Michael Wacha

#52 - Starting Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/1/1991 (33)
Height, Weight	6'6", 215 lb
Hometown	Iowa City, IA

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	13-8	166.2	3.35	1.19	21.2%	6.6%

	18^th 7 W	45^th 116 IP	39^th 4.33 ERA	63^rd 1.29 WHIP	102^nd 21.8% K%	66^th 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	93.6	11.3%	27.1%	50.3%	6.2%	5.27	2.62

	101^st 93.5 FB MPH	102^nd 11.7% SwStr%	129^th 28.0% CSW%	88^th - Str-ICR	100^th 6.4% MTK%	30^th 5.12 PLV	33^rd - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2013	STL	15	9	64.2	4-1	5	2.78	1.10	-	2.92	-	-	25.0%	7.3%	7.2	0.70	.276	-	79.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	STL	19	19	107.0	5-6	12	3.20	1.20	-	3.17	-	-	21.0%	7.4%	8.0	0.50	.289	-	73.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	STL	30	30	181.1	17-7	19	3.38	1.21	-	3.87	-	-	20.1%	7.6%	8.0	0.94	.276	-	76.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	STL	27	24	138.0	7-7	13	5.09	1.48	-	3.91	-	-	18.8%	7.4%	10.4	0.98	.337	-	64.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	STL	30	30	165.2	12-9	15	4.13	1.36	-	3.64	-	-	22.5%	7.8%	9.2	0.92	.329	-	71.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	STL	15	15	84.1	8-2	7	3.20	1.23	-	4.22	-	-	20.0%	10.1%	7.3	0.96	.253	-	74.9%	-	-	10.6%	26.2%	0.41	-
2019	STL	29	24	126.2	6-7	6	4.76	1.56	-	5.62	-	-	18.5%	9.6%	10.2	1.85	.318	-	79.0%	-	-	10.2%	24.6%	0.38	-
2020	NYM	8	7	34.0	1-4	0	6.62	1.56	4.31	5.25	4.10	4.38	23.7%	4.5%	12.2	2.38	.366	23.7%	68.4%	40.0%	40.0%	12.6%	26.8%	0.48	5.02
2021	TB	29	23	124.2	3-5	3	5.05	1.31	5.36	4.47	3.86	3.13	22.9%	5.9%	9.5	1.66	.313	20.0%	69.7%	45.7%	44.1%	12.4%	26.2%	0.50	5.20
2022	BOS	23	23	127.1	11-2	9	3.32	1.12	4.25	4.14	3.98	2.80	20.2%	6.0%	7.8	1.27	.260	14.0%	80.3%	36.7%	42.0%	10.5%	25.6%	0.44	5.18
2023	SD	24	24	134.1	14-4	12	3.22	1.16	4.03	3.89	4.51	3.56	22.4%	7.8%	7.6	1.00	.266	9.9%	79.7%	39.9%	34.1%	11.8%	28.7%	0.53	5.12
2024	KC	29	29	166.2	13-8	14	3.35	1.19	4.16	3.65	4.26	2.62	21.2%	6.6%	8.3	0.92	.293	8.9%	77.1%	37.2%	41.8%	11.3%	27.1%	0.45	5.27
SP MLB Percentile		68	68	77	88-36	80	80	65	47	75	40	83	46	64	55	81	43	92	77	67	46	47	32	69	83
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		278	257	1,454.2	101-62	115	3.89	1.28	-	-	-	0.68	21.0%	7.5%	8.7	1.11	.297	18.8%	74.5%	28.9%	40.5%	11.2%	26.5%	0.45	5.19

Repertoire

Changeup | 32%
Four-Seamer | 24%
Sinker | 15%
Cutter | 12%
Slider | 9%
Curveball | 8%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

