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

3.5

16.6

101

ERA

3.35

3.89

278

257

166.2

1454.2

145

1290

WHIP

1.194

1.281

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	19		Texas A&M	B12	NCAA					2.26	3.08		19			0		131.1	117	45	33		30		123					1.119	8.0		2.1	8.4	4.10
2012	20	-0.4	Texas A&M	B12	NCAA		9	1	.900	2.06	2.46	16	16			2	0	113.1	95	31	26	4	20	1	116	3	1	4	453	1.015	7.5	0.3	1.6	9.2	5.80
2012	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-Rk	STL	0	0		0.86	0.86	11	2	2	0	0	0	21.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	40	0	0	2	75	0.571	3.4	0.4	1.7	17.1	10.00
2012	20	-4.1	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		1.13	1.13	4	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	17	0	0	1	30	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	19.1	5.67
2012	20	-3.0	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	1	26	0.250	1.1	0.0	1.1	18.0	16.00
2012	20	-0.4	Cardinals	GULF	Rk	STL	0	0		1.80	1.80	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	0.800	7.2	1.8	0.0	12.6
2013	21	-5.6	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	5	3	.625	2.65	2.75	15	15	0	0	0	0	85.0	65	26	25	9	19	0	73	0	0	5	333	0.988	6.9	1.0	2.0	7.7	3.84
2013	21	-7.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	1	.800	2.78	2.78	15	9	2	0	0	0	64.2	52	20	20	5	19	0	65	0	0	3	260	1.098	7.2	0.7	2.6	9.0	3.42
2014	22	-2.4	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2014	22	-6.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	6	.455	3.20	3.45	19	19	0	0	0	0	107.0	95	41	38	6	33	0	94	5	0	2	447	1.196	8.0	0.5	2.8	7.9	2.85
2015	23	-5.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	17	7	.708	3.38	3.67	30	30	0	0	0	0	181.1	162	74	68	19	58	4	153	6	1	4	762	1.213	8.0	0.9	2.9	7.6	2.64
2016	24	-4.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	7	.500	5.09	5.61	27	24	1	0	0	0	138.0	159	86	78	15	45	6	114	1	0	6	606	1.478	10.4	1.0	2.9	7.4	2.53
2017	25	-3.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	12	9	.571	4.13	4.45	30	30	0	1	1	0	165.2	170	82	76	17	55	3	158	3	0	5	701	1.358	9.2	0.9	3.0	8.6	2.87
2018	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	STL	0	1	.000	8.10	10.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	33	1.650	10.8	1.4	4.1	10.8	2.67
2018	26	1.9	Springfield	TL	AA	STL	0	1	.000	11.57	19.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	5	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	15	3.000	23.1	3.9	3.9	11.6	3.00
2018	26	3.0	Palm Beach	FLOR	A+	STL	0	0		6.23	6.23	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.923	4.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50
2018	26	-2.2	STL	NL	Maj	STL	8	2	.800	3.20	3.84	15	15	0	0	0	0	84.1	68	36	30	9	36	0	71	2	1	2	355	1.233	7.3	1.0	3.8	7.6	1.97
2019	27	-1.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	6	7	.462	4.76	5.04	29	24	0	0	0	0	126.2	143	71	67	26	55	4	104	3	0	2	562	1.563	10.2	1.8	3.9	7.4	1.89
2020	28	-0.4	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	4	.200	6.62	6.88	8	7	0	0	0	0	34.0	46	26	25	9	7	0	37	2	0	2	156	1.559	12.2	2.4	1.9	9.8	5.29
2021	29	0.5	TBR	AL	Maj	TBR	3	5	.375	5.05	5.27	29	23	1	0	0	0	124.2	132	73	70	23	31	0	121	4	0	5	528	1.307	9.5	1.7	2.2	8.7	3.90
2022	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	0	0		2.00	2.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	33	0.778	4.0	0.0	3.0	13.0	4.33
2022	30	3.0	Worcester	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	15	0.214	0.0	0.0	1.9	15.4	8.00
2022	30	5.5	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		4.15	4.15	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	18	1.385	8.3	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50
2022	30	1.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	2	.846	3.32	3.46	23	23	0	1	1	0	127.1	111	49	47	18	31	0	104	4	0	4	515	1.115	7.8	1.3	2.2	7.4	3.35
2023	31	3.7	El Paso	PCL	AAA	SDP	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	11	2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67
2023	31	1.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	14	4	.778	3.22	3.28	24	24	0	0	0	0	134.1	113	49	48	15	43	0	124	3	1	3	553	1.161	7.6	1.0	2.9	8.3	2.88
2024	32	10.9	Royals	ACL	Rk	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	13	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2024	32	3.0	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	8	.619	3.35	3.51	29	29	0	0	0	0	166.2	154	65	62	17	45	1	145	5	0	3	685	1.194	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.8	3.22
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		101	62	.620	3.89	4.16	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0	2.82
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	2.43	2.64	34	25	2	0	0	0	129.2	90	38	35	11	33	0	143	0	0	7	506	0.949	6.2	0.8	2.3	9.9	4.33
College (2 seasons)					College		9	1		2.17	2.80	16	35			2	0	244.2	212	76	59	4	50	1	239	3	1	4	453	1.071	7.8		1.8	8.8	4.78
All Levels (14 Seasons)							115	67		3.56	3.87	328	317	6	2	4	0	1829.0	1707	786	723	194	541	19	1672	41	4	52	7089	1.229	8.4		2.7	8.2	3.09

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		5	3	.625	2.45	2.55	17	17	0	0	0	0	91.2	67	26	25	9	23	0	83	0	0	5	359	0.982	6.6	0.9	2.3	8.1	3.61
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.24	4.32	7	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	14	8	6	1	7	0	26	0	0	1	71	1.260	7.6	0.5	3.8	14.0	3.71
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		2.19	2.19	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	21	0	0	1	44	0.486	2.2	0.0	2.2	15.3	7.00
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		1.00	1.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	32	0.667	6.0	1.0	0.0	13.0