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

-0.1

13.0

ERA

4.24

3.97

255

234

34.0

1322.0

1173

WHIP

1.324

1.293

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-5 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	122	2	Mar 31	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	5	4	4	2	2	2	1	7.71	9.80	22			17	3	6	11	7	0	0	38			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.245	.61	-0.13%	-1.99	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d3
2	123	8	Apr 7	STL		ARI	W,5-3	GS-5	W(1-1)	6	5.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	0	5.59	6.88	23	89	48	14	7	8	5	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.004	1.15	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
3	124	13	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	GS-5	W(2-1)	4	5.0	5	4	3	3	5	0	0	5.52	5.55	23	93	57	18	11	7	8	6	1	0	45			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.185	1.21	-0.10%	-1.53	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
4	125	19	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	7	6.2	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.22	4.66	25			16	8	10	11	5	1	0	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	.81	0.201	.87	0.13%	1.86	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
5	126	23	Apr 25	STL		NYM	W,9-1	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.62	3.86	24	98	64	15	17	6	9	8	0	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.094	1.02	0.06%	1.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
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	127	28	May 1	STL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.62	3.84	23	96	54	11	7	6	11	5	2	0	49			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.011	1.22	-0.01%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
7	128	32	May 6	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.1	6	2	1	3	5	1	0	3.35	4.06	23			18	12	6	9	3	1	0	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	-0.018	1.43	-0.02%	0.16	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d1
8	129	37	May 12	STL	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-6		5	6.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.09	3.78	22	89	52	16	8	8	8	4	1	0	66			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.174	1.13	0.13%	1.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	130	42	May 18	STL		PHI	W,12-4	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.08	3.50	25	101	65	15	11	8	7	3	2	0	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.160	.89	0.11%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
10	131	47	May 23	STL		KCR	L,2-5	GS-7		4	6.2	4	2	1	0	6	1	0	2.88	3.48	24			15	14	7	11	6	2	0	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.112	1.10	0.08%	1.06	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
11	132	52	May 29	STL	@	MIL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	6.2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.71	3.54	26			18	7	10	9	6	0	0	65			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.203	.82	0.17%	2.96	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a5
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
12	133	57	Jun 3	STL		PIT	W,5-0	GS-9	W(7-1)	4	8.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.41	3.36	27	111	74	21	14	12	5	2	1	0	86			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.245	.58	0.18%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a5
13	134	62	Jun 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-6	W(8-1)	5	5.2	4	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.47	3.47	24	96	60	12	8	4	11	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.142	.94	0.10%	0.73	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 2 out a3
14	135	67	Jun 15	STL		CHC	L,5-13	GS-5	L(8-2)	5	4.0	7	9	8	4	2	3	1	3.24	4.08	24	84	48	8	5	10	7	4	0	0	12			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	.70	-0.353	.96	-0.29%	-6.50	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d7
15	136	72	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-4		4	3.2	6	3	1	2	2	1	0	3.20	4.22	20	75	49	9	8	7	9	4	0	0	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.30	-0.167	1.55	-0.12%	-1.25	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d2
							10-5		W-L:8-2	4.8	84.1	68	36	30	36	71	9	2	3.20	4.22	355	932	61%	24%	15%	0.88		28%	4%	0	54		---%	5	0	0	308	11	0	0	4	5	3	.91	0.356	1.02	0.30%	3.88

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