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, 20,406th 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

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2023, 1 yr/$7.5M (23) & 24-26 team/player option

Service Time (01/2023): 9.062 • Free Agent: 2024

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

2023

Career

WAR

0.8

11.5

ERA

3.48

4.02

236

215

62.0

1215.2

1078

WHIP

1.145

1.299

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-16 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 3

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	137	4	Mar 31	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-6		99	6.0	4	1	1	4	7	1	0	1.50	5.05	25	96	59	16	7	10	4	1	1	0	63			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	0.223	1.15	0.14%	2.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
2	138	8	Apr 6	STL		SDP	L,4-6	GS-6		5	5.2	3	1	1	8	7	0	0	1.54	5.01	27	119	66	17	12	7	5	2	2	0	58			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.182	1.16	0.10%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
3	139	13	Apr 11	STL		LAD	W,11-7	GS-4		4	3.2	8	7	7	1	3	3	0	5.28	6.93	20	92	61	15	10	4	12	7	0	0	19			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	.85	-0.557	.91	-0.36%	-5.20	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
4	140	18	Apr 17	STL	@	MIL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.64	5.98	24	93	52	15	7	6	10	2	3	0	60			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.122	.87	0.09%	0.82	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
5	141	28	Apr 29	STL	@	WSN	W,6-3	GS-5	W(2-0)	11	5.0	4	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.78	5.42	22	101	67	18	10	7	7	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.076	1.16	-0.06%	-0.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
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
6	142	33	May 4	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	4	4	4	1	0	5.17	5.61	24	83	50	16	7	7	9	5	1	0	37			0	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.224	1.75	-0.20%	-2.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
7	143	38	May 9	STL		PIT	W,17-4	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	5.2	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	5.35	5.57	27	89	59	11	7	8	16	9	1	0	36			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.009	.73	-0.01%	-1.56	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a7
8	144	43	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(3-1)	5	5.0	4	2	1	4	4	1	0	4.93	5.69	23	90	51	13	5	7	8	4	0	0	53			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.023	.99	0.02%	0.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
9	145	48	May 22(1)	STL		KCR	L,2-8	GS-5	L(3-2)	6	4.2	7	7	6	3	4	1	0	5.59	5.74	23	86	54	14	5	7	9	5	0	0	25			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	2	0	.66	-0.347	.62	-0.19%	-4.90	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d7
10	146	54	May 29	STL	@	PHI	L,4-11	4-5		6	1.0	5	6	6	3	2	3	0	6.61	6.61	11	40	19	5	3	2	4	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.124	.31	-0.07%	-6.24	4b -2- 2 out d3	5b --- 2 out d10
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	147	59	Jun 4	STL		CIN	L,1-4	5-7		5	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.30	6.33	9	32	22	3	6	5	1	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.018	.62	-0.01%	0.46	5t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d3
12	148	64	Jun 10	STL	@	MIA	W,4-1	GS-6	W(4-2)	5	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.63	5.96	22	75	45	9	5	14	2	2	0	0	64			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.07	0.334	.85	0.16%	3.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
13	149	69	Jun 15	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	4.0	7	6	5	1	4	2	1	6.00	6.18	22	72	46	7	8	5	11	5	3	0	29			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	1	.59	-0.402	.66	-0.27%	-4.03	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
14	150	75	Jun 21	STL		LAA	W,5-1	GS-6	W(5-3)	5	6.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.59	5.84	22	95	55	17	7	7	10	5	1	0	61			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.234	1.10	0.16%	2.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
15	151	80	Jun 28	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	6	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	0	5.30	5.93	25	82	50	11	7	11	11	4	1	0	58			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.031	1.19	0.02%	1.48	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	152	85	Jul 4	STL	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-4		5	3.1	6	4	4	2	0	2	0	5.54	6.23	17	55	32	4	4	6	9	4	2	0	30			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.309	1.09	-0.21%	-2.46	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d1
17	153	96	Jul 19	STL	@	CIN	W,12-11	4-5	W(6-4)	14	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.42	6.14	8	30	20	3	3	3	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.12	0.01%	0.86	4b --- 1 out d7	5b 3 out d7
18	154	99	Jul 22	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	4-6		2	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.33	6.04	12	45	27	4	6	6	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.071	2.03	0.06%	0.54	4b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out tie
19	155	104	Jul 27	STL		HOU	L,2-8	3-7		4	4.2	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	5.15	5.92	19	73	53	11	8	6	8	4	2	0		3	3	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.107	.41	-0.11%	-0.39	3t 123 1 out d2	7t 3 out d5
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
20	156	111	Aug 5	STL	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS-4	L(6-5)	8	3.2	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	5.54	6.10	20	92	58	12	15	11	4	0	0	0	24			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.269	1.13	-0.28%	-3.18	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d5
21	157	119	Aug 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-5	L(6-6)	9	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	5.44	5.98	23	80	50	14	7	10	7	3	1	0	50			0	0	1	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.027	2.09	0.03%	0.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
22	158	124	Aug 20	STL		MIL	W,9-4	GS-4		4	4.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.22	5.80	16	73	47	14	7	4	6	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.215	2.11	0.31%	2.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
23	159	129	Aug 25	STL		COL	W,11-4	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	2	7	2	0	5.24	5.85	22	113	72	14	12	3	10	5	0	0	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.070	1.29	-0.08%	-0.69	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a4
24	160	134	Aug 31(2)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	2	0	5.07	5.85	25	95	62	12	12	8	8	2	2	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.084	1.07	0.08%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
25	161	139	Sep 4	STL		SFG	L,8-9	GS-2		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.98	5.79	9	38	26	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	53			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.099	1.58	0.08%	1.02	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
26	162	144	Sep 10	STL	@	COL	L,1-2	GS-4	L(6-7)	5	4.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.97	5.79	18	68	44	10	8	10	4	2	0	0	46			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.010	.73	0.01%	0.45	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
27	163	149	Sep 15	STL		MIL	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.76	5.69	19	74	49	11	8	9	8	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.287	2.16	0.31%	2.54	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
28	164	154	Sep 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-4		4	4.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.68	5.65	17	75	51	11	4	9	5	4	0	0	47			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.087	1.69	0.08%	1.12	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
29	165	159	Sep 25	STL	@	ARI	L,7-9	GS-2		4	1.2	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.76	5.61	11	46	26	6	5	2	4	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.131	.51	-0.04%	-1.29	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d2
							13-16		W-L:6-7	4.8	126.2	143	71	67	55	104	26	3	4.76	5.61	562	2202	62%	15%	9%	0.98		24%	6%	0	47	6	83%	5	3	2	493	25	1	4	15	5	3	.86	-0.608	1.13	-0.23%	-9.22

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