Michael Wacha

P | Tampa Bay Rays Age: 30 (7/1/1991) Throws:

SP Rank #

2021 Season Stats

W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
3-5	124.1	4.99	1.30	22.8%	5.8%	26.2%

Michael Wacha P | TB

Four-Seamer | 40%
Changeup | 29%
Cutter | 24%
Curveball | 6%
All

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	95.0	52.9%	22.5%	58.3%	9.4%	21.1%	30.5%	69.0%	40.5%	32.6%	.285	.331	49.6%
2018	93.5	43.1%	22.8%	51.2%	7.4%	17.2%	24.5%	62.5%	35.8%	28.4%	.253	.277	43.4%
2019	93.0	50.5%	25.8%	53.8%	6.0%	15.7%	21.7%	66.1%	43.8%	33.6%	.302	.299	43.3%
2020	93.6	42.5%	19.6%	58.7%	8.5%	13.9%	22.4%	63.7%	28.9%	48.9%	.386	.400	40.5%
2021	93.8	40.2%	29.5%	60.3%	10.0%	15.9%	25.9%	71.6%	27.8%	43.8%	.246	.252	50.8%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	1,427	360	66	18	1	7	63	32	985	442	.285
2018	611	171	27	6	0	4	28	19	382	229	.253
2019	1,117	313	49	18	0	16	42	30	738	379	.302
2020	259	64	12	6	0	4	8	5	165	94	.386
2021	793	198	23	11	0	11	39	11	568	225	.246

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	40.5%	26.4%	32.6%	11.4%	12.4%	65.3%	22.3%	25.6%	30.2%	.331	.348
2018	35.8%	35.8%	28.4%	6.5%	11.0%	61.5%	27.5%	32.1%	26.6%	.277	.301
2019	43.8%	22.6%	33.6%	9.2%	12.4%	60.2%	27.4%	32.7%	23.9%	.299	.346
2020	28.9%	22.2%	48.9%	0.0%	6.7%	48.9%	44.4%	33.3%	13.3%	.400	.449
2021	27.8%	28.5%	43.8%	3.2%	6.9%	51.4%	41.7%	16.7%	28.5%	.252	.308

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	22.5%	58.3%	9.4%	21.1%	30.5%	80.4%	70.1%	82.9%	47.9%	69.0%
2018	22.8%	51.2%	7.4%	17.2%	24.5%	83.8%	73.5%	87.1%	45.3%	62.5%
2019	25.8%	53.8%	6.0%	15.7%	21.7%	88.1%	85.0%	89.1%	50.4%	66.1%
2020	19.6%	58.7%	8.5%	13.9%	22.4%	82.9%	90.5%	81.5%	49.8%	63.7%
2021	29.5%	60.3%	10.0%	15.9%	25.9%	81.9%	72.0%	84.5%	55.7%	71.6%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	27.5%	17.8%	89.4%	71.4%
2018	22.6%	18.5%	50.3%	39.2%
2019	20.6%	16.1%	60.1%	45.4%
2020	18.3%	13.4%	65.6%	50.0%
2021	20.6%	19.4%	91.9%	74.2%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	33.9%	28.0%	38.1%	30.1%	33.2%	36.7%	9.6%	63.2%	25.2%	26.0%	58.3%	15.2%
2018	34.4%	28.2%	37.5%	39.0%	28.8%	32.2%	8.3%	52.9%	35.0%	29.1%	51.2%	13.6%
2019	36.6%	26.6%	36.7%	38.2%	29.8%	32.0%	7.2%	55.1%	30.0%	31.6%	53.8%	18.3%
2020	33.6%	22.8%	43.6%	41.3%	37.8%	20.8%	8.1%	59.1%	26.6%	25.9%	58.7%	13.7%
2021	34.2%	5.4%	60.3%	53.7%	25.3%	20.9%	2.3%	61.3%	22.7%	28.0%	60.3%	17.3%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	87.7	18.5%	37.9%	39.7%	17.4%	7.0%	24.4%	61.9%	55.7%	22.7%	.227	.299	40.1%
2018	86.0	22.3%	35.5%	47.5%	19.0%	10.8%	29.7%	67.1%	52.5%	21.3%	.159	.197	49.4%
2019	85.6	23.6%	38.5%	47.4%	22.0%	10.1%	32.1%	66.9%	59.3%	18.6%	.196	.274	48.4%
2020	86.9	29.2%	40.2%	45.5%	22.5%	11.8%	34.3%	66.9%	54.5%	27.3%	.228	.310	47.8%
2021	86.9	29.2%	43.1%	41.2%	20.1%	6.2%	26.3%	65.2%	47.5%	27.7%	.206	.302	44.2%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	499	143	21	4	1	4	43	8	309	190	.227
2018	316	98	9	3	0	2	28	7	212	104	.159
2019	523	155	21	1	1	5	56	10	350	173	.196
2020	178	59	6	3	0	4	24	2	119	59	.228
2021	577	183	22	7	0	6	68	13	376	201	.206

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	55.7%	20.5%	22.7%	5.0%	15.9%	70.5%	13.6%	40.9%	10.2%	.299	.330
2018	52.5%	26.2%	21.3%	7.7%	9.8%	73.8%	16.4%	44.3%	9.8%	.197	.222
2019	59.3%	22.1%	18.6%	0.0%	11.6%	72.1%	16.3%	57.0%	5.8%	.274	.315
2020	54.5%	15.2%	27.3%	0.0%	18.2%	57.6%	24.2%	42.4%	9.1%	.310	.394
2021	47.5%	24.8%	27.7%	10.7%	12.9%	60.4%	26.7%	57.4%	9.9%	.302	.343

