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: 16-7 / in Starts: 16-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2022 Pitching Game Log

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2022 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	203	4	Apr 11	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-5		99	4.1	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.08	3.34	18	72	45	9	10	5	6	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.064	.95	0.03%	0.85	12.75	22.00	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out tie
2	204	9	Apr 17	BOS		MIN	W,8-1	GS-5		5	5.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.96	2.79	17	79	52	12	6	4	6	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.282	.98	0.17%	2.56	19.45	30.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
3	205	14	Apr 22	BOS	@	TBR	W,4-3	GS-5	W(1-0)	4	5.0	3	2	2	2	3	2	0	1.88	4.72	21	82	50	12	3	6	10	5	3	0	54			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	.94	0.058	.90	0.03%	0.27	14.25	24.00	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
4	206	19	Apr 27	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.77	4.05	24	92	57	13	9	9	8	4	1	0	63			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.223	.96	0.11%	1.81	21.90	40.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
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
5	207	24	May 3	BOS		LAA	W,4-0	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.38	3.92	20	60	42	9	4	8	8	3	3	0	63			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.302	.69	0.14%	2.74	17.75	29.00	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a2
6	208	39	May 20	BOS		SEA	W,7-3	GS-5		16	4.2	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	1.76	4.32	20	75	44	9	8	5	9	4	3	0	48			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.045	.54	0.02%	0.05	8.30	17.00	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a2
7	209	44	May 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,16-7	GS-5		5	4.1	7	5	5	0	2	1	0	2.83	4.43	20	88	58	12	7	7	11	6	1	0	31			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.132	.60	-0.06%	-2.84	-0.45	4.00	1b start a 3	5b --- 1 out a2
8	210	50	May 31	BOS		CIN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-1)	4	5.2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.43	4.10	21	72	53	11	8	9	9	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.113	.79	0.04%	1.46	16.95	26.00	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d1
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
9	211	55	Jun 6	BOS	@	LAA	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.99	3.74	29	105	71	14	10	7	15	8	2	0	86			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.828	1.18	0.42%	4.39	38.85	55.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	212	60	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.1	8	4	3	1	3	1	1	2.33	3.93	23	91	57	11	8	6	12	7	3	0	35			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.254	1.16	-0.14%	-2.23	3.75	13.00	1b start a 3	5b 1-- 1 out a1
11	213	65	Jun 17	BOS		STL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	5.1	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.28	3.95	22	88	54	14	8	6	10	7	1	0	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.115	.86	0.06%	1.14	19.80	34.00	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
12	214	70	Jun 22	BOS		DET	W,6-2	GS-6	W(6-1)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.34	3.95	25	98	61	16	6	7	9	6	1	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.080	.76	0.04%	1.07	23.30	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
13	215	75	Jun 28	BOS	@	TOR	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	7	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.69	3.97	24	90	57	13	4	9	10	3	3	0	36			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.214	.80	-0.13%	-1.66	1.25	9.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
14	216	116	Aug 14	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	GS-7	W(7-1)	46	7.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.44	3.69	24	89	59	15	18	7	7	2	2	0	81			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.419	.41	0.11%	3.58	35.95	58.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	217	121	Aug 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(8-1)	5	5.2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.28	3.59	21	79	52	15	5	6	10	5	3	0	64			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.285	.43	0.08%	2.39	21.75	35.00	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
16	218	126	Aug 26	BOS		TBR	W,9-8	GS-6	W(9-1)	5	6.0	5	4	4	1	6	2	2	2.53	3.82	25	93	63	13	10	5	11	4	0	0	51			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.086	.15	-0.01%	-0.93	16.70	30.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
17	219	131	Aug 31	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-6	W(10-1)	4	6.0	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.56	3.80	24	98	64	18	8	8	8	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.154	.06	0.01%	0.84	24.50	43.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
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
18	220	136	Sep 5	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.58	3.62	25			17	12	8	10	4	1	0	57			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.122	.19	0.01%	0.73	19.30	37.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
19	221	140	Sep 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,17-4	GS-6	W(11-1)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.69	3.62	24	82	60	13	8	6	13	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.30	0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.19	17.90	34.00	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a7
20	222	144	Sep 16	BOS		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.61	3.52	26	88	65	11	10	10	12	4	3	0	63			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.235	.00	0.00%	2.58	17.55	34.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	223	149	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	4	5	1	1	2.70	3.65	26			13	9	7	9	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.29	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.10	10.90	28.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	224	154	Sep 27	BOS		BAL	W,13-9	GS-4		4	3.1	8	6	6	0	3	3	0	3.06	3.90	18			9	10	4	11	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-3.91	-3.30	1.00	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out a3
23	225	159	Oct 2	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS-4	L(11-2)	4	4.0	6	5	5	1	4	3	0	3.32	4.14	18	71	48	16	4	6	7	2	2	0	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.371	.00	0.00%	-3.13	2.80	9.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
							16-7		W-L:11-2	4.5	127.1	111	49	47	31	104	18	4	3.32	4.14	515	1692	66%	17%	11%	0.70		26%	10%	0	55		---%	4	0	0	476	22	4	0	12	4	5	1.00	1.958	.53	0.94%	11.46	361.90	655.00

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