Michael Wacha

#52 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/1/1991 (32)
Height, Weight	6'6", 215 lb
Hometown	Iowa City, IA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	14-4	134.1	3.22	1.16	22.4%	7.8%	28.7%

	9^th 7 W	75^th 114 IP	24^th 4.60 ERA	46^th 1.33 WHIP	88^th 21.6% K%	102^nd 8.0% BB%	84^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	92.0	11.8%	24.5%	34.1%	5.12	4.06

	160^th 93.5 FB MPH	95^th 11.7% SwStr%	40^th 27.6% HC%	186^th 43.8% GB%	44^th 4.98 PLV	61^st 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	STL	15	15	84.1	8	2	3.20	-	4.22	-	1.23	7.3	20.0%	10.1%	.253	-	-	0.96	-	74.9%	10.6%	26.2%	-
2019	STL	29	24	126.2	6	7	4.76	-	5.63	-	1.56	10.2	18.5%	9.6%	.318	-	-	1.85	-	79.0%	10.2%	24.6%	-
2020	NYM	8	7	34.0	1	4	6.62	4.31	5.25	4.10	1.56	12.2	23.7%	4.5%	.366	30.8%	40.0%	2.38	23.7%	68.4%	12.6%	26.8%	5.02
2021	TB	29	23	124.2	3	5	5.05	5.36	4.48	3.86	1.31	9.5	22.9%	5.9%	.313	30.2%	44.1%	1.66	20.0%	69.7%	12.4%	26.2%	5.20
2022	BOS	23	23	127.1	11	2	3.32	4.25	4.15	3.98	1.12	7.9	20.2%	6.0%	.260	26.1%	42.0%	1.27	14.0%	80.3%	10.5%	25.6%	5.18
2023	SD	24	24	134.1	14	4	3.22	4.03	3.89	4.51	1.16	7.6	22.4%	7.8%	.266	24.5%	34.1%	1.00	9.9%	79.7%	11.8%	28.7%	5.12
SP MLB Percentile		57	57	62	94	77	88	70	77	50	76	82	55	47	86	79	7	77	92	90	51	57	77
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		128	116	631.1	43	24	4.09	-	-	-	1.29	8.7	21.0%	7.6%	.289	23.6%	40.0%	1.43	23.1%	76.4%	11.2%	26.3%	5.15

Repertoire

Changeup | 34%
Four-Seamer | 29%
Sinker | 13%
Cutter | 12%
Curveball | 11%
Slider | 0%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	85.5	6.6%	-	-	17.2%	5.4%	22.6%	62.4%	58.1%	-	-	.200	.260	.200	-	-	-	-	-
2019	85.6	15.6%	-	-	22.4%	8.5%	30.9%	67.6%	62.4%	-	-	.184	.234	.263	-	-	-	-	-
2020	86.9	29.2%	42.2%	42.7%	22.5%	11.8%	34.3%	66.9%	59.6%	54.5%	21.2%	.228	.311	.310	57.1%	.190	.253	18.6%	1,542
2021	86.9	29.3%	44.6%	37.3%	19.9%	6.0%	25.9%	64.9%	58.9%	54.0%	24.0%	.210	.273	.309	25.0%	.211	.281	21.1%	1,563
2022	84.4	30.1%	41.4%	44.7%	20.5%	8.2%	28.7%	67.7%	63.3%	42.6%	34.0%	.168	.239	.227	18.8%	.188	.274	11.8%	1,587
2023	81.6	34.5%	44.4%	43.9%	21.3%	10.4%	31.7%	69.7%	64.1%	35.3%	43.9%	.207	.254	.284	8.2%	.193	.241	16.0%	1,521
SP MLB Percentile	12	96	88	86	91	64	90	94	95	11	91	66	66	49	59	75	76	79	20
SP MLB AVG	85.2	17.4%	34.2%	34.8%	14.6%	9.6%	24.1%	58.6%	52.5%	50.6%	28.1%	.246	.297	.281	14.2%	.246	.304	23.5%	1,752

