Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

Kansas City Royals

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Age: 33

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'6" / 215

DOB: 7/1/1991

(33 years, 11 months, 3 days)

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Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		30	30	9	6	2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.300		90.9	98.5	95.1
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		7	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143		91.4	95.8	93.2
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		16	17	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	.313		86.2	95.6	89.9
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		19	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.316		88.6	96.9	93.8
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		80	85	17	14	2	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	0	5	.213		89.6	95.0	92.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		81	86	20	11	5	1	3	4	0	14	1	0	0	1	.247		87.5	95.7	91.9
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		124	143	31	27	3	0	1	14	0	23	2	2	1	3	.250		90.0	97.0	93.6
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		24	27	7	7	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	.292		90.6	96.5	93.5
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		381	415	96	72	16	2	6	26	0	62	5	2	1	10	.252		86.2	98.5	93.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		30	30	9	6	2	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.300		90.9	98.5	95.1
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		7	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143		91.4	95.8	93.2
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		16	17	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	.313		86.2	95.6	89.9
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		19	20	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.316		88.6	96.9	93.8
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		80	85	17	14	2	1	0	3	0	4	2	0	0	5	.213		89.6	95.0	92.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		81	86	20	11	5	1	3	4	0	14	1	0	0	1	.247		87.5	95.7	91.9
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		124	143	31	27	3	0	1	14	0	23	2	2	1	3	.250		90.0	97.0	93.6
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		24	27	7	7	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	.292		90.6	96.5	93.5
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		381	415	96	72	16	2	6	26	0	62	5	2	1	10	.252		86.2	98.5	93.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		0.0%	23.3%	0.00	.300	.300	.467	.767	.167	.364	3.7	0.1	.323	109
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		0.0%	14.3%	0.00	.143	.143	.286	.429	.143	.167	0.0	-0.9	.174	12
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		5.9%	35.3%	0.17	.313	.353	.563	.915	.250	.444	3.1	1.0	.386	153
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		5.0%	0.0%	1.00	.316	.350	.421	.771	.105	.316	2.8	0.3	.335	123
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		3.5%	4.7%	0.75	.213	.259	.263	.521	.050	.224	4.7	-5.0	.235	60
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		4.7%	16.3%	0.29	.247	.291	.444	.735	.198	.266	10.2	-0.3	.314	107
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		9.8%	16.1%	0.61	.250	.331	.298	.629	.048	.294	14.0	-2.7	.287	93
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		11.1%	25.9%	0.43	.292	.370	.292	.662	.000	.412	3.0	-0.1	.308	108
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		6.3%	14.9%	0.42	.252	.307	.352	.658	.100	.286	41.3	-7.8	.290	94

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		0.0%	23.3%	0.00	.300	.300	.467	.767	.167	.364	3.7	0.1	.323	109
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		0.0%	14.3%	0.00	.143	.143	.286	.429	.143	.167	0.0	-0.9	.174	12
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		5.9%	35.3%	0.17	.313	.353	.563	.915	.250	.444	3.1	1.0	.386	153
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		5.0%	0.0%	1.00	.316	.350	.421	.771	.105	.316	2.8	0.3	.335	123
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		3.5%	4.7%	0.75	.213	.259	.263	.521	.050	.224	4.7	-5.0	.235	60
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		4.7%	16.3%	0.29	.247	.291	.444	.735	.198	.266	10.2	-0.3	.314	107
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		9.8%	16.1%	0.61	.250	.331	.298	.629	.048	.294	14.0	-2.7	.287	93
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		11.1%	25.9%	0.43	.292	.370	.292	.662	.000	.412	3.0	-0.1	.308	108
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		6.3%	14.9%	0.42	.252	.307	.352	.658	.100	.286	41.3	-7.8	.290	94

