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: 21-9 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	35	4	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.42	5.03	25	76	55	12	7	14	8	3	0	0	60			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.255	1.45	0.17%	1.76	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
2	36	9	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,6-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	1.35	4.63	28	103	69	13	9	12	11	2	3	0	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.324	1.27	0.24%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	37	14	Apr 23	STL	@	WSN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.33	3.82	28	95	61	16	9	12	8	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.53	0.322	1.79	0.22%	2.31	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
4	38	19	Apr 28	STL		PHI	W,11-5	GS-6	W(4-0)	4	5.2	6	4	4	2	4	0	1	2.42	3.71	26	91	60	13	9	12	7	5	1	0	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.030	1.04	-0.02%	-1.61	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a5
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
5	39	24	May 3	STL		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.2	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.93	3.65	27	100	70	17	5	12	11	3	1	0	64			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.383	1.74	0.32%	2.97	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
6	40	29	May 8	STL	@	PIT	W,8-5	GS-6	W(5-0)	4	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	1	2.09	3.60	26	104	70	20	4	14	10	7	2	0	51			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.012	1.68	0.01%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
7	41	34	May 14	STL	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS-6		5	5.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.06	3.66	22	105	73	17	11	3	10	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.063	1.27	0.04%	0.98	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d1
8	42	39	May 19	STL	@	NYM	W,10-2	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.13	3.77	27	104	71	15	11	8	12	1	2	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.105	.87	0.08%	1.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
9	43	44	May 24	STL	@	KCR	W,6-1	GS-7	W(7-0)	4	7.0	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	1.87	3.65	27	92	58	13	6	9	12	8	2	0	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.22	0.279	1.48	0.20%	2.55	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
10	44	49	May 30	STL		LAD	L,1-5	GS-6	L(7-1)	5	5.2	3	4	4	3	7	1	1	2.27	3.78	24	112	69	11	14	6	7	1	0	0	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.246	1.45	-0.16%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d3
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
11	45	54	Jun 4	STL	@	LAD	W,7-1	GS-7	W(8-1)	4	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.18	3.57	28	107	76	20	15	7	16	9	0	0	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.250	.89	0.17%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
12	46	59	Jun 9	STL	@	COL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-2)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.45	3.48	30	108	76	17	18	7	12	9	1	0	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.113	1.07	-0.07%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
13	47	64	Jun 16	STL		MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-2)	6	6.1	3	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.48	3.37	23	85	59	16	6	9	8	5	0	0	63			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.187	.87	0.10%	1.63	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a2
14	48	69	Jun 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-5	L(9-3)	4	5.0	8	5	5	1	7	0	0	2.85	3.24	24	81	57	12	10	7	9	6	0	0	37			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.272	.65	-0.13%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	49	74	Jun 27	STL		CHC	W,8-1	GS-6	W(10-3)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.77	3.19	23	92	56	11	12	9	7	5	1	0	59			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.10	0.125	.90	0.06%	1.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
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
16	50	79	Jul 3	STL		SDP	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.66	3.22	27	95	66	18	8	13	7	2	1	0	68			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.232	.71	0.10%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	51	85	Jul 8	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	1	6	0	0	2.93	3.13	25	109	72	8	15	9	9	3	2	0	43			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	-0.364	1.63	-0.23%	-2.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
18	52	93	Jul 21	STL	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-5	W(11-3)	12	5.0	4	5	5	2	8	2	0	3.20	3.28	21	100	63	14	12	5	6	1	0	0	45			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	.53	0.033	.40	0.02%	-2.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
19	53	98	Jul 26	STL		ATL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(11-4)	4	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.27	3.37	26	99	65	12	10	9	9	2	2	0	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.121	.41	-0.03%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	54	103	Jul 31	STL		COL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(12-4)	4	7.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.09	3.27	26	102	70	17	9	9	9	5	2	0	75			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.324	.58	0.12%	3.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
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
21	55	108	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS-7	W(13-4)	5	7.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.92	3.22	27	102	63	12	17	7	12	6	2	0	73			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.364	.63	0.14%	3.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
22	56	113	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS-6	W(14-4)	5	6.0	9	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.93	3.27	29	110	71	25	8	5	14	7	3	0	50			0	1	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.56	0.090	1.52	0.05%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
23	57	118	Aug 17	STL		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.85	3.20	27	93	66	18	9	14	6	3	2	0	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.264	.96	0.12%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
24	58	123	Aug 23	STL	@	SDP	W,10-3	GS-6	W(15-4)	5	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.80	3.20	25	102	64	14	7	6	14	8	2	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.148	.71	0.08%	1.64	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a4
25	59	128	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	0	2	6	1	1	2.69	3.26	29	102	68	15	12	8	12	3	3	0	56			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.081	.72	-0.03%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
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	Entered	Exited
26	60	138	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,5-8	GS-4	L(15-5)	10	4.0	6	6	6	3	2	2	0	2.96	3.45	21	87	54	8	9	6	10	5	1	0	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.364	.31	-0.16%	-4.13	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
27	61	143	Sep 13	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS-6	W(16-5)	4	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	1	1	2.96	3.55	25	100	59	17	6	6	9	3	1	0	59			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.080	1.22	0.06%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
28	62	148	Sep 19	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-5	L(16-6)	5	5.0	6	4	4	4	7	2	0	3.08	3.67	24	104	62	15	9	7	6	5	0	0	42			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.200	.52	-0.08%	-1.72	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
29	63	153	Sep 24	STL		MIL	W,7-3	GS-5	W(17-6)	4	5.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.15	3.70	23	90	55	10	2	12	7	6	0	0	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.099	.51	-0.04%	-0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
30	64	158	Sep 30(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-4	L(17-7)	5	4.0	4	6	6	4	4	2	1	3.38	3.87	19	86	50	11	7	6	4	2	0	0	30			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.05	-0.371	.53	-0.11%	-4.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
							21-9		W-L:17-7	4.5	181.1	162	74	68	58	153	19	6	3.38	3.87	762	2936	66%	15%	10%	0.93		25%	7%	0	55		---%	5	3	0	687	31	3	4	9	3	6	1.05	1.579	1.01	1.22%	11.30

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