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.190	.253	.271	.409	18.6%	12.1%	36.4%	20.3%	82.8	86.2	2.3	7.9	5.0	-1.5	6.2	6.8	1,542
2021	.211	.281	.308	.416	21.1%	9.0%	44.0%	24.4%	87.8	86.1	8.1	8.3	6.2	-1.3	6.3	6.8	1,563
2022	.188	.274	.257	.400	11.8%	7.4%	34.0%	18.8%	84.0	86.7	11.5	7.5	7.6	-1.2	6.5	6.6	1,587
2023	.193	.241	.262	.329	16.0%	4.3%	33.1%	21.0%	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	79	61	63	73	66	77	4	39	83	43	98	67	20
SP MLB AVG	.246	.304	.278	.352	23.5%	6.1%	36.3%	26.8%	86.2	87.0	8.5	8.5	3.9	-0.5	5.7	6.5	1,752

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	93	22	2	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	58	35	.200	.400	.260
2019	343	108	14	0	1	3	39	8	0	0	232	111	.184	.296	.234
2020	178	59	6	3	0	4	24	2	0	1	119	59	.228	.491	.311
2021	579	180	22	7	0	6	67	13	0	3	376	203	.210	.359	.273
2022	586	170	16	4	0	6	63	13	0	3	397	189	.168	.310	.239
2023	766	219	24	14	0	5	70	10	0	1	534	232	.207	.346	.254
SP MLB Percentile	98	98	5	0	22	5	99	8	22	18	98	5	66	58	66
SP MLB AVG	243	66	10	3	0	2	14	4	0	1	147	96	.246	.401	.297

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	54.5%	24.2%	21.2%	3.0%	57.1%	48.5%	36.4%	15.2%	14.0%	15.2%	36.4%	12.1%	18.2%	6.1%	33.3%
2021	54.0%	22.0%	24.0%	8.0%	25.0%	60.0%	25.0%	15.0%	21.8%	5.0%	33.0%	18.0%	32.0%	3.0%	41.0%
2022	42.6%	23.4%	34.0%	14.9%	18.8%	70.2%	17.0%	12.8%	23.0%	6.4%	33.0%	26.6%	23.4%	3.2%	34.0%
2023	35.3%	20.9%	43.9%	13.7%	8.2%	58.3%	32.4%	9.4%	19.8%	3.6%	26.6%	36.7%	20.9%	7.9%	34.5%
SP MLB Percentile	11	48	91	85	59	72	58	15	89	42	18	89	68	18	46
SP MLB AVG	50.6%	21.3%	28.1%	7.2%	14.2%	52.3%	31.1%	16.6%	15.1%	4.7%	36.6%	22.7%	25.1%	4.9%	34.3%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.200	.260	.200	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.184	.234	.263	.300	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	18.6%	12.1%	36.4%	20.3%	.228	.311	.310	.394	.190	.253	.271	.409	82.8	86.2	2.3
2021	21.1%	9.0%	44.0%	24.4%	.210	.273	.309	.350	.211	.281	.308	.416	87.8	86.1	8.1
2022	11.8%	7.4%	34.0%	18.8%	.168	.239	.227	.277	.188	.274	.257	.400	84.0	86.7	11.5
2023	16.0%	4.3%	33.1%	21.0%	.207	.254	.284	.309	.193	.241	.262	.329	84.6	83.8	20.5
SP MLB Percentile	79	61	63	73	66	66	49	50	75	76	57	55	66	77	4
SP MLB AVG	23.5%	6.1%	36.3%	26.8%	.246	.297	.281	.308	.246	.304	.278	.352	86.2	87.0	8.5