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		26.1%	39.1%	34.8%	25.0%	12.5%	66	27	93		-8.3	9.0	12.3
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	13	7	20		-7.7	7.8	11.0
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		30.0%	60.0%	10.0%	0.0%	100.0%	31	15	46		-7.9	6.1	10.4
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		26.3%	42.1%	31.6%	16.7%	0.0%	51	26	77		-7.7	8.9	11.9
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		23.0%	50.0%	27.0%	30.0%	0.0%	171	74	245		-6.9	9.9	12.2
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		32.3%	36.9%	30.8%	20.0%	15.0%	197	98	295		-8.6	9.0	12.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		23.8%	49.5%	26.7%	22.2%	3.7%	261	136	397		-7.8	8.7	11.7
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		35.3%	47.1%	17.6%	0.0%	0.0%	66	38	104		-7.7	9.3	12.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		26.0%	46.0%	27.9%	22.7%	6.8%	856	421	1277		-7.9	9.0	12.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		26.1%	39.1%	34.8%	25.0%	12.5%	66	27	93		-8.3	9.0	12.3
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	13	7	20		-7.7	7.8	11.0
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		30.0%	60.0%	10.0%	0.0%	100.0%	31	15	46		-7.9	6.1	10.4
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		26.3%	42.1%	31.6%	16.7%	0.0%	51	26	77		-7.7	8.9	11.9
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		23.0%	50.0%	27.0%	30.0%	0.0%	171	74	245		-6.9	9.9	12.2
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		32.3%	36.9%	30.8%	20.0%	15.0%	197	98	295		-8.6	9.0	12.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		23.8%	49.5%	26.7%	22.2%	3.7%	261	136	397		-7.8	8.7	11.7
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		35.3%	47.1%	17.6%	0.0%	0.0%	66	38	104		-7.7	9.3	12.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		26.0%	46.0%	27.9%	22.7%	6.8%	856	421	1277		-7.9	9.0	12.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		34.9%	70.0%	53.8%	60.0%	82.9%	76.0%	53.8%	12.9%		-0.4	-0.4
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		27.3%	88.9%	55.0%	100.0%	87.5%	90.9%	45.0%	5.0%		0.8	3.9
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		38.1%	80.0%	60.9%	37.5%	75.0%	64.3%	54.3%	21.7%		-1.1	-2.3
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		31.7%	83.3%	55.8%	84.6%	93.3%	90.7%	46.8%	5.2%		0.6	0.8
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		31.8%	83.0%	60.0%	77.1%	97.3%	92.5%	55.1%	4.5%		6.4	2.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		30.0%	76.1%	54.2%	73.8%	95.8%	90.0%	52.5%	5.4%		-1.1	-0.4
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		24.1%	73.2%	53.1%	87.2%	92.4%	91.5%	59.2%	4.5%		1.2	0.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		20.9%	59.0%	43.3%	100.0%	88.9%	91.1%	58.7%	3.8%		0.1	0.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		28.7%	75.2%	54.4%	77.4%	92.7%	89.1%	55.3%	6.0%		6.5	0.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2017	Sinker (SI)	93		34.9%	70.0%	53.8%	60.0%	82.9%	76.0%	53.8%	12.9%		-0.4	-0.4
2019	Sinker (SI)	20		27.3%	88.9%	55.0%	100.0%	87.5%	90.9%	45.0%	5.0%		0.8	3.9
2020	Sinker (SI)	46		38.1%	80.0%	60.9%	37.5%	75.0%	64.3%	54.3%	21.7%		-1.1	-2.3
2021	Sinker (SI)	77		31.7%	83.3%	55.8%	84.6%	93.3%	90.7%	46.8%	5.2%		0.6	0.8
2022	Sinker (SI)	245		31.8%	83.0%	60.0%	77.1%	97.3%	92.5%	55.1%	4.5%		6.4	2.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	295		30.0%	76.1%	54.2%	73.8%	95.8%	90.0%	52.5%	5.4%		-1.1	-0.4
2024	Sinker (SI)	397		24.1%	73.2%	53.1%	87.2%	92.4%	91.5%	59.2%	4.5%		1.2	0.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	104		20.9%	59.0%	43.3%	100.0%	88.9%	91.1%	58.7%	3.8%		0.1	0.1
Total	Sinker (SI)	1277		28.7%	75.2%	54.4%	77.4%	92.7%	89.1%	55.3%	6.0%		6.5	0.5