Michael Wacha

Q: Where was Michael Wacha born?

Michael Wacha was born in Iowa City, IA .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Kansas City Royals (majors)

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, 20,406th 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

3.5

16.6

101

ERA

3.35

3.89

278

257

166.2

1454.2

145

1290

WHIP

1.194

1.281

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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	GmSc	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLi	RE24
2024-10-10	KCR		NYY	L 1-3	GS-5, L	4	4.2	6	2	2	1	2	0	19	64	42	13	4	8	8	6	2	45	-0.024	0.96	-0.30%	18.83	0.016
2024-10-05	KCR	@	NYY	L 5-6	GS-5	8	4.0	4	3	3	3	3	1	19	70	44	9	11	2	11	3	3	42	-0.081	1.25	-0.70%	19.52	-0.405
2024-09-26	KCR	@	WSN	W 7-4	GS-5	5	5.0	5	4	3	1	2	1	22	83	58	10	7	9	10	3	2	44	-0.160	1.13	-0.15%	1.80	-1.573
2024-09-20	KCR		SFG	L 1-2	GS-6, L	5	5.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	23	96	65	13	12	9	8	3	1	53	0.043	1.05	0.02%	0.96	0.789
2024-09-14	KCR	@	PIT	W 5-1	GS-5, W	5	5.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	22	93	62	11	18	3	8	1	2	60	0.203	1.36	0.16%	1.79	1.567

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
2013	21	STL	NL	1.9	4	1	.800	2.78	15	9	2	0	0	0	64.2	52	20	20	5	19	0	65	0	0	3	260	135	2.92	1.098	7.2	0.7	2.6	9.0	3.42
2014	22	STL	NL	1.4	5	6	.455	3.20	19	19	0	0	0	0	107.0	95	41	38	6	33	0	94	5	0	2	447	114	3.17	1.196	8.0	0.5	2.8	7.9	2.85
2015	23	STL	NL	3.0	17	7	.708	3.38	30	30	0	0	0	0	181.1	162	74	68	19	58	4	153	6	1	4	762	116	3.87	1.213	8.0	0.9	2.9	7.6	2.64	AS
2016	24	STL	NL	-0.2	7	7	.500	5.09	27	24	1	0	0	0	138.0	159	86	78	15	45	6	114	1	0	6	606	80	3.91	1.478	10.4	1.0	2.9	7.4	2.53
2017	25	STL	NL	1.5	12	9	.571	4.13	30	30	0	1	1	0	165.2	170	82	76	17	55	3	158	3	0	5	701	102	3.63	1.358	9.2	0.9	3.0	8.6	2.87
2018	26	STL	NL	1.1	8	2	.800	3.20	15	15	0	0	0	0	84.1	68	36	30	9	36	0	71	2	1	2	355	121	4.22	1.233	7.3	1.0	3.8	7.6	1.97
2019	27	STL	NL	0.2	6	7	.462	4.76	29	24	0	0	0	0	126.2	143	71	67	26	55	4	104	3	0	2	562	88	5.61	1.563	10.2	1.8	3.9	7.4	1.89
2020	28	NYM	NL	-0.2	1	4	.200	6.62	8	7	0	0	0	0	34.0	46	26	25	9	7	0	37	2	0	2	156	65	5.25	1.559	12.2	2.4	1.9	9.8	5.29
2021	29	TBR	AL	-0.5	3	5	.375	5.05	29	23	1	0	0	0	124.2	132	73	70	23	31	0	121	4	0	5	528	80	4.47	1.307	9.5	1.7	2.2	8.7	3.90
2022	30	BOS	AL	3.3	11	2	.846	3.32	23	23	0	1	1	0	127.1	111	49	47	18	31	0	104	4	0	4	515	127	4.14	1.115	7.8	1.3	2.2	7.4	3.35
2023	31	SDP	NL	2.5	14	4	.778	3.22	24	24	0	0	0	0	134.1	113	49	48	15	43	0	124	3	1	3	553	131	3.89	1.161	7.6	1.0	2.9	8.3	2.88
2024	32	KCR	AL	3.5	13	8	.619	3.35	29	29	0	0	0	0	166.2	154	65	62	17	45	1	145	5	0	3	685	126	3.65	1.194	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.8	3.22
12 Yrs				17.3	101	62	.620	3.89	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0	2.82
162 Game Avg				2.2	13	8	.620	3.89	35	33	1	0	0	0	185	179	85	80	23	58	2	164	5	0	5	779	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0	2.82

