Michael Wacha
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Wacha with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 52 | |||
| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: July 1, 1991 Iowa City, Iowa |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 30, 2013, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 20, 2017) |
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| Win–loss record | 35–22 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.69 | ||
| Strikeouts | 443 | ||
| WHIP | 1.26 | ||
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Michael Joseph Wacha (/ˈwɑːkə/; born July 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Texas A&M Aggies.
The Cardinals selected Wacha in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft from Texas A&M. With just one year in the minor leagues, he made his MLB debut on May 30, 2013. Following a strong regular season, Wacha earned the 2013 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award, after yielding one run and eight hits in his first 21 postseason innings pitched.
Michael Wacha was born in Iowa City, Iowa, to Tom and Karen Wacha as the second of four children. He has one older brother, Charlie, one younger brother, Lucas, and a younger sister, Brette. When Wacha was three years old, his family moved from Iowa City to Texarkana, Texas. His future college coach, Rob Childress, first spotted Wacha pitching in an American Legion game; Wacha's father was the coach and his sister the batgirl. Wacha's uncle, Dusty Rogers, pitched in the Cincinnati Reds organization from 1984 through 1988.
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