Veteran Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Announces His Official Retirement Following a Prolonged Career
Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals has formally retired from the major leagues after 19 years of service.
On Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright formally announced his retirement, as we all already knew.
After the 2023 season, the seasoned righty made it plain that he was done, but you can check his formal retirement documents on social media, which he shared below:
We’re all thrilled for
him since, as he mentioned in his retirement papers, he bought a dog!
Although Wainwright’s future plans are unknown, it seems likely that he will do some broadcasting given his growing popularity as a country music performer and his recent appearance on MLB playoff coverage.
One of the most successful pitchers of his time, Wainwright’s career stats were 200–128. Along with making three All-Star teams and collecting two Gold Gloves, he threw to a lifetime 3.53 ERA.
He left a significant vacuum in the Cardinals’ clubhouse in 2024 and contributed to their World Series victory in 2006.
In 2023, St. Louis had a terrible year and placed last in the National League Central. They will need to recruit many fresh arms to aid in the starting rotation and replace Wainwright’s leadership if they are to compete the following season. He and Yadier Molina are two well-known Cardinals who have retired in consecutive offseasons.Over the offseason, we’ll have more on Wainwright’s next actions.
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Jupiter, Florida — Adam Wainwright recalls exactly where he was on that melancholy December morning when the St. Louis Cardinals lost their finest hitter of his generation.
The St. Simons Island, Georgia resident Wainwright recalled, “I was on the golf course, on hole No. 4 at Frederica Golf Club at home when I found out that he had signed with the Angels.” “How big that was, that was a life-altering, shifting moment.”
That occurred in 2011, just after Cardinals player Albert Pujols had won his second championship. It seemed unthinkable on a day similar to Monday when Pujols agreed to sign a $2.5 million contract to play one last season in St. Louis. The Angels signed him to a two-decade contract worth of $240 million when he was thirty-one years old, in addition to a ten-year personal services contract when he retired. It appeared to be the irreversible loss of an ideal match.
