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Michael Wacha
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About Michael Wacha
Michael Joseph Wacha (; born July 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padres. He played college baseball for the Texas A&M Aggies. The Cardinals selected Wacha in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft out of Texas A&M. After one year in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut on May 30, 2013.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 9 | L | 10 | ERA | 3.32 | G | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 32 | SV | 0 | IP | 200.2 | H | 168 |
| R | 82 | ER | 74 | BB | 54 | SO | 158 |
| WHIP | 1.106 | H/9 | 7.5 | HR/9 | 1.3 | BB/9 | 2.4 |
| K/9 | 7.1 | FIP | 4.38 | WAR | 4.3 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | SLN | 15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .143 |
| 2014 | SLN | 19 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .034 |
| 2015 | SLN | 30 | 52 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .154 |
| 2016 | SLN | 27 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .026 |
| 2017 | SLN | 30 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .043 |
| 2018 | SLN | 15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .080 |
| 2019 | SLN | 29 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .167 |
| 2021 | TBA | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | SLN | 4 | 1 | 2.78 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 52 | 5 | 19 | 65 |
| 2014 | SLN | 5 | 6 | 3.20 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 95 | 6 | 33 | 94 |
| 2015 | SLN | 17 | 7 | 3.38 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181.1 | 162 | 19 | 58 | 153 |
| 2016 | SLN | 7 | 7 | 5.09 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 159 | 15 | 45 | 114 |
| 2017 | SLN | 12 | 9 | 4.13 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 165.2 | 170 | 17 | 55 | 158 |
| 2018 | SLN | 8 | 2 | 3.20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.1 | 68 | 9 | 36 | 71 |
| 2019 | SLN | 6 | 7 | 4.76 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.2 | 143 | 26 | 55 | 104 |
| 2020 | NYN | 1 | 4 | 6.62 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 2021 | TBA | 3 | 5 | 5.05 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124.2 | 132 | 23 | 31 | 121 |
| 2022 | BOS | 11 | 2 | 3.32 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 127.1 | 111 | 18 | 31 | 104 |
| 2023 | SDN | 14 | 4 | 3.22 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.1 | 113 | 15 | 43 | 124 |
| 2024 | KCA | 13 | 8 | 3.35 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2 | 154 | 17 | 45 | 145 |
| 2025 | KCA | 10 | 13 | 3.86 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.2 | 166 | 15 | 45 | 126 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 3.32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200.2 | 168 | 82 | 74 | 30 | 54 | 158 | 1.11 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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