STL (7 Yrs)				8.8	59	39	.602	3.91	165	151	3	1	1	0	867.2	849	410	377	97	301	17	759	20	2	24	3693	102	3.96	1.325	8.8	1.0	3.1	7.9	2.52
KCR (1 Yr)				3.5	13	8	.619	3.35	29	29	0	0	0	0	166.2	154	65	62	17	45	1	145	5	0	3	685	126	3.65	1.194	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.8	3.22
TBR (1 Yr)				-0.5	3	5	.375	5.05	29	23	1	0	0	0	124.2	132	73	70	23	31	0	121	4	0	5	528	80	4.47	1.307	9.5	1.7	2.2	8.7	3.90
SDP (1 Yr)				2.5	14	4	.778	3.22	24	24	0	0	0	0	134.1	113	49	48	15	43	0	124	3	1	3	553	131	3.89	1.161	7.6	1.0	2.9	8.3	2.88
BOS (1 Yr)				3.3	11	2	.846	3.32	23	23	0	1	1	0	127.1	111	49	47	18	31	0	104	4	0	4	515	127	4.14	1.115	7.8	1.3	2.2	7.4	3.35
NYM (1 Yr)				-0.2	1	4	.200	6.62	8	7	0	0	0	0	34.0	46	26	25	9	7	0	37	2	0	2	156	65	5.25	1.559	12.2	2.4	1.9	9.8	5.29

NL (9 Yrs)				11.1	74	47	.612	3.91	197	182	3	1	1	0	1036.0	1008	485	450	121	351	17	920	25	3	29	4402	103	3.99	1.312	8.8	1.1	3.0	8.0	2.62
AL (3 Yrs)				6.2	27	15	.643	3.85	81	75	1	1	1	0	418.2	397	187	179	58	107	1	370	13	0	12	1728	108	4.04	1.204	8.5	1.2	2.3	8.0	3.46

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
2013	21	STL	NL,WS	4	1	.800	2.64	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	16	9	9	3	12	3	33	1	0	0	119	1.47	0.913	4.7	0.9	3.5	9.7	2.75	NLCS MVP
2014	22	STL	NL	0	1	.000	81.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	51.13	9.000	54.0	27.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2015	23	STL	NL	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	21	11.90	2.077	12.5	6.2	6.2	10.4	1.67

2021	29	TBR	AL	0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	6	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	5.05	3.375	30.4	3.4	0.0	13.5

2024	32	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	5.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	38	4.90	1.615	10.4	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.25
5 Yrs				4	4	.500	5.21	10	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	4	47	1	0	1	198	3.63	1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1	2.35
162 Game Avg				15	15	.500	5.21	38	30	4	0	0	0	175	162	102	102	34	76	15	178	4	0	4	748		1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1	2.35

STL (3 Yrs)				4	3	.571	4.08	7	6	1	0	0	0	35.1	24	16	16	7	16	4	38	1	0	0	144	3.22	1.132	6.1	1.8	4.1	9.7	2.38
KCR (1 Yr)				0	1	.000	5.19	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	38	4.90	1.615	10.4	1.0	4.2	5.2	1.25
TBR (1 Yr)				0	0		20.25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	6	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	5.05	3.375	30.4	3.4	0.0	13.5

NL (3 Yrs)				3	2	.600	2.81	5	4	1	0	0	0	25.2	16	8	8	5	8	2	27	0	0	0	99	4.43	0.935	5.6	1.8	2.8	9.5	3.38
AL (2 Yrs)				0	1	.000	8.74	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	19	11	11	2	4	0	9	0	0	1	54	4.93	2.029	15.1	1.6	3.2	7.1	2.25
WS (1 Yr)				1	1	.500	7.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	8	8	2	8	2	11	1	0	0	45		1.655	7.4	1.9	7.4	10.2	1.38