Hide MLB Percentile | Hide MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	6.6%	85.5	-	-	62.4%	17.2%	5.4%	22.6%	-	-	-	-	-	.200	.200	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	6.1%	84.3	-	-	59.8%	14.3%	10.6%	24.8%	-	-	-	-	-	.277	.307	-	-	-	-
2019	13.8%	85.7	-	-	67.7%	22.4%	9.2%	31.7%	-	-	-	-	-	.193	.275	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	9.8%	84.5	-	-	60.3%	14.0%	10.4%	24.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.252	.274	-	-	-	-
2020	29.2%	86.9	42.7%	42.2%	66.9%	22.5%	11.8%	34.3%	53.4%	54.5%	21.2%	36.4%	57.1%	.228	.310	+3	3.7	7.9%	5.11
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	16.8%	84.7	35.6%	33.2%	58.8%	14.5%	10.7%	25.2%	44.5%	52.3%	28.3%	39.1%	18.0%	.240	.267	+1	0.8	6.9%	4.98
2021	29.3%	86.9	37.3%	44.6%	64.9%	19.9%	6.0%	25.9%	49.7%	54.0%	24.0%	44.0%	25.0%	.210	.309	+7	11.0	6.6%	5.47
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	16.0%	85.0	35.9%	33.4%	59.0%	13.8%	10.0%	23.8%	44.5%	51.6%	26.7%	36.5%	19.0%	.257	.281	+2	2.8	7.0%	4.99
2022	30.1%	84.4	44.7%	41.4%	67.7%	20.5%	8.2%	28.7%	56.8%	42.6%	34.0%	34.0%	18.8%	.168	.227	-1	6.5	4.8%	5.75
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	16.1%	85.3	35.4%	33.5%	58.7%	13.3%	10.1%	23.4%	44.3%	51.2%	26.4%	35.6%	15.3%	.256	.288	+2	3.0	7.3%	4.93
2023	34.5%	81.6	43.9%	44.4%	69.7%	21.3%	10.4%	31.7%	57.7%	35.3%	43.9%	33.1%	8.2%	.207	.284	+4	10.3	5.1%	5.72
SP MLB Percentile	96	12	86	88	94	91	64	90	95	11	91	63	59	66	49	11	4	-	99
SP MLB AVG	17.4%	85.2	34.8%	34.2%	58.6%	14.6%	9.6%	24.1%	44.5%	50.6%	28.1%	36.3%	14.2%	.246	.281	-1	-	8.4%	4.82
2024	32.2%	81.2	45.0%	41.5%	68.6%	19.1%	12.4%	31.5%	58.8%	44.9%	41.0%	26.3%	12.5%	.170	.212	-3	7.2	3.5%	5.95
SP MLB Percentile	95	10	86	81	94	81	83	91	98	35	87	83	48	85	75	86	19	-	99
SP MLB AVG	17.3%	85.3	35.5%	33.7%	58.8%	14.0%	9.3%	23.3%	44.1%	49.3%	28.6%	36.5%	15.4%	.252	.284	+2	3.0	6.6%	5.03

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.190	.253	.271	.409	33.3%	12.1%	36.4%	82.8	86.2	2.3	7.9	5.0	-1.5	6.2	6.8	1,542
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.249	.312	.280	.356	-	6.0%	39.1%	85.7	86.7	7.6	7.9	5.0	-0.5	5.7	6.3	1,760
2021	.211	.281	.308	.416	38.0%	9.0%	44.0%	87.8	86.1	8.1	8.3	6.2	-1.3	6.3	6.8	1,563
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.257	.317	.281	.358	-	6.3%	36.5%	86.4	87.6	7.8	8.3	4.5	-0.4	5.7	6.3	1,716
2022	.188	.274	.257	.400	21.3%	7.4%	34.0%	84.0	86.7	11.5	7.5	7.6	-1.2	6.5	6.6	1,587
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.255	.316	.282	.359	-	5.8%	35.6%	86.4	87.5	7.6	8.5	4.3	-0.6	5.7	6.4	1,737
2023	.193	.241	.262	.329	25.2%	4.3%	33.1%	84.6	83.8	20.5	8.4	5.9	-1.3	6.5	6.7	1,521
SP MLB Percentile	75	76	57	55	85	61	63	66	77	4	39	83	43	98	67	20
SP MLB AVG	.246	.304	.278	.352	-	6.1%	36.3%	86.2	87.0	8.5	8.5	3.9	-0.5	5.7	6.5	1,752
2024	.171	.238	.202	.320	25.6%	6.4%	26.3%	83.6	86.6	14.4	7.9	3.5	-1.4	6.5	6.7	1,544
SP MLB Percentile	88	80	89	62	82	42	83	75	58	27	32	49	43	98	69	20
SP MLB AVG	.247	.307	.278	.351	-	6.1%	36.5%	86.3	87.1	9.2	8.4	3.6	-0.6	5.7	6.5	1,774

