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: 16-8 / in Starts: 16-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	226	3	Apr 1	SDP		COL	W,8-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	6.00	6.26	26	83	53	15	9	6	15	3	2	0	43			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.008	1.00	-0.01%	-1.01	8.10	18.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	227	9	Apr 8	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	6.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.00	3.34	21	95	61	17	16	6	4	2	0	0	77			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.335	.76	0.19%	3.28	35.70	58.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
3	228	15	Apr 14	SDP		MIL	L,2-11	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	4.1	11	7	7	1	3	2	0	6.06	4.72	23	93	57	15	7	6	13	6	0	0	15			0	0	0	22	6	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.342	.46	-0.20%	-4.19	-5.45	1.00	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d6
4	229	21	Apr 20	SDP	@	ARI	W,7-5	GS-4		5	4.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	7.08	4.29	23	81	56	12	2	4	15	10	0	0	24			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.299	1.08	-0.17%	-2.90	-1.60	6.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
5	230	26	Apr 26	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-5		5	5.0	4	3	3	1	5	1	0	6.75	4.32	20	99	63	16	9	4	10	4	0	0	51			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.105	.90	-0.06%	-0.27	12.25	21.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	231	31	May 2	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	GS-6		5	6.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	5.46	4.21	24	100	60	19	5	4	14	1	5	0	69			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.365	1.24	0.23%	2.99	16.50	31.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
7	232	36	May 9	SDP	@	MIN	W,6-1	GS-6	W(3-1)	6	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.82	4.09	24	91	54	12	9	8	9	3	2	0	63			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.228	1.17	0.14%	2.10	19.90	37.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	233	42	May 15	SDP		KCR	W,4-0	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	7.0	1	0	0	1	11	0	1	4.06	3.59	24	103	70	13	18	5	6	1	1	0	85			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.306	.52	0.14%	3.10	39.95	64.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
9	234	47	May 21	SDP		BOS	W,7-0	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	6.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.58	3.45	22	88	59	14	12	5	12	6	1	0	65			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.161	.31	0.06%	2.99	21.90	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
10	235	52	May 27	SDP	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.45	3.52	24	92	69	17	12	9	11	4	3	0	63			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.109	.71	0.05%	1.65	16.75	31.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
11	236	57	Jun 2	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.2	3	2	2	5	8	1	0	3.48	3.69	22	102	64	16	13	3	6	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.012	.83	-0.01%	0.26	17.70	32.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
12	237	62	Jun 7	SDP		SEA	W,10-3	GS-6	W(6-2)	4	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.18	3.49	21	82	54	16	12	2	11	4	2	0	74			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.216	.42	0.08%	2.99	29.70	49.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
13	238	67	Jun 14	SDP		CLE	W,5-0	GS-7	W(7-2)	6	6.2	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.89	3.38	24	94	62	16	11	2	16	8	5	0	70			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.312	.67	0.15%	2.72	26.00	45.00	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a4
14	239	72	Jun 19	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	2.90	3.76	24	93	55	14	3	11	11	2	1	0	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.179	.68	0.09%	1.05	5.90	16.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
15	240	83	Jul 1	SDP	@	CIN	W,12-5	GS-5	W(8-2)	11	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.84	3.71	21	87	53	15	8	7	8	4	0	0	55			1	1	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.176	.35	0.03%	1.73	17.05	30.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	241	120	Aug 15	SDP		BAL	W,10-3	GS-5	W(9-2)	44	5.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	1	2.68	3.64	20	77	48	17	8	6	7	1	0	0	65			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.107	.09	0.02%	2.49	22.25	36.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a7
17	242	126	Aug 21	SDP		MIA	W,6-2	GS-6	W(10-2)	5	5.1	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.63	3.67	22	94	61	20	12	5	8	6	1	0	59			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.164	.16	0.02%	1.72	23.80	40.00	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a5
18	243	131	Aug 27	SDP	@	MIL	L,6-10	GS-6		5	5.1	4	4	4	5	5	1	0	2.84	3.83	25	97	62	18	7	8	7	2	2	0	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.028	.10	0.00%	0.18	8.60	19.00	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
19	244	136	Sep 1	SDP		SFG	W,7-3	GS-6	W(11-2)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.85	3.86	26	108	70	21	9	6	12	6	2	0	56			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.094	.01	0.00%	0.99	20.70	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
20	245	141	Sep 6	SDP		PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	L(11-3)	4	4.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.99	3.93	22	94	63	16	9	2	11	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.126	.03	0.00%	-1.01	9.00	21.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
21	246	146	Sep 12	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-11	GS-4	L(11-4)	5	4.0	7	7	7	3	3	2	0	3.43	4.16	22	86	56	10	8	9	7	3	0	0	20			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-4.83	-5.00	0.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
22	247	151	Sep 18	SDP		COL	W,11-9	GS-5	W(12-4)	5	5.0	5	3	2	0	6	0	0	3.44	4.02	21	91	61	15	15	8	7	4	1	0	53			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.104	.01	0.00%	-0.51	20.25	33.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
23	248	156	Sep 24	SDP		STL	W,12-2	GS-7	W(13-4)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.39	4.01	27	104	69	19	15	7	13	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.140	.01	0.00%	1.49	23.55	43.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
24	249	161	Sep 30	SDP	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(14-4)	5	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.22	3.89	25	87	60	13	11	2	15	4	3	0	77			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.156	.00	0.00%	3.69	31.35	52.00	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a6
							16-8		W-L:14-4	5.0	134.1	113	49	48	43	124	15	3	3.22	3.89	553	2221	65%	17%	11%	0.54		25%	9%	0	56		---%	4	3	0	505	32	1	0	5	2	3	.87	1.768	.48	0.76%	20.67	414.85	763.00

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