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Michael Wacha

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PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2013–PRESENT Birthdate: July 1, 1991 BORN: IOWA CITY, USA
Kansas City Royals
Featured Michael Wacha Reaches 1,500 Career Strikeouts
All-Star ×1 WBC 2026
Career
118 W · 3.85 ERA · 1542 K
1790.0 IP · 1.26 WHIP · 335 G
2026 Season
7-8 · 3.49 ERA
162.2 IP · 126 K · 1.13 WHIP
Last 30 Days
2-1 · 2.97 ERA
30.3 IP · 22 K · 0.92 WHIP
Salary / Contract
2026: $18M
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2026 Salary Note Michael Wacha's 2026 salary is $18M. Salary History →
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Michael Wacha is a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 335 MLB appearances, he has a 3.85 ERA and 1542 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
2013 STL 4 1 2.78 15 9 0 64.2 52 20 19 65 1.10
2014 STL 5 6 3.20 19 19 0 107.0 95 38 33 94 1.20
2015 STL 17 7 3.38 30 30 0 181.1 162 68 58 153 1.21
2016 STL 7 7 5.09 27 24 0 138.0 159 78 45 114 1.48
2017 STL 12 9 4.13 30 30 0 165.2 170 76 55 158 1.36
2018 STL 8 2 3.20 15 15 0 84.1 68 30 36 71 1.23
2019 STL 6 7 4.76 29 24 0 126.2 143 67 55 104 1.56
2020 NYM 1 4 6.62 8 7 0 34.0 46 25 7 37 1.56
2021 TB 3 5 5.05 29 23 0 124.2 132 70 31 121 1.31
2022 BOS 11 2 3.32 23 23 0 127.1 111 47 31 104 1.12
2023 SD 14 4 3.22 24 24 0 134.1 113 48 43 124 1.16
2024 KC 13 8 3.35 29 29 0 166.2 154 62 45 145 1.19
2025 KC 10 13 3.86 31 31 0 172.2 166 74 45 126 1.22
2026 KC 7 8 3.49 26 26 0 162.2 141 63 42 126 1.13
Career Totals — 118 83 3.85 335 314 0 1790.0 1712 766 545 1542 1.26
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 STL 15 21 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 .143 .143 .143 .286
2014 STL 19 29 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 .034 .034 .034 .069
2015 STL 30 52 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 4 20 .154 .214 .173 .387
2016 STL 27 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 .026 .095 .026 .121
2017 STL 30 46 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 .043 .063 .043 .106
2018 STL 15 25 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .080 .115 .080 .195
2019 STL 29 36 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 21 .167 .167 .194 .361
2020 NYM 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 TB 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2022 BOS 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 SD 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 KC 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 KC 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals — 310 251 16 23 2 0 0 16 1 9 125 .092 .123 .100 .222
Awards & Achievements
  • NLCS MVP (1): 2013
  • Pitcher of the Month (1): 2023
All-Star Selections

2015

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2014$510,000
2015$520,000
2016$539,000
2017$2,775,000
2018$5,300,000
2019$6,350,000
2020$3,000,000
2021$3,000,000
2022$7,000,000
2023$7,500,000
2024$16,000,000
2025$18,000,000
2026$18,000,000

Career Total: $88,494,000 (13 seasons)

Average: $6,807,231

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Salary Note

Michael Wacha's 2026 Opening Day salary with KC is $18,000,000 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Game Log — Recent
Date Opp Result IPHERBBKHR
Aug 22 vs DET 3-1 W 7.0 3 1 1 6 1
Aug 17 vs OAK 9-5 W 5.0 6 4 0 3 3
Aug 11 @ LAD 4-5 L 6.2 7 3 0 5 1
Aug 6 vs MIN 3-4 L 5.2 3 1 3 1 1
Jul 31 @ COL 1-3 L 6.0 5 1 0 7 0
Jul 25 @ DET 3-2 W 7.0 6 2 2 3 1
Jul 20 vs SF 4-3 W 6.0 3 1 2 5 1
Jul 9 @ NYM 3-7 L 4.2 6 6 3 5 1
Jul 4 vs PHI 1-6 L 6.0 8 4 1 7 3
Jun 27 @ CWS 1-2 L 7.2 6 1 1 7 0
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.