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	37.9%	39.7%	17.4%	7.0%	24.4%	68.2%	56.1%	76.9%	54.9%	61.9%
2018	35.5%	47.5%	19.0%	10.8%	29.7%	66.3%	50.8%	73.9%	56.3%	67.1%
2019	38.5%	47.4%	22.0%	10.1%	32.1%	61.3%	49.1%	68.1%	56.8%	66.9%
2020	40.2%	45.5%	22.5%	11.8%	34.3%	59.2%	41.0%	71.2%	55.1%	66.9%
2021	43.1%	41.2%	20.1%	6.2%	26.3%	65.9%	50.0%	77.8%	58.9%	65.2%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	10.6%	28.9%	17.5%	14.7%
2018	15.6%	25.4%	9.2%	6.1%
2019	15.8%	27.4%	25.2%	21.9%
2020	14.0%	35.6%	23.7%	18.6%
2021	11.5%	31.0%	17.5%	14.2%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	57.9%	29.3%	12.8%	19.2%	21.4%	59.3%	7.0%	41.5%	21.0%	49.9%	39.7%	17.4%
2018	47.2%	31.6%	20.9%	19.6%	23.1%	57.3%	7.6%	44.6%	33.2%	42.4%	47.5%	16.3%
2019	49.5%	33.3%	17.2%	14.5%	21.6%	63.9%	6.9%	43.6%	32.1%	44.0%	47.4%	13.6%
2020	63.5%	24.2%	12.4%	23.6%	27.5%	48.9%	5.6%	48.3%	29.8%	41.0%	45.5%	17.4%
2021	43.0%	6.4%	50.6%	9.9%	19.4%	70.7%	1.4%	39.2%	19.4%	56.0%	41.2%	15.9%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	90.7	16.9%	31.9%	49.7%	9.7%	11.9%	21.5%	63.7%	57.9%	16.8%	.275	.311	47.5%
2018	89.3	19.7%	31.3%	40.7%	11.1%	11.1%	22.1%	59.6%	54.5%	25.0%	.200	.208	50.0%
2019	89.3	15.0%	26.4%	39.5%	8.7%	12.3%	21.1%	58.1%	56.1%	18.2%	.333	.308	42.2%
2020	88.9	27.1%	28.2%	48.5%	9.7%	16.4%	26.1%	66.7%	41.4%	41.4%	.306	.333	50.9%
2021	89.1	24.3%	26.4%	55.8%	7.9%	16.3%	24.2%	68.3%	47.9%	25.6%	.370	.366	50.4%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	455	149	23	9	0	6	29	10	290	165	.275
2018	280	64	9	1	0	1	7	7	167	113	.200
2019	332	85	17	3	0	4	4	10	193	139	.333
2020	165	36	6	2	2	1	5	0	110	55	.306
2021	480	138	33	7	1	6	12	7	328	152	.370

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	57.9%	24.3%	16.8%	5.6%	10.3%	65.4%	24.3%	38.3%	14.0%	.311	.349
2018	54.5%	20.5%	25.0%	0.0%	9.1%	79.5%	11.4%	38.6%	4.5%	.208	.224
2019	56.1%	25.8%	18.2%	8.3%	10.6%	62.1%	27.3%	27.3%	18.2%	.308	.348
2020	41.4%	17.2%	41.4%	0.0%	6.9%	65.5%	27.6%	20.7%	27.6%	.333	.355
2021	47.9%	26.5%	25.6%	26.7%	12.0%	64.1%	23.9%	30.8%	16.2%	.366	.398

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	31.9%	49.7%	9.7%	11.9%	21.5%	81.4%	69.9%	86.5%	51.9%	63.7%
2018	31.3%	40.7%	11.1%	11.1%	22.1%	77.2%	59.6%	88.1%	48.6%	59.6%
2019	26.4%	39.5%	8.7%	12.3%	21.1%	80.9%	77.4%	82.8%	45.8%	58.1%
2020	28.2%	48.5%	9.7%	16.4%	26.1%	80.7%	83.3%	79.7%	50.3%	66.7%
2021	26.4%	55.8%	7.9%	16.3%	24.2%	84.8%	73.2%	88.1%	52.1%	68.3%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	14.6%	25.8%	44.3%	28.9%
2018	12.5%	18.4%	70.3%	56.3%
2019	16.0%	21.3%	51.8%	32.9%
2020	20.2%	28.6%	75.0%	63.9%
2021	19.9%	12.0%	81.9%	62.3%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	10.5%	17.1%	72.3%	31.0%	31.0%	38.0%	5.9%	60.2%	27.5%	28.1%	49.7%	23.4%
2018	5.4%	13.9%	80.7%	32.5%	26.4%	41.1%	2.9%	74.3%	30.7%	13.6%	40.7%	12.0%
2019	5.1%	21.7%	73.2%	32.8%	28.6%	38.6%	6.3%	64.2%	38.3%	18.4%	39.5%	18.8%
2020	7.3%	21.8%	70.9%	33.9%	29.1%	37.0%	6.7%	69.1%	29.7%	21.2%	48.5%	14.0%
2021	23.8%	9.6%	66.7%	36.5%	30.4%	33.1%	3.8%	74.4%	22.7%	17.3%	55.8%	22.4%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	76.3	11.4%	20.2%	43.8%	9.1%	25.6%	34.7%	55.2%	52.6%	31.6%	.164	.256