a first-year starter. His 2.71 ERA after the All-Star break was third-best in the NL.
Why is Wainwright called Uncle Charlie?
Uncle Charlie originated from his Fantasy Football name that he used for his charity, Big League Impact. He created his Twitter account because of his charity and moved his nickname over. That’s what it’s been ever since. “Everywhere I go, people call me Waino or Uncle Charlie,” Wainwright said.
What is Adam Wainwright's current era?
| 435 | 189-109 | 3.34 |
How much does Adam Wainwright weigh?
229 lbs
What teams have Adam Wainwright played for?
St. Louis Cardinals
What is high cheese in baseball?
cheese. A fastball, particularly one that is difficult to hit. A fastball high in the strike zone is also called high cheese, and one low in the zone can be called cheese at the knees. ‘Easy Cheese’ refers to the seemingly effortless motion of a pitcher as he throws a fastball at very high velocity.
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