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	93	22	58	35	2	1	0	1	4	6	0	5	1	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	77	21	47	30	3	1	0	1	5	7	0	4	1	0
2019	303	96	205	98	13	0	1	3	17	24	0	34	7	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	127	36	79	48	5	2	0	1	8	10	0	7	2	0
2020	178	59	119	59	6	3	0	4	13	21	12	24	2	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	97	27	60	37	4	1	0	1	6	8	7	6	2	0
2021	579	180	376	203	22	7	0	6	35	47	44	67	13	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	251	70	154	97	10	3	0	2	16	19	19	14	4	0
2022	586	170	397	189	16	4	0	6	26	38	32	63	13	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	248	69	152	96	10	3	0	2	16	19	18	14	4	0
2023	766	219	534	232	24	14	0	5	43	53	46	70	10	0
SP MLB Percentile	98	98	98	5	5	0	22	5	3	-	-	99	8	22
SP MLB AVG	243	66	147	96	10	3	0	2	14	19	17	14	4	0
2024	837	244	574	263	22	9	0	8	39	55	41	77	9	2
SP MLB Percentile	98	98	98	4	7	3	20	1	6	-	-	98	10	2
SP MLB AVG	240	65	145	94	10	3	0	2	14	19	17	14	4	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-
2020	54.5%	24.2%	21.2%	3.0%	48.5%	36.4%	15.2%	18.2%	6.1%	12.1%	33.3%	33.3%	63.7%	36.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	52.3%	19.5%	28.3%	6.2%	50.9%	31.4%	17.7%	24.9%	4.7%	6.0%	33.3%	-	64.5%	39.1%
2021	54.0%	22.0%	24.0%	8.0%	60.0%	25.0%	15.0%	32.0%	3.0%	9.0%	41.0%	38.0%	56.0%	44.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	51.6%	21.7%	26.7%	7.1%	47.9%	33.5%	18.6%	24.9%	5.5%	6.3%	34.3%	-	63.4%	36.5%
2022	42.6%	23.4%	34.0%	14.9%	70.2%	17.0%	12.8%	23.4%	3.2%	7.4%	34.0%	21.3%	66.0%	34.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	51.2%	22.4%	26.4%	6.9%	50.7%	31.2%	18.1%	25.5%	4.5%	5.8%	34.2%	-	64.2%	35.6%
2023	35.3%	20.9%	43.9%	13.7%	58.3%	32.4%	9.4%	20.9%	7.9%	4.3%	34.5%	25.2%	66.9%	33.1%
SP MLB Percentile	11	48	91	85	72	58	15	68	18	61	46	85	-	63
SP MLB AVG	50.6%	21.3%	28.1%	7.2%	52.3%	31.1%	16.6%	25.1%	4.9%	6.1%	34.3%	-	64.0%	36.3%
2024	44.9%	14.1%	41.0%	14.1%	55.8%	29.5%	14.7%	16.0%	3.8%	6.4%	30.1%	25.6%	73.7%	26.3%
SP MLB Percentile	35	84	87	87	64	46	41	86	55	42	67	82	-	83
SP MLB AVG	49.3%	22.1%	28.6%	7.9%	52.5%	30.7%	16.8%	25.0%	5.1%	6.1%	34.5%	-	63.8%	36.5%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.200	.260	.200	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.277	.337	.307	.342	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.193	.247	.275	.315	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.252	.313	.274	.311	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.228	.311	.310	.394	+3	.190	.253	.271	.409	82.8	86.2	2.3	57.1
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.240	.306	.267	.304	+1	.249	.312	.280	.356	85.7	86.7	7.6	18.0
2021	.210	.273	.309	.350	+7	.211	.281	.308	.416	87.8	86.1	8.1	25.0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.257	.314	.281	.314	+2	.257	.317	.281	.358	86.4	87.6	7.8	19.0
2022	.168	.239	.227	.277	-1	.188	.274	.257	.400	84.0	86.7	11.5	18.8
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.256	.312	.288	.316	+2	.255	.316	.282	.359	86.4	87.5	7.6	15.3
2023	.207	.254	.284	.309	+4	.193	.241	.262	.329	84.6	83.8	20.5	8.2
SP MLB Percentile	66	66	49	50	11	75	76	57	55	66	77	4	59
SP MLB AVG	.246	.297	.281	.308	-1	.246	.304	.278	.352	86.2	87.0	8.5	14.2
2024	.170	.226	.212	.253	-3	.171	.238	.202	.320	83.6	86.6	14.4	12.5
SP MLB Percentile	85	81	75	71	86	88	80	89	62	75	58	27	48
SP MLB AVG	.252	.309	.284	.313	+2	.247	.307	.278	.351	86.3	87.1	9.2	15.4

