
Michael Wacha
Kansas City Royals · SP
Throws:
R
Bats:
R
Height:
6'6
Weight:
215
Born:
Jul 01, 1991 ()
Percentile Ranks
vs LHH
vs RHH K%
20.2
28.3 xWOBA
0.316 · 70%
0.333 · 37%
xSLG
71.7
28.3
vs LHH
vs RHH K%
20.2
28.3 xWOBA
0.316 · 70%
0.333 · 37%
xSLG
71.7
28.3
Year | Team | G | GS | W-L | IP | ERA | WHIP | K% | CSW% | BB% | xAVG | xSLG | xwOBA | xISO | BAR% | SS% | HH% | GB% | LD% | FB% | Z% |
Z Sw% |
OZ% |
OZ Sw% |
Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
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2025 | 31 | 31 | 10-13 | 172.2 | 3.86 | 1.23 | 17.6% | 0.0% | 6.3% | .265 | .433 | .324 | .168 | 7.4% | 36.7% | 35% | 38% | 25% | 27% | 53% | 16% | 47% | 36% | 14.8 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 3.9 | |
2024 | 29 | 29 | 13-8 | 166.2 | 3.35 | 1.20 | 21.2% | 0.0% | 6.6% | .252 | .406 | .311 | .154 | 8.2% | 32.7% | 33% | 40% | 24% | 27% | 51% | 17% | 49% | 39% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2023 | 24 | 24 | 14-4 | 134.1 | 3.22 | 1.16 | 22.4% | 0.0% | 7.8% | .250 | .421 | .318 | .171 | 7.3% | 38.6% | 36% | 35% | 25% | 31% | 50% | 17% | 50% | 42% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2022 | 23 | 23 | 11-2 | 127.1 | 3.32 | 1.12 | 20.2% | 0.0% | 6.0% | .253 | .446 | .329 | .192 | 9.6% | 35.4% | 35% | 41% | 26% | 22% | 50% | 16% | 50% | 33% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
2021 | Rays | 29 | 23 | 3-5 | 124.2 | 5.05 | 1.31 | 22.9% | 0.0% | 5.9% | .283 | .499 | .355 | .216 | 10.5% | 39.8% | 43% | 43% | 25% | 26% | 52% | 16% | 48% | 40% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2020 | Mets | 8 | 7 | 1-4 | 34.0 | 6.62 | 1.56 | 23.7% | 0.0% | 4.5% | .258 | .456 | .326 | .198 | 8.2% | 38.2% | 44% | 39% | 26% | 29% | 50% | 20% | 50% | 36% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2019 | Cardinals | 29 | 24 | 6-7 | 126.2 | 4.76 | 1.53 | 18.7% | 0.0% | 9.0% | .276 | .491 | .356 | .214 | 7.8% | 35.5% | 36% | 50% | 24% | 21% | 47% | 17% | 53% | 30% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2018 | Cardinals | 15 | 15 | 8-2 | 84.1 | 3.20 | 1.24 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 10.1% | .276 | .445 | .348 | .169 | 7.7% | 36.2% | 37% | 47% | 29% | 20% | 49% | 18% | 51% | 37% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2025 Splits | vs LHB | vs RHB | Pitch | Type | MPH | SPIN | Whiff% | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-Seamer | Fastball | MPH | 0% | 40% | .275 | .329 | 15.0 | 7.1 | .417 | .115 | 2 | 31% | .302 | .419 | 30.0 | 15.0 | .595 | .160 | 2 | |
Cutter | Fastball | 88.1 MPH | 2113 | 18% | 17% | .301 | .368 | 8.5 | 2.1 | .489 | .068 | 0 | 20% | .309 | .421 | 3.8 | 9.6 | .640 | .364 | 4 |
Slider | Breaking | 84.8 MPH | 1954 | 29% | 5% | .274 | .425 | 23.1 | 15.4 | .613 | .300 | 1 | 26% | .253 | .280 | 13.1 | 0.0 | .403 | .115 | 1 |
Changeup | Offspeed | 79.8 MPH | 1536 | 27% | 38% | .220 | .265 | 16.4 | 7.4 | .324 | .054 | 0 | 22% | .169 | .222 | 31.0 | 5.6 | .270 | .045 | 0 |
2024 Splits | vs LHB | vs RHB | Pitch | Type | MPH | SPIN | Whiff% | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-Seamer | Fastball | MPH | 0% | 36% | .312 | .384 | 15.3 | 8.2 | .518 | .205 | 3 | 24% | .270 | .332 | 22.2 | 11.1 | .396 | .104 | 1 | |
