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

3.45

4.02

235

214

57.1

1211.0

1070

WHIP

1.099

1.297

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-14 / in Starts: 12-11

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: 0

2021 Pitching Game Log

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2021 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	174	4	Apr 5	TBR	@	BOS	L,2-11	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	4	2	6	0	0	7.20	1.97	24	90	65	12	15	8	8	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	1	0	.90	-0.168	.94	-0.11%	-2.21			1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
2	175	9	Apr 11	TBR		NYY	L,4-8	3-6		5	4.0	3	3	3	3	5	1	0	7.00	3.84	17	68	41	11	9	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.076	1.45	-0.05%	-1.04			3t --- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a1
3	176	14	Apr 16	TBR	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	4.20	2.77	20	93	60	13	16	2	7	4	3	0	77			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.248	.64	0.14%	3.13			1b start a 2	6b 3 out a8
4	177	19	Apr 21	TBR	@	KCR	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.2	5	3	3	1	1	2	0	4.35	4.19	22	76	51	15	1	7	13	3	2	0	47			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.044	1.00	0.03%	-0.12			1b start a 4	6b -2- 2 out a2
5	178	24	Apr 27	TBR		OAK	W,4-3	GS-5		5	5.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.86	3.83	20	69	52	10	6	7	11	5	3	0	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.171	1.19	0.10%	1.45			1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	179	29	May 2	TBR		HOU	W,5-4	4-6		4	2.2	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.76	4.02	13	48	32	7	4	2	8	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.230	1.02	-0.12%	-1.85			4t --- 0 out tie	6t -2- 2 out tie
7	180	48	May 23	TBR	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-2		20	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	3.90	7	24	14	2	3	2	4	1	0	0	55			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.108	1.06	0.10%	1.09			1b start a 1	2b 3 out a1
8	181	52	May 27	TBR		KCR	W,7-2	6-8		3	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.59	4.10	12	25	20	5	3	3	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.017	.31	0.01%	-0.53			6t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a5
9	182	55	May 31	TBR	@	NYY	W,3-1	6-7	H(1)	3	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.63	4.43	6	24	14	1	2	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.031	1.11	0.03%	-0.07			6b --- 0 out a3	7b --- 2 out a2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
10	183	61	Jun 6	TBR	@	TEX	W,7-1	GS-3		5	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.54	4.44	11	42	25	6	2	4	4	1	1	0	49			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.027	1.16	0.02%	0.46			1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d1
11	184	66	Jun 13	TBR		BAL	W,7-1	GS-2		6	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.54	4.53	8	28	17	5	0	4	2	2	0	0	47			0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.014	1.52	-0.01%	-0.02			1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
12	185	71	Jun 18	TBR	@	SEA	L,1-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.2	11	5	5	1	2	0	0	5.19	4.39	22	77	55	10	2	9	10	5	1	0	20			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.343	1.14	-0.27%	-3.25			1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d4
13	186	76	Jun 24	TBR		BOS	W,1-0	GS-5		5	5.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.66	4.10	18	75	54	9	13	2	7	1	3	0	70			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.278	1.86	0.32%	2.45			1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
14	187	81	Jun 30	TBR	@	WSN	L,6-15	4-6		5	3.0	7	5	5	2	5	3	0	5.26	4.73	18	70	44	10	4	5	6	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.190	.65	-0.17%	-3.54			4b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d6
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
15	188	86	Jul 7(1)	TBR		CLE	W,8-1	GS-6	W(2-2)	6	6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	1	4.87	4.64	23	90	60	13	17	5	11	4	4	0	66			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.119	.85	0.10%	1.94			1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
16	189	91	Jul 16	TBR	@	ATL	W,7-6	GS-5		8	4.0	5	4	4	2	5	2	0	5.14	4.90	19	78	52	11	5	7	5	2	0	0	39			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.204	1.41	-0.18%	-1.27			1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out tie
17	190	96	Jul 21	TBR		BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	0	5.16	5.10	19	58	41	7	7	6	11	4	3	0	45			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.093	1.31	-0.08%	-0.55			1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
18	191	102	Jul 28	TBR		NYY	L,1-3	GS-5		6	5.0	3	1	0	1	9	0	0	4.79	4.75	20	79	54	14	14	5	5	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.19	0.135	1.71	0.12%	1.45			1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
19	192	107	Aug 2	TBR		SEA	L,2-8	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	4.0	9	6	6	3	3	0	0	5.26	4.71	23	86	57	11	11	9	8	6	2	0	20			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.320	1.27	-0.27%	-4.04			1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
20	193	112	Aug 8	TBR	@	BAL	W,9-6	GS-5		5	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	2	1	5.49	4.96	25	97	62	12	6	6	15	9	0	0	28			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.264	.99	-0.23%	-2.37			1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
21	194	117	Aug 14	TBR	@	MIN	L,0-12	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	5.0	11	7	7	1	5	2	0	5.91	5.08	27	92	63	13	13	8	13	5	1	0	21			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.345	.50	-0.22%	-4.44			1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
22	195	123	Aug 20	TBR		CHW	L,5-7	GS-5		5	5.0	8	4	3	0	9	1	0	5.88	4.92	25	100	69	13	14	11	5	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.215	1.33	-0.13%	-1.55			1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
23	196	129	Aug 28	TBR	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-5		7	4.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	5.70	4.78	18	83	50	12	12	3	7	3	1	0	57			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.171	.97	0.09%	1.70			1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out tie
Sep/Oct				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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
24	197	135	Sep 3	TBR		MIN	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-4)	5	6.0	3	2	2	0	7	2	0	5.54	4.80	21	86	64	14	10	4	10	3	0	0	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.107	.35	0.04%	0.94			1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
25	198	141	Sep 10	TBR	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-5		6	5.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	5.37	4.73	18	68	47	7	10	5	7	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.128	.12	0.01%	1.53			1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
26	199	146	Sep 15	TBR	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	6.0	7	6	6	2	5	1	0	5.56	4.73	27	95	66	9	12	8	12	6	0	0	37			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.275	.06	-0.02%	-2.74			1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
27	200	152	Sep 21	TBR		TOR	L,2-4	7-GF		5	3.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	5.49	4.62	12	36	27	4	8	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.019	.09	0.00%	0.47			7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
28	201	157	Sep 28	TBR	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-5		6	5.0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	5.26	4.51	17	61	41	12	6	5	4	1	0	0	71			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.293	.01	0.00%	2.64			1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
29	202	162	Oct 3	TBR	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-5		4	5.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	5.05	4.47	16	56	36	6	4	8	4	1	0	0	66			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.285	.00	0.00%	2.61			1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
							15-14		W-L:3-5,Hld:1	4.9	124.2	132	73	70	31	121	23	4	5.05	4.47	528	1974	68%	14%	12%	0.74		25%	7%	0	50	0	---%	5	2	1	488	25	1	0	10	4	4	.86	-0.594	.89	-0.75%	-7.75

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