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: 15-12 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 0

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	65	2	Apr 5	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-5		99	4.1	10	5	4	1	3	0	0	8.31	2.45	23	98	63	13	6	10	9	9	0	0	27			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.405	1.31	-0.25%	-3.11	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a1
2	66	7	Apr 11	STL		MIL	W,10-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.48	1.79	22	94	64	24	6	5	9	8	0	0	70			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.123	.37	0.07%	2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
3	67	12	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	1	1	5	0	0	2.76	1.86	24	80	56	15	9	8	10	6	0	0	54			0	1	1	22	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.09	-0.038	1.17	-0.02%	-0.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
4	68	17	Apr 23	STL	@	SDP	W,11-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	2.82	2.88	26	97	55	16	2	8	13	4	0	0	52			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	1	2	0	1.19	-0.017	1.05	-0.01%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
5	69	22	Apr 28	STL	@	ARI	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	9	2	0	3.07	3.42	27	114	75	22	14	10	6	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	.46	-0.065	.49	-0.04%	0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
May				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
6	70	27	May 3	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	0	2.65	3.52	30	100	59	16	8	11	8	2	0	0	73			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.268	.86	0.14%	2.88	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	71	32	May 8	STL		PIT	L,5-10	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.12	3.63	26	106	66	15	10	7	11	6	1	0	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.212	1.02	-0.12%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	72	36	May 13	STL	@	LAD	L,4-8	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	4.0	8	6	2	3	2	0	0	3.23	3.70	25	92	57	14	5	10	10	7	0	0	29			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.02	-0.397	1.00	-0.23%	-4.08	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
9	73	41	May 19	STL		COL	W,13-7	GS-4		5	4.0	8	6	6	1	4	0	0	4.03	3.56	21	81	56	9	10	12	5	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.443	1.14	-0.25%	-4.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
10	74	46	May 24	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS-5	L(2-5)	4	4.0	8	8	8	4	4	1	0	5.04	3.83	24	94	55	19	6	5	11	9	1	0	14			1	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.407	.83	-0.30%	-6.06	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d8
11	75	51	May 29	STL	@	WSN	L,2-10	GS-6	L(2-6)	4	6.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.99	3.62	23	86	52	15	8	5	11	7	2	0	57			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.108	.88	-0.06%	0.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
12	76	56	Jun 4	STL		SFG	W,7-4	GS-5		5	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.16	3.55	22	86	53	15	8	2	14	7	0	0	41			0	0	0	19	3	1	1	0	1	0	.74	-0.180	.59	-0.09%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
13	77	61	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	GS-7		5	7.0	3	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.91	3.50	27	105	65	13	10	14	5	2	1	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.051	.82	0.03%	1.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
14	78	66	Jun 17	STL		TEX	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-7)	6	7.2	6	1	1	2	7	1	0	4.56	3.53	30	103	72	17	11	11	10	5	2	0	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.226	.82	0.12%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
15	79	71	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS-7	W(3-7)	4	6.2	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.41	3.60	24	106	68	20	9	7	10	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.279	.75	0.19%	1.40	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a5
16	80	76	Jun 28	STL	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-6	W(4-7)	5	6.0	9	4	3	1	4	0	0	4.42	3.52	28	99	68	15	7	11	12	6	2	0	43			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.068	1.09	0.04%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
Jul				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
17	81	81	Jul 3	STL		MIL	W,9-8	GS-5	W(5-7)	4	5.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	0	4.38	3.41	24	93	62	11	8	9	8	7	0	0	46			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.014	1.39	0.01%	0.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
18	82	86	Jul 8	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.2	5	3	3	2	8	3	0	4.36	3.67	28	97	64	16	13	9	9	6	0	0	58			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.081	1.04	-0.05%	0.43	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d1
19	83	91	Jul 17	STL		MIA	L,3-6	GS-5		8	4.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.45	3.63	21	101	60	14	5	10	5	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	-0.201	1.54	-0.13%	-1.44	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d2
20	84	96	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	10	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.37	3.67	28	98	64	15	12	11	12	6	3	0	47			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.073	1.97	0.06%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
21	85	102	Jul 28	STL	@	MIA	W,5-4	GS-6	W(6-7)	5	6.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.38	3.72	22	80	56	14	3	12	8	4	1	0	54			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.090	1.05	0.08%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
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
22	86	107	Aug 3	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-5	W(7-7)	5	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.35	3.68	21	85	54	14	8	13	4	3	0	0	49			0	0	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.115	1.19	0.08%	0.50	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a3
23	87	112	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.45	3.70	24	86	50	18	6	8	9	6	1	0	38			3	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.218	1.00	-0.13%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
24	88	145	Sep 14	STL		CHC	L,0-7	9-GF		36	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.62	3.77	6	28	17	2	4	1	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.013	.07	-0.01%	-2.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
25	89	151	Sep 20	STL	@	COL	W,10-5	7-8		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.56	3.74	7	26	17	5	2	3	3	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.025	.35	0.03%	1.15	7b --- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a6
26	90	156	Sep 26	STL		CIN	L,2-15	2-4		5	2.2	9	7	7	0	1	1	0	4.93	3.81	17	60	41	11	2	7	9	5	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.186	1.30	-0.26%	-4.86	2t --- 0 out d2	4t -2- 2 out d8
27	91	161	Oct 1	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-1		4	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.09	3.91	6	29	17	4	1	0	4	2	1	0	37			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.243	3.14	-0.38%	-2.52	1t start tie	1t 3 out d3
							15-12		W-L:7-7	4.7	138.0	159	86	78	45	114	15	1	5.09	3.91	606	2324	64%	16%	8%	0.96		30%	5%	0	48	0	---%	6	2	2	551	41	4	6	11	5	7	.95	-1.882	1.02	-1.50%	-18.04

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