How many strikeouts (pitching) did Adam Wainwright have in 2016?
1612016 Regular Season
Adam Wainwright recorded 161 strikeouts (pitching) in the 2016 regular season, 46th in the MLB.
- 7th-best of Adam Wainwright's 18 seasons on file; the high is 219 in 2013.
- Up 141 from 20 in 2015.
- 14% of the St. Louis Cardinals' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
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| 2005 |  STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2006 | STL | 61 | 2 | 1 | 3.12 | 75.0 | 72 | 22 | 1.15 | 3 |
| 2007 | STL | 32 | 14 | 12 | 3.70 | 202.0 | 136 | 70 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 2008 | STL | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3.20 | 132.0 | 91 | 34 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2009 | STL | 34 | 19 | 8 | 2.63 | 233.0 | 212 | 66 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 2010 | STL | 33 | 20 | 11 | 2.42 | 230.1 | 213 | 56 | 1.05 | 0 |
| 2012 | STL | 32 | 14 | 13 | 3.94 | 198.2 | 184 | 52 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2013 | STL | 34 | 19 | 9 | 2.94 | 241.2 | 219 | 35 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 2014 | STL | 32 | 20 | 9 | 2.38 | 227.0 | 179 | 50 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 2015 | STL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1.61 | 28.0 | 20 | 4 | 1.04 | 0 |
| 2016 | STL | 33 | 13 | 9 | 4.62 | 198.2 | 161 | 59 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 2017 | STL | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5.11 | 123.1 | 96 | 45 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2018 | STL | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4.46 | 40.1 | 40 | 18 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 2019 | STL | 31 | 14 | 10 | 4.19 | 171.2 | 153 | 64 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2020 | STL | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3.15 | 65.2 | 54 | 15 | 1.05 | 0 |
| 2021 | STL | 32 | 17 | 7 | 3.05 | 206.1 | 174 | 50 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2022 | STL | 32 | 11 | 12 | 3.71 | 191.2 | 143 | 54 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 2023 | STL | 21 | 5 | 11 | 7.40 | 101.0 | 55 | 41 | 1.90 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV