Michael Wacha

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: July 1, 1991 in Iowa City, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

High School: Pleasant Grove HS (Texarkana, TX)

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: May 30, 2013 (Age 21-333d, 20,405th in major league history)
vs. KCR 7.0 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$16M (24) & 25 player option

Service Time (01/2024): 10.062 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: CAA Sports

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Michael Joseph Wacha

Nicknames: Wach or Wachamole

Pronunciation: \WALK-uh\

Twitter: @MichaelWacha

Instagram: @mwacha52

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.2

13.3

ERA

3.81

3.96

254

233

28.1

1316.1

1170

WHIP

1.271

1.291

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-9 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 2

2013 Pitching Game Log

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2013 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	53	May 30	STL		KCR	L,2-4	GS-7		99	7.0	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.29	1.33	23	93	67	18	12	10	7	2	1	0	75			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.312	1.06	0.21%	2.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	58	Jun 4	STL		ARI	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.2	10	6	6	1	4	1	0	5.40	2.71	25	89	58	16	7	8	12	4	3	0	23			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.476	1.14	-0.32%	-4.17	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
3	3	64	Jun 11	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.58	3.61	25	102	62	19	7	8	10	3	0	0	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	.84	-0.021	.93	-0.01%	0.50	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	116	Aug 10	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS-5		59	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.37	4.11	23	99	61	20	9	5	11	5	3	0	50			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.016	1.18	0.01%	0.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
5	5	119	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,1-5	7-8		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.01	3.70	6	22	19	4	9	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.08	0.01%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
6	6	122	Aug 17	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.86	3.44	3	20	14	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.034	.53	0.02%	0.82	9b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
7	7	124	Aug 19	STL	@	MIL	W,8-5	7-7	BW(2-0)	1	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.73	3.84	7	30	18	5	2	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.562	1.65	-0.42%	-2.54	7b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out d1
8	8	127	Aug 22	STL		ATL	W,6-2	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.55	3.73	4	15	7	1	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.019	.53	0.02%	0.45	8t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
9	9	130	Aug 25	STL		ATL	L,2-5	8-GF		2	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.30	3.59	6	29	18	3	6	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.23	-0.013	.28	-0.01%	0.08	8t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
10	10	133	Aug 28	STL		CIN	L,0-10	3-6		2	4.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.78	3.20	16	65	45	9	12	4	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	.02	0.00%	1.79	3t --- 0 out d9	6t 3 out d9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	138	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.20	3.18	22	80	50	13	7	9	8	2	0	0	67			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.340	1.64	0.34%	2.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
12	12	143	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,9-2	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.72	3.20	23	97	57	18	5	8	11	3	0	0	73			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.38	0.158	.97	0.24%	3.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
13	13	148	Sep 14	STL		SEA	L,1-4	GS-5	L(3-1)	5	5.0	4	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.81	3.15	23	93	57	11	13	6	7	4	1	0	54			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.031	2.70	-0.03%	0.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	14	153	Sep 19	STL	@	COL	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.2	12	4	4	0	7	1	0	3.21	3.12	25	88	63	16	13	9	9	8	1	0	31			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.151	1.72	-0.18%	-1.72	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out tie
15	15	158	Sep 24	STL		WSN	W,2-0	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.2	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.78	2.92	29	112	77	22	10	9	9	5	1	0	89			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.489	2.07	0.64%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
							6-9		W-L:4-1,BSv:1	3.4	64.2	52	20	20	19	65	5	0	2.78	2.92	260	1034	65%	17%	12%	0.86		24%	6%	0	57	2	50%	1	0	0	237	9	1	0	6	3	1	.86	0.126	1.32	0.51%	8.35

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