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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		35	37	13	8	3	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	.371		80.0	87.9	84.1
2025	Slider (SL)	111		30	32	7	4	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	.233		79.1	87.5	85.2
Total	Slider (SL)	351		65	69	20	12	4	1	3	2	0	8	1	0	1	1	.308		79.1	87.9	84.4

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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		35	37	13	8	3	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	.371		80.0	87.9	84.1
2025	Slider (SL)	111		30	32	7	4	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	.233		79.1	87.5	85.2
Total	Slider (SL)	351		65	69	20	12	4	1	3	2	0	8	1	0	1	1	.308		79.1	87.9	84.4

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+
2024	Slider (SL)	240		2.7%	13.5%	0.20	.371	.405	.600	1.005	.229	.414	7.9	3.5	.429	193
2025	Slider (SL)	111		3.1%	9.4%	0.33	.233	.258	.467	.725	.233	.200	3.6	0.0	.312	107
Total	Slider (SL)	351		2.9%	11.6%	0.25	.308	.338	.538	.877	.231	.315	11.5	3.5	.376	153

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+
2024	Slider (SL)	240		2.7%	13.5%	0.20	.371	.405	.600	1.005	.229	.414	7.9	3.5	.429	193
2025	Slider (SL)	111		3.1%	9.4%	0.33	.233	.258	.467	.725	.233	.200	3.6	0.0	.312	107
Total	Slider (SL)	351		2.9%	11.6%	0.25	.308	.338	.538	.877	.231	.315	11.5	3.5	.376	153

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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		30.0%	43.3%	26.7%	37.5%	12.5%	112	128	240		0.8	1.2	2.1
2025	Slider (SL)	111		26.9%	50.0%	23.1%	50.0%	33.3%	68	43	111		1.7	2.7	3.5
Total	Slider (SL)	351		28.6%	46.4%	25.0%	42.9%	21.4%	180	171	351		1.1	1.7	2.6

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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		30.0%	43.3%	26.7%	37.5%	12.5%	112	128	240		0.8	1.2	2.1
2025	Slider (SL)	111		26.9%	50.0%	23.1%	50.0%	33.3%	68	43	111		1.7	2.7	3.5
Total	Slider (SL)	351		28.6%	46.4%	25.0%	42.9%	21.4%	180	171	351		1.1	1.7	2.6

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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		20.5%	59.5%	34.2%	31.3%	86.0%	64.6%	35.0%	12.1%		-5.7	-2.4
2025	Slider (SL)	111		28.6%	76.4%	52.3%	50.0%	85.7%	75.9%	49.5%	12.6%		-0.8	-0.7
Total	Slider (SL)	351		22.6%	66.2%	39.9%	37.5%	85.9%	69.3%	39.6%	12.3%		-6.5	-1.9

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
2024	Slider (SL)	240		20.5%	59.5%	34.2%	31.3%	86.0%	64.6%	35.0%	12.1%		-5.7	-2.4
2025	Slider (SL)	111		28.6%	76.4%	52.3%	50.0%	85.7%	75.9%	49.5%	12.6%		-0.8	-0.7
Total	Slider (SL)	351		22.6%	66.2%	39.9%	37.5%	85.9%	69.3%	39.6%	12.3%		-6.5	-1.9