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Michael Wacha

Michael Joseph Wacha
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 215 lb.
Born: July 1, 1991 in Iowa City, IA
Drafted: 1st round 2012 by the St. Louis Cardinals
Acquired: as a free agent, December 2019
Departed: as a free agent, October 2020

 

Three years into his career and he looked like a star in the making.  By the time he got to the Mets, though, he had just pitched four pedestrian campaigns which revealed him to be essentially a league-average pitcher. He entered 2020 as the presumptive fifth starter for the club, but was not particularly effective.  Add two more years to the story, and he spun off a batch of really fine seasons for a troika of different clubs.  He's shown here on his 2016 Topps Stadium Club Triumvirates Luminous card, and on another couple below the stats box.

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PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G  GS CG     IP   W  L  PCT    H   R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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2013 StL NL  15   9  0   64.2   4  1 .800   52  20  20   65  19   0  0  2.78
2014 StL NL  19  19  0  107.0   5  6 .455   95  41  38   94  33   0  0  3.20
2015 StL NL  30  30  0  181.1  17  7 .708  162  74  68  153  58   0  0  3.38
2016 StL NL  27  24  0  138.0   7  7 .500  159  86  78  114  45   0  0  5.09
2017 StL NL  30  30  1  165.2  12  9 .571  170  82  76  158  55   1  0  4.13
2018 StL NL  15  15  0   84.1   8  2 .800   68  36  30   71  36   0  0  3.20
2019 StL NL  29  24  0  126.2   6  7 .462  143  71  67  104  55   0  0  4.76
2020 *METS*   8   7  0   34.0   1  4 .200   46  26  25   37   7   0  0  6.62
2021 T B AL  29  23  0  124.2   3  5 .375  132  72  70  121  31   0  0  5.05
2022 Bos AL  23  23  1  127.1  11  2 .846  111  49  47  104  31   1  0  3.32
2023 S D NL  24  24  0  134.1  14  4 .778  113  49  48  124  43   0  0  3.22
2024 K C AL  29  29  0  166.2  13  8 .619  154  65  62  145  45   0  0  3.35
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METS TOTALS   8   7  0   34.0   1  4 .200   46  26  25   37   7   0  0  6.62
OTHER CLUBS 270 250  2 1420.2 100 58 .633 1359 646 604 1253 451   2  0  3.83
============================================================================
CAREER TOTS 278 257  2 1454.2 101 62 .620 1405 672 629 1290 458   2  0  3.89

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture.  The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal.  Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den.  At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas.  If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection.  I’m still accepting donations, should you feel so moved.  Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

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2014 Topps Heritage

2013 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects #21 (RC)
2013 Bowman Platinum Prospects #BPP91
2013 Panini USA Champions #122
2013 Panini USA Champions Stars & Stripes Signatures #WAC (autographed; 441/709)
2013 Topps Update #US168 (RC)

2014 Donruss #339
2014 Topps #414
(Future Stars)
2014 Topps Archives #52
2014 Topps Heritage #133
(World Series Game 2)
2014 Topps Heritage #407
2014 Topps Heritage New Age Performers #NAP-MW
2014 Topps Opening Day #24
2014 Topps Stadium Club #155
2014 Topps The Future is Now #FN-31, #FN-32
2014 Topps Update The Future is Now #FN-MW1

2015 Topps #60a (no sparkle­)
2015 Topps Gypsy Queen #184
2015 Topps Museum Collection Archival Autographs #AA-MW (autographed; 124/199)
2015 Topps Museum Collection Single-Player Primary Pieces Quad Relics #PPQR-MW (four game-used uniform swatches; 09/99)
2015 Topps Update #US353 (All-Star)
2015 Topps Update Rainbow Foil #US353 (All-Star)

2016 Donruss #97
2016 Topps #579a
(follow-through)
2016 Topps Allen & Ginter #283
2016 Topps Archives #22
2016 Topps Gypsy Queen Mini #132
2016 Topps Heritage #210
2016 Topps Holiday Mega #HMW147
2016 Topps Stadium Club Triumvirates Luminous #T-10A
2016 Topps Stickers #186
2016 Topps St. Louis Cardinals Team Set #SLC-11

2017 Topps #99

2018 Topps #51

2019 Topps #541
2019 Topps Heritage #119
2019 Topps Rainbow Foil #541
2019 Topps Sticker Back Cards #132/134
(no stickers on flip side)

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2021 Topps Heritage

2021 Topps Update

2023 Topps

2023 Topps Heritage

2020 Topps Heritage High Numbers #536
2020 Topps Total #577

2021 Topps Heritage #344
2021 Topps Update #US161

2023 Topps #656
2023 Topps Heritage #330

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