What years did Michael Wacha play?

Michael Wacha played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.

Was Michael Wacha a pitcher?

Yes. Michael Wacha pitched in the major leagues, recording 120 wins and 1574 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Michael Wacha hit?

Michael Wacha hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.

What was Michael Wacha's career batting average?

Michael Wacha batted .092 over his career, with 23 hits in 251 at bats.

How many RBI did Michael Wacha have?

Michael Wacha drove in 16 runs in his career.

What was Michael Wacha's career ERA?

Michael Wacha finished with a 3.83 career ERA, going 120-85 with 1,574 strikeouts.

Michael Wacha

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2026)

Michael Wacha is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2013 for 6 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 14 seasons. Across 341 career appearances, he has gone 120-85 with a 3.83 ERA and 1,574 strikeouts. He has also batted .092 with 0 home runs. Michael Wacha is an All-Star and an NLCS MVP. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7741.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

Active Player

W–L 120–85

ERA 3.83

WHIP 1.26

SO 1,574

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 7741.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 215 lb
Born: 7/1/1991 in Iowa City, IA, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-05-30
Awards: All-Star · NLCS MVP

Full name: Michael Joseph Wacha

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Career Pitching Statistics

Michael Wacha — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
120	85	341	320	2	2	0	1828.0	1,739	777	224	557	1,574	3.83	7741.8

Career ERA 3.83 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 7.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Michael Wacha Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	SLN	NL	4	1	15	9	0	0	64.2	52	20	19	65	2.78	3.87 (+28%)	1542.1
2014	SLN	NL	5	6	19	19	0	0	107.0	95	38	33	94	3.20	3.74 (+15%)	1561.1
2015	SLN	NL	17	7	30	30	0	0	181.1	162	68	58	153	3.38	3.96 (+15%)	444.1
2016	SLN	NL	7	7	27	24	0	0	138.0	159	78	45	114	5.09	4.19 (-21%)	1002.2
2017	SLN	NL	12	9	30	30	1	1	165.2	170	76	55	158	4.13	4.36 (+5%)	3098.6
2018	SLN	NL	8	2	15	15	0	0	84.1	68	30	36	71	3.20	4.15 (+23%)	-141.5
2019	SLN	NL	6	7	29	24	0	0	126.2	143	67	55	104	4.76	4.51 (-6%)	-3511.9
2020	NYN	NL	1	4	8	7	0	0	34.0	46	25	7	37	6.62	4.45 (-49%)	-677.4
2021	TBA	AL	3	5	29	23	0	0	124.2	132	70	31	121	5.05	4.27 (-18%)	-635.7
2022	BOS	AL	11	2	23	23	1	1	127.1	111	47	31	104	3.32	3.97 (+16%)	-550.4
2023	SDN	NL	14	4	24	24	0	0	134.1	113	48	43	124	3.22	4.33 (+26%)	1532.0
2024	KCA	AL	13	8	29	29	0	0	166.2	154	62	45	145	3.35	4.08 (+18%)	1834.2
2025	KCA	AL	10	13	31	31	0	0	172.2	166	74	45	126	3.86	4.16 (+7%)	2244.5
2026	KC	AL	9	10	32	32	0	0	200.2	168	74	54	158	3.32	4.18 (+21%)	-
Career · 14 seasons			120	85	341	320	2	2	1,828.0	1,739	777	557	1,574	3.83	—	7,742

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Michael Wacha — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
310	251	16	23	2	0	0	16	1	9	125	.092	.123	.100	.222	-373

Career AVG .092 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 63.2% below league average.

Career OBP .123 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 61.4% below league average.

Career SLG .100 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 75.6% below league average.

Career OPS .222 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 69.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Michael Wacha Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	SLN	NL	15	21	0	3	0	3	0	0	10	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SLN	NL	19	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	18	.034	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SLN	NL	30	52	5	8	1	4	1	4	20	.154	.254 (-40%)	.316 (-32%)	.404 (-57%)	.721 (-46%)	-373.4
2016	SLN	NL	27	39	1	1	0	0	0	3	22	.026	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SLN	NL	30	46	3	2	0	3	0	1	22	.043	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SLN	NL	15	25	3	2	0	1	0	1	9	.080	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SLN	NL	29	36	3	6	1	3	0	0	21	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	TBA	AL	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	BOS	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SDN	NL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	KCA	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	KCA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			310	251	16	23	2	16	1	9	125	.092	—	—	—	—	-373