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Awards
2013	21	STL	NL	64.2	15	9	20	2.78	3.97	-0.20	0.11		103	4.41	12	1.4	0.53	-0.1	1.9	17	.592	.509
2014	22	STL	NL	107.0	19	19	41	3.45	3.88	0.21	0.14		99	3.78	4	0.5		-0.1	1.4	12	.527	.503
2015	23	STL	NL	181.1	30	30	74	3.67	4.18	0.01	0.17		100	4.35	14	1.5		-0.1	3.0	29	.551	.509	AS
2016	24	STL	NL	138.0	27	24	86	5.61	4.44	-0.13	0.16		97	4.60	-15	-1.4	0.34	-0.1	-0.2	-3	.450	.492
2017	25	STL	NL	165.2	30	30	82	4.45	4.61	0.14	0.20		96	4.48	1	0.1		-0.1	1.5	16	.504	.501
2018	26	STL	NL	84.1	15	15	36	3.84	4.22	0.02	0.19		95	4.15	3	0.4		-0.1	1.1	10	.529	.503
2019	27	STL	NL	126.2	29	24	71	5.04	4.72	0.43	0.16		96	4.27	-11	-0.9	1.01	-0.1	0.2	1	.470	.495
2020	28	NYM	NL	34.0	8	7	26	6.88	5.00	-0.38	0.24	0.00	99	5.57	-5	-0.5	0.48	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.442	.497
2021	29	TBR	AL	124.2	29	23	73	5.27	4.67	0.47	0.15	0.00	95	4.13	-16	-1.6	0.84	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.445	.490
2022	30	BOS	AL	127.1	23	23	49	3.46	4.34	0.05	0.20	0.00	106	4.74	18	2.2		-0.1	3.3	29	.594	.513
2023	31	SDP	NL	134.1	24	24	49	3.28	4.58	0.35	0.21	0.00	92	4.09	12	1.3		-0.1	2.5	25	.554	.508
2024	32	KCR	AL	166.2	29	29	65	3.51	4.32	0.17	0.20	0.00	104	4.53	19	2.0		-0.1	3.5	34	.570	.512
12 Yrs				1454.2	278	257	672	4.16	4.40	0.14	0.18	0.00	99	4.37	35	5.2	0.70	-1.1	17.3	165	.519	.503
162 Game Avg				185	35	33	85	4.16	4.40	0.14	0.18	0.00	99	4.37	4	0.7	0.70	-0.1	2.2	21	.519	.503

STL (7 Yrs)				867.2	165	151	410	4.25	4.33	0.09	0.16		98	4.32	6	1.8	0.66	-0.7	8.8	82	.511	.501
KCR (1 Yr)				166.2	29	29	65	3.51	4.32	0.17	0.20	0.00	104	4.53	19	2.0		-0.1	3.5	34	.570	.512
TBR (1 Yr)				124.2	29	23	73	5.27	4.67	0.47	0.15	0.00	95	4.13	-16	-1.6	0.84	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.445	.490
SDP (1 Yr)				134.1	24	24	49	3.28	4.58	0.35	0.21	0.00	92	4.09	12	1.3		-0.1	2.5	25	.554	.508
BOS (1 Yr)				127.1	23	23	49	3.46	4.34	0.05	0.20	0.00	106	4.74	18	2.2		-0.1	3.3	29	.594	.513
NYM (1 Yr)				34.0	8	7	26	6.88	5.00	-0.38	0.24	0.00	99	5.57	-5	-0.5	0.48	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.442	.497

NL (9 Yrs)				1036.0	197	182	485	4.21	4.39	0.10	0.17	0.00	97	4.33	14	2.6	0.65	-0.8	11.1	105	.513	.502
AL (3 Yrs)				418.2	81	75	187	4.02	4.43	0.22	0.18	0.00	102	4.48	21	2.6	0.84	-0.3	6.2	60	.532	.505

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Michael Wacha?

Michael Wacha is 33 years old.

When was Michael Wacha born?

Michael Wacha was born on July 1, 1991.

Where was Michael Wacha born?

Michael Wacha was born in Iowa City, IA.

How tall is Michael Wacha?

Michael Wacha is 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

How much does Michael Wacha weigh?

Michael Wacha weighs 215 lbs (97 kg).

How many seasons has Michael Wacha played?

Michael Wacha is in his 12th season.

When was Michael Wacha drafted?

Michael Wacha was 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).

What position does Michael Wacha play?

Michael Wacha is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Michael Wacha have?

Michael Wacha had 145 strikeouts last season and has 1,290 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Michael Wacha worth?

Michael Wacha made $16,000,000.00 last year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$16M (24) & 25 player option.

How many teams has Michael Wacha played for?

Michael Wacha has played for 6 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals.