Michael Wacha

#52 - Starting Pitcher

San Diego Padres

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/1/1991 (31)
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%
	5-2	62.0	3.48	1.15	22.5%	7.5%	28.1%

	21^st 3 W	60^th 45 IP	51^st 4.86 ERA	55^th 1.38 WHIP	83^rd 21.3% K%	91^st 8.2% BB%	102^nd 28.2% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	91.9	12.0%	21.7%	34.3%	5.25	3.50

	153^rd 93.4 FB MPH	84^th 11.7% SwStr%	16^th 28.0% HC%	173^rd 43.5% GB%	34^th 5.06 PLV	37^th 4.69 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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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%	4.89
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%	5.01
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%	5.08
2023	SD	11	11	62.0	5	2	3.48	3.50	3.72	4.54	1.15	7.6	22.5%	7.5%	.272	21.7%	34.3%	0.87	8.2%	75.9%	12.0%	28.1%	5.25
SP MLB Percentile		58	58	69	82	50	75	82	76	51	71	77	58	52	74	92	13	77	88	65	56	46	83
SP MLB AVG		9	9	45.0	3	3	4.86	4.69	4.68	4.61	1.38	9.2	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.0%	43.5%	-	14.7%	71.4%	11.7%	28.2%	5.06
6 Years		115	103	559.0	34	22	4.23	-	-	-	1.31	8.9	20.9%	7.5%	.292	23.0%	41.2%	1.47	25.6%	75.6%	11.1%	26.0%	5.07

Repertoire

Changeup | 32%
Four-Seamer | 31%
Cutter | 15%
Sinker | 13%
Curveball | 10%
Slider | 0%
All Pitches

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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	81.8	31.7%	46.4%	45.1%	22.7%	9.5%	32.2%	69.9%	64.7%	33.3%	49.1%	.195	.246	.273	7.1%	.180	.240	13.2%	1,564
SP MLB Percentile	9	95	87	86	88	49	87	94	96	12	90	68	62	50	49	73	69	79	26
SP MLB AVG	85.5	15.9%	31.9%	34.1%	14.1%	9.8%	23.9%	56.6%	50.8%	51.2%	27.5%	.243	.290	.292	14.0%	.245	.299	24.0%	1,740

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	.180	.240	.238	.334	13.2%	7.0%	29.8%	18.7%	84.2	84.1	20.2	8.4	7.0	-1.3	6.5	6.6	1,564
SP MLB Percentile	73	69	67	48	79	36	70	79	71	75	10	35	90	47	98	52	26
SP MLB AVG	.245	.299	.282	.346	24.0%	5.5%	38.9%	28.5%	86.9	87.5	8.1	8.6	4.0	-0.6	5.7	6.5	1,740

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	326	91	9	6	0	2	30	4	0	1	228	98	.195	.333	.246
SP MLB Percentile	98	98	8	2	8	7	98	8	9	4	99	5	68	52	62
SP MLB AVG	102	28	4	1	0	1	6	2	0	0	61	41	.243	.385	.290

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	33.3%	17.5%	49.1%	10.5%	7.1%	50.9%	40.4%	8.8%	20.2%	1.8%	28.1%	40.4%	12.3%	10.5%	36.8%
SP MLB Percentile	12	62	90	74	49	46	82	21	86	47	27	90	86	16	40
SP MLB AVG	51.2%	21.5%	27.5%	6.5%	14.0%	52.3%	30.2%	17.5%	14.1%	4.2%	36.8%	21.9%	26.4%	5.3%	34.4%

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	13.2%	7.0%	29.8%	18.7%	.195	.246	.273	.298	.180	.240	.238	.334	84.2	84.1	20.2
SP MLB Percentile	79	36	70	79	68	62	50	52	73	69	67	48	71	75	10
SP MLB AVG	24.0%	5.5%	38.9%	28.5%	.243	.290	.292	.313	.245	.299	.282	.346	86.9	87.5	8.1

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	46.4%	45.1%	22.7%	9.5%	32.2%	69.9%	64.7%	37.6%	60.4%	62.4%	48.2%	72.8%	14.1%	30.1%	69.7%	57.6%
SP MLB Percentile	87	86	88	49	87	94	96	77	93	77	75	77	60	48	80	81
SP MLB AVG	31.9%	34.1%	14.1%	9.8%	23.9%	56.6%	50.8%	30.0%	46.8%	70.0%	58.3%	80.3%	12.8%	32.0%	51.9%	40.1%

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	54.9%	31.0%	14.1%	19.0%	20.6%	60.4%	6.4%	28.5%	40.5%	41.4%	10.7%	47.9%	45.1%	12.6%	19.2%
SP MLB Percentile	42	82	35	75	56	31	81	79	11	4	41	95	86	28	60
SP MLB AVG	57.2%	24.7%	18.1%	13.8%	19.4%	66.7%	4.1%	20.5%	54.8%	61.4%	9.4%	29.2%	34.1%	16.4%	17.0%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	343	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	178	4.92	762	40.0%	16.1%	43.9%	-3.9%	2.2	4.59	+1
2021	579	5.20	2,895	45.1%	20.1%	34.8%	10.2%	5.1	3.48	+0
2022	586	5.54	2,775	53.1%	16.8%	30.1%	23.0%	-3.9	1.98	-12
2023	326	5.89	1,921	61.3%	17.2%	21.5%	39.9%	7.1	1.09	+2
SP MLB Percentile	98	98	99	98	31	98	98	4	-	24
SP MLB AVG	102	4.94	516	40.6%	19.7%	39.7%	0.8%	-	-	+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	91.9	31.2%	28.0%	47.5%	7.8%	18.4%