Michael Wacha
Kansas City Royals · No. 52 · P

Michael Wacha

6' 6", 215 lbs·Age 35·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL2 games
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Changeup / OffspeedTurns lineups over with a changeup or splitter as the signature pitch.2015–2026 · 25,096 pitches · 92.5 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
3.77
ERA
5-7
W-L
119.3
IP
1.19
WHIP
96
SO
34
BB
7.2
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
2.78
Best ERA · 2013
17
Most W · 2015
158
Most K · 2017
1.10
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · OPS
7 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
14 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 14100020H
Jul 94.66766351L
Jul 4684173L
Jun 277.66761170
Jun 22761150W
Jun 16673130
Jun 11794121L
Jun 55.66784021L
May 31586450L
May 25752251

Career · Hitting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2013152103
2014192902
2015305204
2016273900
2017304603
2018152501
2019293603
202130300
Career195251016

Career · Pitching

14 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20131564.2412.78651.10
201419107.0563.20941.20
201530181.11773.381531.21
201627138.0775.091141.48
201730165.21294.131581.36
20181584.1823.20711.23
201929126.2674.761041.56
2020834.0146.62371.56
202129124.2355.051211.31
202223127.11123.321041.12
202324134.11443.221241.16
202429166.21383.351451.19
202531172.210133.861261.22
202619119.1573.77961.19
Career3281742.7116821512
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 25,006 pitches · 2015–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCHFCCUSISL
FF · 4-Seam Fastball39.4% · 93.8 mph
CH · Changeup25.2% · 84.0 mph
FC · Cutter16.2% · 89.3 mph
CU · Curveball9.6% · 75.5 mph
SI · Sinker6.9% · 93.1 mph
SL · Slider2.8% · 84.7 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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