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	62.4%	57.0%	-	30.2%	22.6%	69.8%	-	-	5.4%	17.2%	22.6%	27.6%	17.2%	58.1%	0.36	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	59.8%	49.2%	-	28.4%	15.3%	71.6%	-	-	10.6%	14.3%	24.8%	-	19.6%	53.1%	0.30	-
2019	-	67.7%	58.4%	-	38.4%	17.8%	61.6%	-	-	9.2%	22.4%	31.7%	26.8%	18.2%	62.0%	0.62	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	60.3%	49.9%	-	28.0%	16.0%	72.0%	-	-	10.4%	14.0%	24.4%	-	19.9%	54.0%	0.29	-
2020	42.7%	66.9%	55.1%	42.2%	40.8%	14.0%	59.2%	72.7%	41.9%	11.8%	22.5%	34.3%	27.7%	18.5%	59.6%	0.65	53.4%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.6%	58.8%	48.1%	33.2%	29.6%	14.4%	70.4%	79.3%	59.6%	10.7%	14.5%	25.2%	-	19.2%	53.0%	0.30	44.5%
2021	37.3%	64.9%	58.9%	44.6%	33.7%	21.8%	66.3%	78.2%	53.1%	6.0%	19.9%	25.9%	26.6%	17.3%	58.9%	0.47	49.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.9%	59.0%	49.0%	33.4%	28.1%	15.4%	71.9%	80.8%	61.1%	10.0%	13.8%	23.8%	-	19.8%	52.8%	0.26	44.5%
2022	44.7%	67.7%	59.6%	41.4%	34.4%	23.0%	65.6%	73.0%	53.7%	8.2%	20.5%	28.7%	23.7%	16.0%	63.3%	0.61	56.8%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.4%	58.7%	48.6%	33.5%	27.0%	15.1%	73.0%	80.9%	63.3%	10.1%	13.3%	23.4%	-	20.2%	52.4%	0.24	44.3%
2023	43.9%	69.7%	59.3%	44.4%	35.9%	19.8%	64.1%	76.4%	47.1%	10.4%	21.3%	31.7%	26.0%	18.1%	64.1%	0.67	57.7%
SP MLB Percentile	86	94	91	88	73	89	73	66	81	64	91	90	87	59	95	5	95
SP MLB AVG	34.8%	58.6%	49.0%	34.2%	29.6%	15.1%	70.4%	80.3%	59.0%	9.6%	14.6%	24.1%	-	19.3%	52.5%	0.27	44.5%
2024	45.0%	68.6%	56.2%	41.5%	34.0%	18.4%	66.0%	76.0%	51.3%	12.4%	19.1%	31.5%	27.2%	18.6%	63.9%	0.63	58.8%
SP MLB Percentile	86	94	84	81	69	79	69	67	77	83	81	91	81	60	96	3	98
SP MLB AVG	35.5%	58.8%	49.5%	33.7%	28.2%	15.5%	71.8%	81.0%	60.6%	9.3%	14.0%	23.3%	-	19.9%	52.5%	0.25	44.1%

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	42.7%	63.5%	24.2%	12.4%	25.8%	23.0%	51.1%	29.2%	46.6%	3.9%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.6%	57.7%	24.5%	17.8%	16.2%	19.7%	64.1%	20.1%	55.4%	4.0%
2021	37.3%	60.1%	29.0%	10.9%	8.8%	16.6%	74.6%	38.7%	32.3%	5.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.9%	59.0%	24.2%	16.8%	15.5%	21.0%	63.5%	19.7%	56.1%	4.1%
2022	44.7%	57.7%	30.7%	11.6%	18.6%	22.5%	58.9%	31.9%	37.4%	7.5%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	35.4%	57.4%	24.7%	17.9%	15.1%	20.1%	64.8%	20.5%	54.8%	4.0%
2023	43.9%