Cutter | Fastball | 88.8 MPH | 2082 | 15% | 14% | .295 | .326 | 19.5 | 9.8 | .366 | .135 | 1 | 15% | .352 | .432 | 0.0 | 5.4 | .619 | .143 | 1 |
Slider | Breaking | 84.1 MPH | 2041 | 37% | 4% | .083 | .160 | 25.0 | 0.0 | .098 | .000 | 0 | 22% | .408 | .489 | 10.3 | 3.4 | .720 | .286 | 1 |
Changeup | Offspeed | 81.2 MPH | 1548 | 34% | 45% | .190 | .224 | 26.7 | 4.1 | .286 | .118 | 3 | 39% | .154 | .233 | 39.0 | 3.0 | .336 | .179 | 5 |
2023 Splits | vs LHB | vs RHB | Pitch | Type | MPH | SPIN | Whiff% | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR | Usage | xBAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-Seamer | Fastball | 90.8 MPH | 2010 | 17% | 39% | .278 | .386 | 15.1 | 18.6 | .472 | .145 | 1 | 20% | .205 | .288 | 31.8 | 6.1 | .421 | .161 | 3 |
Cutter | Fastball | 87.0 MPH | 2037 | 17% | 6% | .000 | .585 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .414 | .430 | 1 | 17% | .378 | .471 | 4.3 | 17.4 | .624 | .211 | 1 |
Sinker | Fastball | 91.9 MPH | 1890 | 11% | 4% | .176 | .294 | 33.3 | 16.7 | .334 | .300 | 1 | 22% | .326 | .382 | 14.5 | 2.6 | .531 | .153 | 2 |
Curveball | Breaking | 74.0 MPH | 2150 | 27% | 11% | .000 | .633 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .361 | .421 | 1 | 11% | .154 | .164 | 23.1 | 0.0 | .231 | .200 | 0 |
Slider | Breaking | MPH | 0% | 0% | .000 | .390 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .326 | .310 | 0 | |||||||||
Changeup | Offspeed | 81.6 MPH | 1522 | 36% | 40% | .214 | .242 | 32.8 | 3.1 | .315 | .095 | 2 | 29% | .151 | .222 | 30.7 | 6.8 | .299 | .207 | 3 |
Splits | vs LHB | vs RHB | Year | PA | xBAVG | xWOBA | xSLG | ISO | K% | BB% | HR | PA | xBAVG | xWOBA | xSLG | ISO | K% | BB% | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 372 | .264 | .316 | .409 | .105 | 16.9% | 6.2% | 5 | 344 | .266 | .333 | .460 | .159 | 18.3% | 6.4% | 10 |
2024 | 351 | .247 | .299 | .393 | .157 | 22.2% | 5.7% | 9 | 333 | .257 | .323 | .419 | .123 | 20.1% | 7.2% | 8 |
2023 | 261 | .251 | .314 | .400 | .136 | 23.0% | 8.4% | 6 | 291 | .249 | .321 | .439 | .175 | 22.0% | 6.9% | 9 |
2022 | 214 | .227 | .299 | .391 | .157 | 23.4% | 7.0% | 8 | 301 | .273 | .350 | .485 | .190 | 17.9% | 5.3% | 10 |
Home | Road | Season | PA | xAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR | PA | xAVG | xWOBA | K% | BB% | xSLG | ISO | HR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 54 | .263 | .309 | 77.0% | 25.0% | .394 | .320 | 5 | 46 | .240 | .288 | 49.0% | 20.0% | .370 | .258 | 1 |
2024 | 324 | .271 | .328 | 21.0% | 5.6% | .440 | .137 | 7 | 360 | .234 | .295 | 21.4% | 7.2% | .374 | .144 | 10 |
2023 | 324 | .248 | .317 | 24.4% | 7.4% | .417 | .149 | 8 | 228 | .253 | .319 | 19.7% | 7.9% | .426 | .167 | 7 |
2022 | 218 | .243 | .313 | 21.6% | 5.5% | .429 | .197 | 8 | 297 | .262 | .341 | 19.2% | 6.4% | .459 | .161 | 10 |
Split | Games | Wind 0-9 mph+ | Wind 10+ mph | Humid 0-25 | Humid 25-50 | Humid 50-75 | Humid 75-100 | Temp 0-40 | Temp 40-60 | Temp 61-79 | Temp 80+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Road | 15.20 | 14.69 | 14.08 | 4.20 | 16.20 | 18.12 | 17.13 | 6.20 | 11.20 | 16.21 | 16.33 |
Home | 15.16 | 16.07 | 11.48 | 12.13 | 13.45 | 19.11 | 7.21 | 0.00 | 16.31 | 12.43 | 16.95 |