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Michael Wacha — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Michael Wacha — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	RBI	SO	AVG
2024	ALDS2	KCA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2021	ALDS2	TBA	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLDS1	SLN	1	2	0	0	2	.000
2014	NLCS	SLN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2013	NLCS	SLN	2	5	1	1	3	.000
2013	NLDS1	SLN	1	2	0	0	2	.000
2013	WS	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Michael Wacha — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	4	10	8	0	46.2	43	27	20	47	5.21

Playoff Pitching by Year

Michael Wacha — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2024	ALDS2	KCA	0	1	2	2	8.2	10	5	4	5	5.19
2021	ALDS2	TBA	0	0	1	0	2.2	9	6	0	4	20.25
2015	NLDS1	SLN	0	1	1	1	4.1	6	4	3	5	8.31
2014	NLCS	SLN	0	1	1	0	0.1	2	3	1	0	81.00
2013	NLCS	SLN	2	0	2	2	13.2	7	0	2	13	0.00
2013	NLDS1	SLN	1	0	1	1	7.1	1	1	2	9	1.23
2013	WS	SLN	1	1	2	2	9.2	8	8	8	11	7.45

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Michael Wacha — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	156	129	8	13	0	9	.101
Away	154	122	8	10	0	7	.082

Pitching — Home / Away

Michael Wacha — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	155	827.0	781	324	234	749	3.53
Away	154	800.1	790	379	269	667	4.26

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Michael Wacha — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-27	KCR	OAK	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0
2025-09-21	KCR	TOR	L	5.0	8	6	6	1	4	0
2025-09-16	KCR	SEA	L	2.2	9	7	7	0	0	2
2025-09-05	KCR	MIN	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	5	0
2025-08-31	KCR	DET	L	4.2	5	4	4	1	4	0
2025-08-23	KCR	DET	L	6.0	8	3	3	1	4	1
2025-08-18	KCR	TEX	W	5.2	9	2	2	0	3	0
2025-08-12	KCR	WAS	W	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	0
2025-08-06	KCR	BOS	W	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	0
2025-08-01	KCR	TOR	W	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Michael Wacha — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	309	288	119	170	7	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Michael Wacha — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	SLN	P	15	9	3	6	1	0
2014	SLN	P	19	19	12	13	0	1
2015	SLN	P	30	30	18	29	3	0
2016	SLN	P	27	24	21	22	1	2
2017	SLN	P	30	30	13	20	0	2
2018	SLN	P	15	15	2	8	1	0
2019	SLN	P	29	24	11	12	1	2
2020	NYN	P	8	7	2	3	0	0
2021	TBA	P	29	23	7	8	0	2
2022	BOS	P	23	23	8	13	0	0
2023	SDN	P	24	24	3	5	0	1
2024	KCA	P	29	29	9	20	0	3
2025	KCA	P	31	31	10	11	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Michael Wacha Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	309

Awards & Honors

Michael Wacha — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2023	Pitcher of the Month	May
2013	NLCS MVP

Salary History

Michael Wacha — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SLN	NL	$539,000
2015	SLN	NL	$520,000
2014	SLN	NL	$510,000
Total Career Earnings			$1,569,000

College History

Michael Wacha — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Texas A&M University	College Station	TX	2010, 2011, 2012

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Michael Wacha: the record in brief

The debut date in the bio is May 30, 2013; Michael Wacha is an active player, and this profile updates as the season goes on. By club, Wacha's seasons break down as the St. Louis Cardinals (2013 to 2019), the New York Mets (2020), the Tampa Bay Rays (2021), the Boston Red Sox (2022), the San Diego Padres (2023), and the Kansas City Royals (2024 through 2025). Listed as a pitcher, Wacha both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 6 inches and 215 pounds. The birth record reads July 1, 1991, in Iowa City, IA, USA. On the record, Michael Wacha was born Michael Joseph Wacha.

Wacha's career pitching line is 120 wins, 85 losses and a 3.83 ERA over 341 appearances. Also on Wacha's record: 1,574 strikeouts. The leagues Wacha pitched in allowed 4.14 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 7.7% better than average. 2015 brought Wacha a season-high 17 wins. The strikeout high was 158 in 2017.

Frequently Asked Questions about Michael Wacha

What years did Michael Wacha play?: Michael Wacha played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.
Was Michael Wacha a pitcher?: Yes. Michael Wacha pitched in the major leagues, recording 120 wins and 1574 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Michael Wacha hit?: Michael Wacha hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.
What was Michael Wacha's career batting average?: Michael Wacha batted .092 over his career, with 23 hits in 251 at bats.
How many RBI did Michael Wacha have?: Michael Wacha drove in 16 runs in his career.
What was Michael Wacha's career ERA?: Michael Wacha finished with a 3.83 career ERA, going 120-85 with 1,574 strikeouts.