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

13.2

ERA

3.75

3.96

253

232

24.0

1312.0

1166

WHIP

1.042

1.287

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 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	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2016-04-05	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-5		4.1	10	5	4	1	3	0	0	27	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	98	63	13	6	11	9	9	0
2	2016-04-11	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-6	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	70	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	94	64	24	6	5	9	8	0
3	2016-04-17	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	1-6		6.0	7	3	1	1	5	0	0	54	22	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	24	80	56	15	9	9	10	6	0
4	2016-04-23	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	52	18	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	26	97	55	16	2	7	13	4	0
5	2016-04-28	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7	L	7.0	5	3	3	2	9	2	0	62	25	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	27	114	75	22	14	10	6	2	1
6	2016-05-03	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-8	L	8.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	0	73	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	100	59	16	8	11	8	2	0
7	2016-05-08	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6	L	6.0	6	4	4	2	6	1	0	48	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	106	66	15	10	7	11	6	1
8	2016-05-13	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-4	L	4.0	8	6	2	3	2	0	0	29	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	92	57	14	5	10	10	7	0
9	2016-05-19	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Colorado Rockies	1-4		4.0	8	6	6	1	4	0	0	25	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	81	56	9	10	10	5	4	0
10	2016-05-24	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Chicago Cubs	1-5	L	4.0	8	8	8	4	4	1	0	14	20	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	94	55	19	6	5	11	9	1
11	2016-05-29	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Washington Nationals	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	0	57	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	86	52	15	8	5	11	7	2
12	2016-06-04	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		San Francisco Giants	1-5		5.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	41	19	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	22	86	53	15	8	2	15	8	0
13	2016-06-10	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7		7.0	3	2	2	3	5	0	0	65	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	105	65	13	10	13	5	2	1
14	2016-06-17	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Texas Rangers	1-8	L	7.2	6	1	1	2	7	1	0	68	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	103	72	17	11	10	10	5	2
15	2016-06-22	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-7	W	6.2	3	2	2	2	5	1	0	63	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	106	68	20	9	7	10	4	2
16	2016-06-28	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	6.0	9	4	3	1	4	0	0	43	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	99	68	15	7	11	13	6	2
17	2016-07-03	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Milwaukee Brewers	1-5	W	5.0	9	2	2	1	6	0	0	46	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	93	62	11	8	9	8	7	0
18	2016-07-08	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-7		6.2	5	3	3	2	8	3	0	58	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	97	64	16	13	9	9	6	0
19	2016-07-17	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Miami Marlins	1-5		4.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	38	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	101	60	14	5	9	5	3	0
20	2016-07-22	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6		6.0	10	2	2	1	4	1	0	47	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	98	64	15	12	10	12	6	3
21	2016-07-28	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	W	6.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	54	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	80	56	14	3	12	8	4	1
22	2016-08-03	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-5	W	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	49	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	81	52	14	8	12	4	3	0
23	2016-08-08	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	1-5		5.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	38	20	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	24	93	56	21	10	7	9	6	1
24	2016-09-14	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Chicago Cubs	9-9		1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	28	17	2	4	1	3	2	1
25	2016-09-20	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals	@	Colorado Rockies	7-8		2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	26	17	5	2	3	3	2	1
26	2016-09-26	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Cincinnati Reds	2-4		2.2	9	7	7	0	1	1	0		14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	60	41	11	2	5	9	5	1
27	2016-10-01	Maj-NL	St. Louis Cardinals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-1		1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	29	17	4	1	0	4	2	1

2016 Player Pitching Splits

2016 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	27	606	551	86	159	41	4	15	6	2	45	114	.289	.341	.459	.800	.337	253	11	1	4	5	6

Home	15	325	295	51	96	23	3	8	4	2	25	66	.325	.375	.505	.880	.393	149	7	0	2	3	4
Away	12	281	256	35	63	18	1	7	2	0	20	48	.246	.301	.406	.707	.276	104	4	1	2	2	2

April	5	122	108	13	30	7	1	2	1	1	9	24	.278	.331	.417	.747	.329	45	5	1	1	3	3
May	6	149	135	28	39	14	0	3	1	1	14	30	.289	.356	.459	.815	.353	62	1	0	0	0	1
June	5	131	119	13	27	6	1	2	0	0	10	25	.227	.285	.345	.629	.269	41	1	0	1	1	1
July	5	123	117	13	35	10	0	5	1	0	6	24	.299	.333	.513	.846	.341	60	2	0	0	0	1
August	2	45	40	6	12	3	1	0	3	0	5	6	.300	.378	.425	.803	.353	17	1	0	0	0	0
September	3	30	27	10	14	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	.519	.500	.852	1.352	.546	23	1	0	2	1	0
October	1	6	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	.333	5	0	0	0	0	0

As Starter	24	576	524	76	145	40	3	13	6	2	45	110	.277	.333	.439	.772	.326	230	10	1	2	4	6
As Reliever	3	30	27	10	14	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	.519	.500	.852	1.352	.546	23	1	0	2	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	27	350	316		97	26	1	10			27	67	.307	.358	.491	.849	.360	155	9	0	4	3	4
vs LHB as RHP	27	256	235		62	15	3	5			18	47	.264	.316	.417	.733	.308	98	2	1	0	2	2

Bases Empty	27	331	307		79	24	1	8			23	66	.257	.311	.420	.731	.305	129	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	27	275	244		80	17	3	7			22	48	.328	.376	.508	.885	.376	124	11	0	4	5	6

vs. Younger Batters	26	115	104		34	8	2	4			9	23	.327	.377	.558	.935	.385	58	0	0	1	1	0
vs. Older Batters	27	491	447		125	33	2	11			36	91	.280	.332	.436	.768	.327	195	11	1	3	4	6

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	7	7	.500	5.09	27	24	0	138.0	159	86	78	15	45	6	114	1	0	0	606	1.478	7.4	2.53

Home	2	4	.333	6.18	15	13	0	71.1	96	51	49	8	25	4	66	0	0	0	325	1.696	8.3	2.64
Away	5	3	.625	3.92	12	11	0	66.2	63	35	29	7	20	2	48	1	0	0	281	1.245	6.5	2.40

April	2	1	.667	3.07	5	5	0	29.1	30	13	10	2	9	3	24	1	0	0	122	1.330	7.4	2.67
May	0	5	.000	6.75	6	6	0	32.0	39	28	24	3	14	1	30	0	0	0	149	1.656	8.4	2.14
June	2	1	.667	3.34	5	5	0	32.1	27	13	12	2	10	1	25	0	0	0	131	1.144	7.0	2.50
July	2	0	1.000	4.23	5	5	0	27.2	35	13	13	5	6	1	24	0	0	0	123	1.482	7.8	4.00
August	1	0	1.000	5.40	2	2	0	10.0	12	6	6	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	45	1.700	5.4	1.20
September	0	0		15.88	3	0	0	5.2	14	10	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	30	2.471	6.4
October	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	9.0	1.00

As Starter	7	7	.500	4.62	24	24	0	132.1	145	76	68	13	45	6	110	1	0	0	576	1.436	7.5	2.44
As Reliever	0	0		15.88	3	0	0	5.2	14	10	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	30	2.471	6.4

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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