Adam Parrish Wainwright is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)
Wainwright was born in Brunswick, Georgia, to real estate agent Nancy Wainwright and attorney Bill Wainwright.
When he was seven years old, his parents divorced and his father moved to Florida, leaving only Wainwright’s mother to raise him and his older brother Trey, who is now an attorney in Atlanta.
After their father left, Wainwright credits Trey, seven years his senior, with teaching him everything he knows about sports, including building a pitcher’s mound in their back yard to teach him how to pitch.
Wainwright was also a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and church volunteer, as well as a lifelong Atlanta Braves fan.
In the first round of the 2000 amateur draft, the Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia.
Wainwright has won over 150 games, three All-Star selections, two Gold Glove Awards, and four times finished in the top three of the Cy Young Award balloting.
Wainwright ranks second in Cardinals franchise history in strikeouts with 2,042 through the 2021 season, trailing only Bob Gibson (3,117)