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	17.2%	5.4%	22.6%	62.4%	58.1%	30.2%	57.0%	69.8%	-	-	8.1%	-	50.0%	25.0%
2019	-	-	22.4%	8.5%	30.9%	67.6%	62.4%	37.9%	59.2%	62.1%	-	-	11.6%	-	57.5%	50.0%
2020	42.2%	42.7%	22.5%	11.8%	34.3%	66.9%	59.6%	40.8%	55.1%	59.2%	41.9%	72.7%	14.0%	38.4%	53.8%	42.3%
2021	44.6%	37.3%	19.9%	6.0%	25.9%	64.9%	58.9%	33.7%	58.9%	66.3%	53.1%	78.2%	11.3%	34.4%	72.9%	60.4%
2022	41.4%	44.7%	20.5%	8.2%	28.7%	67.7%	63.3%	34.4%	59.6%	65.6%	53.7%	73.0%	13.7%	28.9%	63.4%	57.7%
2023	44.4%	43.9%	21.3%	10.4%	31.7%	69.7%	64.1%	35.9%	59.3%	64.1%	47.1%	76.4%	15.8%	32.1%	64.2%	55.8%
SP MLB Percentile	88	86	91	64	90	94	95	73	91	73	81	66	78	54	67	81
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	34.8%	14.6%	9.6%	24.1%	58.6%	52.5%	29.6%	49.0%	70.4%	59.0%	80.3%	12.7%	30.9%	56.5%	43.5%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39.8%	12.9%	47.3%	-	16.2%	11.4%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.2%	12.0%	42.9%	-	16.8%	26.5%
2020	63.5%	24.2%	12.4%	25.8%	23.0%	51.1%	3.9%	29.2%	46.6%	48.3%	10.7%	41.0%	42.7%	17.4%	32.9%
2021	60.1%	29.0%	10.9%	8.8%	16.6%	74.6%	5.7%	38.7%	32.3%	39.9%	4.8%	55.3%	37.3%	15.6%	20.9%
2022	57.7%	30.7%	11.6%	18.6%	22.5%	58.9%	7.5%	31.9%	37.4%	39.9%	11.1%	49.0%	44.7%	16.2%	22.0%
2023	51.6%	30.7%	17.8%	18.3%	21.3%	60.4%	8.1%	29.5%	39.8%	45.6%	10.6%	43.9%	43.9%	11.5%	20.8%
SP MLB Percentile	32	90	52	75	66	25	96	88	4	5	38	96	86	13	68
SP MLB AVG	56.7%	25.0%	18.3%	13.7%	19.4%	66.9%	4.0%	20.5%	54.5%	60.0%	9.7%	30.3%	34.8%	17.2%	17.0%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	343	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	178	5.11	910	43.3%	18.5%	38.2%	5.1%	3.7	4.04	+3
2021	579	5.48	3,173	51.3%	18.1%	30.6%	20.7%	11.3	2.32	+7
2022	586	5.77	3,380	57.7%	15.0%	27.3%	30.4%	6.9	1.26	-1
2023	766	5.72	4,385	58.5%	15.3%	26.2%	32.2%	10.3	1.77	+4
SP MLB Percentile	98	99	99	99	6	97	97	4	-	11
SP MLB AVG	243	4.81	1,194	37.2%	20.9%	41.9%	-4.8%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	93.3	14.7%	-	-	5.8%	16.8%	22.6%	63.0%	54.3%	-	-	.327	.382	.370	-	-	-	-	-
2019	92.9	31.8%	-	-	5.4%	17.7%	23.2%	66.5%	59.1%	-	-	.321	.402	.323	-	-	-	-	-
2020	93.6	42.4%	20.2%	55.8%	8.5%	14.0%	22.5%	63.6%	55.0%	29.8%	42.6%	.400	.498	.419	20.0%	.288	.394	41.9%	2,141
2021	93.8	38.9%	31.3%	57.1%	9.8%	16.2%	25.9%	72.0%	66.2%	31.4%	40.0%	.246	.329	.254	19.6%	.307	.386	37.5%	2,089
2022	93.1	32.6%	25.9%	50.2%	6.4%	17.0%	23.4%	66.0%	58.8%	30.8%	40.8%	.280	.354	.317	11.3%	.261	.347	35.0%	2,110
2023	92.0	28.7%	27.0%	48.8%	7.4%