Michael Wacha

Position: Starting 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)

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

-0.1

13.0

ERA

4.24

3.97

255

234

34.0

1322.0

1173

WHIP

1.324

1.293

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-03-31	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6		6.0	4	1	1	4	7	1	0	63	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	96	59	16	7	10	4	1	1
2	2019-04-06	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		San Diego Padres	1-6		5.2	3	1	1	8	7	0	0	58	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	27	119	66	17	12	7	5	2	2
3	2019-04-11	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4		3.2	8	7	7	1	3	3	0	19	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	92	61	15	10	4	12	7	0
4	2019-04-17	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-7	W	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	60	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	93	52	15	7	6	10	2	3
5	2019-04-29	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Washington Nationals	1-5	W	5.0	4	3	3	3	5	0	0	49	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	101	67	18	10	7	7	3	1
6	2019-05-04	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-5		5.0	6	5	4	4	4	1	0	37	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	83	50	16	7	6	11	7	1
7	2019-05-09	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6	W	5.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	36	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	89	59	11	7	8	16	9	1
8	2019-05-15	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	5.0	4	2	1	4	4	1	0	53	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	90	51	13	5	7	8	4	0
9	2019-05-22	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Kansas City Royals	1-5	L	4.2	7	7	6	3	4	1	0	25	17	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	23	86	54	14	5	6	10	6	0
10	2019-05-29	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Philadelphia Phillies	4-5		1.0	5	6	6	3	2	3	0		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	40	19	5	3	2	4	0	0
11	2019-06-04	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	5-7		2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	32	22	3	6	5	1	1	0
12	2019-06-10	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	W	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	64	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	22	75	45	9	5	14	2	2	0
13	2019-06-15	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	New York Mets	1-4	L	4.0	7	6	5	1	4	2	1	29	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	72	46	7	8	5	11	5	3
14	2019-06-21	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Los Angeles Angels	1-6	W	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	61	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	95	55	17	7	7	10	5	1
15	2019-06-28	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	San Diego Padres	1-7	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	0	58	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	82	50	11	7	10	11	4	1
16	2019-07-04	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Seattle Mariners	1-4		3.1	6	4	4	2	0	2	0	30	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	17	55	32	4	4	6	9	4	2
17	2019-07-19	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Cincinnati Reds	4-5	W	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	30	20	3	3	3	4	1	1
18	2019-07-22	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	4-6		3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	45	27	4	6	5	4	3	0
19	2019-07-27	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Houston Astros	3-7		4.2	6	1	1	0	5	1	0		19	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	73	53	11	8	6	8	4	2
20	2019-08-05	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4	L	3.2	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	24	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	92	58	12	15	10	4	0	0
21	2019-08-15	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-5	L	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	50	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	80	50	14	7	9	7	3	1
22	2019-08-20	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-4		4.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	60	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	73	47	14	7	4	6	4	0
23	2019-08-25	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Colorado Rockies	1-5		4.2	6	3	3	2	7	2	0	45	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	113	72	14	12	3	10	5	0
24	2019-08-31 (2)	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	1-7		7.0	3	2	2	2	7	2	0	68	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	95	62	12	12	8	8	2	2
25	2019-09-04	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		San Francisco Giants	1-2		2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	53	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	38	26	7	4	4	2	1	0
26	2019-09-10	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Colorado Rockies	1-4	L	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	46	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	68	44	10	8	10	4	2	0
27	2019-09-15	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-5		5.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	58	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	74	49	11	8	9	8	4	0
28	2019-09-20	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-4		4.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	47	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	75	51	11	4	9	5	4	0
29	2019-09-25	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-2		1.2	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	41	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	41	25	5	5	2	4	4	0

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	29	561	493	71	143	25	1	26	5	1	54	104	.290	.360	.503	.863	.318	248	15	3	6	5	4

Home	12	238	212	26	59	11	1	10	2	0	20	50	.278	.338	.481	.819	.314	102	6	1	1	4	1
Away	17	323	281	45	84	14	0	16	3	1	34	54	.299	.377	.520	.897	.321	146	9	2	5	1	3

March	1	25	21	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	4	7	.191	.320	.381	.701	.231	8	1	0	0	0	1
April	4	93	78	13	20	5	1	4	1	0	13	22	.256	.355	.500	.855	.296	39	1	0	0	2	0
May	5	108	89	24	31	6	0	7	2	0	15	16	.348	.434	.652	1.086	.353	58	1	0	2	2	2
June	5	100	92	9	25	4	0	4	1	0	5	17	.272	.313	.446	.759	.292	41	6	1	1	1	0
July	4	56	52	6	18	3	0	3	0	1	3	7	.346	.382	.577	.959	.357	30	2	0	1	0	0
August	5	106	94	13	24	1	0	6	1	0	9	25	.255	.327	.457	.784	.286	43	1	1	2	0	1
September	5	73	67	5	21	5	0	1	0	0	5	10	.313	.370	.433	.803	.357	29	3	1	0	0	0

As Starter	24	502	439	63	124	22	1	22	4	0	50	92	.283	.356	.488	.844	.309	214	14	3	5	5	4
As Reliever	5	59	54	8	19	3	0	4	1	1	4	12	.352	.397	.630	1.026	.395	34	1	0	1	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	29	344	304		94	14	0	18			29	64	.309	.364	.533	.897	.335	162	8	0	6	5	1
vs LHB as RHP	29	217	189		49	11	1	8			25	40	.259	.355	.455	.810	.291	86	7	3	0	0	3

Bases Empty	29	316	284		91	12	1	16			31	58	.320	.389	.539	.928	.357	153	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	29	245	209		52	13	0	10			23	46	.249	.322	.455	.777	.266	95	15	2	6	5	4

vs. Younger Batters	29	297	260		77	17	1	17			28	49	.296	.366	.565	.932	.306	147	10	2	5	2	3
vs. Older Batters	29	264	233		66	8	0	9			26	55	.283	.354	.434	.787	.331	101	5	1	1	3	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	6	7	.462	4.76	29	24	0	126.2	143	71	67	26	54	4	104	3	0	0	561	1.555	7.4	1.93

Home	2	1	.667	4.07	12	10	0	55.1	59	26	25	10	20	1	50	1	0	0	238	1.428	8.1	2.50
Away	4	6	.400	5.30	17	14	0	71.1	84	45	42	16	34	3	54	2	0	0	323	1.654	6.8	1.59

March	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	25	1.333	10.5	1.75
April	2	0	1.000	5.75	4	4	0	20.1	20	13	13	4	13	0	22	0	0	0	93	1.623	9.7	1.69
May	1	2	.333	8.86	5	4	0	21.1	31	24	21	7	15	2	16	0	0	0	108	2.156	6.8	1.07
June	2	2	.500	2.84	5	4	0	25.1	25	9	8	4	5	0	17	1	0	0	100	1.184	6.0	3.40
July	1	0	1.000	4.26	4	1	0	12.2	18	6	6	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	56	1.658	5.0	2.33
August	0	2	.000	4.81	5	5	0	24.1	24	13	13	6	9	1	25	1	0	0	106	1.356	9.2	2.78
September	0	1	.000	2.70	5	5	0	16.2	21	5	5	1	5	0	10	1	0	0	73	1.560	5.4	2.00

As Starter	5	7	.417	4.66	24	24	0	114.0	124	63	59	22	50	4	92	3	0	0	502	1.526	7.3	1.84
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	5.68	5	0	0	12.2	19	8	8	4	4	0	12	0	0	0	59	1.816	8.5	3.00

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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