Michael Wacha

KC Royals • #52 • Starter

Active
Position Starter
Height 6'6"
Weight 215
Age 34
Birthdate Jul 1, 1991
Birthplace Iowa City, IA, USA
School Texas A&M

Michael Wacha Projections, Player Props and Stats

Total Hits

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent Hits Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Strikeouts Thrown

5.5 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent K Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 5(o) 4.5
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 5(u) 5.5
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 6(o) 4.5
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 7(o) 4.5
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 3(u) 4.5
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 7(o) 3.5
Last 6 average 5.5

Outs Recorded

18.67 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent Outs Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 15 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 16 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 18 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 24 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 21(o) 16.5
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 18 -
Last 6 average 18.67

Total Home Runs

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent HR Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Total Bases

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent TB Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Total RBIs

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent RBI Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Total Runs Scored

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent Runs Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Hit a Home Run

0.0 / game
(2026) avg
Date Opponent HR Close
Apr 29 @ ATH ATH 0 -
Apr 22 vs BAL BAL 0 -
Apr 17 @ NYY NYY 0 -
Apr 11 vs CHW CHW 0 -
Apr 6 @ CLE CLE 0 -
Mar 28 @ ATL ATL 0 -
Last 6 average

Michael Wacha Game Logs

2026 Game Log
Date Opp Score M/L O/U S/R RES IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP G/F
Apr 29 @ ATH L 5 - 2 L 102 U 9.5 S L 5.0 8 4 4 5 4 1 105 21.0 0.50
Apr 22 vs BAL L 8 - 6 L -130 O 9.5 S L 5.1 7 6 6 5 2 1 89 16.7 0.60
Apr 17 @ NYY L 4 - 2 L 150 U 8.0 S ND 6.0 3 2 2 6 3 1 97 16.2 0.67
Apr 11 vs CHW W 2 - 0 W -190 U 9.0 S W 8.0 4 0 0 7 1 0 88 11.0 0.86
Apr 6 @ CLE W 4 - 2 W 100 U 7.0 S W 7.0 3 1 1 3 3 1 102 14.6 1.50
Mar 28 @ ATL L 6 - 2 L 122 U 8.5 S ND 6.0 3 0 0 7 1 0 80 13.3 2.00

Michael Wacha's Pitching Statistics for Regular Season

Season Team G GS W L SV BS ERA CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR WP
2026 KC 6 6 2 2 0 0 3.13 0 0 37.3 28 13 13 14 33 4 0
2025 KC 31 31 10 13 0 0 3.86 0 0 172.7 166 74 74 45 126 15 2
2024 KC 29 29 13 8 0 0 3.35 0 0 166.7 154 65 62 44 145 17 3
2023 SD 24 24 14 4 0 0 3.22 0 0 134.3 113 49 48 43 124 15 3
2022 BOS 23 23 11 2 0 0 3.32 1 1 127.3 111 49 47 31 104 18 4
2021 TB 29 23 3 5 0 0 5.05 0 0 124.7 132 73 70 31 121 23 5
2020 NYM 8 7 1 4 0 0 6.62 0 0 34.0 46 26 25 7 37 9 2
2019 STL 29 24 6 7 0 0 4.76 0 0 126.7 143 71 67 51 104 26 2
2018 STL 15 15 8 2 0 0 3.20 0 0 84.3 68 36 30 36 71 9 2
2017 STL 30 30 12 9 0 0 4.13 1 1 165.7 170 82 76 52 158 17 5
2016 STL 27 24 7 7 0 0 5.09 0 0 138.0 159 86 78 39 114 15 6
2015 STL 30 30 17 7 0 0 3.38 0 0 181.3 162 74 68 54 153 19 0
2014 STL 19 19 5 6 0 0 3.20 0 0 107.0 95 41 38 33 94 6 0
2013 STL 15 9 4 1 0 0 2.78 0 0 64.7 52 20 20 19 65 5 0

Michael Wacha's Pitching Statistics for Post Season

Season Team G GS W L SV BS ERA CG SHO IP H R ER BB SO HR WP
2024 KC 2 2 0 1 0 0 5.19 0 0 8.7 10 5 5 4 5 1 0
2021 TB 1 0 0 0 0 0 20.25 0 0 2.7 9 6 6 0 4 1 1
2015 STL 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.31 0 0 4.3 6 4 4 2 5 3 0
2014 STL 1 0 0 1 0 0 81.00 0 0 0.3 2 3 3 1 0 1 0
2013 STL 5 5 4 1 0 0 2.64 0 0 30.7 16 9 9 9 33 3 0

Pitching Splits

Overall Last 3 Away Home Day Night
W-L 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-2
ERA 3.13 6.61 2.62 4.05 0.00 3.13
IP 37.3 16.3 24.0 13.3 0.0 37.3
HITS 28 18 17 11 0 28
RUNS 13 12 7 6 0 13
ER 13 12 7 6 0 13
SO 33 16 21 12 0 33
BB 14 9 11 3 0 14
HR 4 3 3 1 0 4
OBP .291 .365 .305 .264 .000 .291
WHIP 1.12 1.65 1.17 1.05 0.00 1.12
GB:FB 0.89 0.60 1.00 0.75 0.00 0.89
SB 2 2 2 0 0 2
CS 2 2 2 0 0 2
SB% 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
QS% 0.67 0.33 0.75 0.50 0.00 0.67


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