Adam LaRoche
David Adam LaRoche
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 6, 1979 in Orange County, CA
High School: Fort Scott (Fort Scott, KS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Andy LaRoche and Son of Dave LaRoche
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 24 ATL NL 110 356 324 45 90 27 1 13 45 0 0 27 78 .278 .333 .488 .821 108 158 10 1 2 2 1 3
2005 25 ATL NL 141 502 451 53 117 28 0 20 78 0 2 39 87 .259 .320 .455 .775 100 205 15 4 2 6 7 *3
2006 26 ATL NL 149 557 492 89 140 38 1 32 90 0 2 55 128 .285 .354 .561 .915 130 276 9 2 1 7 5 *3
2007 27 PIT NL 152 632 563 71 153 42 0 21 88 1 1 62 131 .272 .345 .458 .803 109 258 18 3 0 4 5 *3
2008 28 PIT NL 136 554 492 66 133 32 3 25 85 1 1 54 122 .270 .341 .500 .841 122 246 9 2 0 6 7 *3/D
2009 29 TOT MLB 150 629 555 78 154 38 2 25 83 2 2 69 142 .277 .355 .488 .843 122 271 11 0 0 5 12 *3
2009 29 TOT NL 144 610 536 76 149 36 2 24 80 2 2 69 140 .278 .357 .487 .844 123 261 10 0 0 5 12 *3
2009 29 PIT NL 87 368 324 46 80 25 1 12 40 2 2 41 81 .247 .329 .441 .770 104 143 9 0 0 3 6 3
2009 29 BOS AL 6 19 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .526 .789 96 10 1 0 0 0 0 /3
2009 29 ATL NL 57 242 212 30 69 11 1 12 40 0 0 28 59 .325 .401 .557 .957 152 118 1 0 0 2 6 3
6 Seasons 838 3230 2877 402 787 205 7 136 469 4 8 306 688 .274 .343 .491 .834 116 1414 72 12 5 30 37
162 Game Avg. 162 624 556 78 152 40 1 26 91 1 2 59 133 .274 .343 .491 .834 116 273 14 2 1 6 7
ATL (4 yrs) 457 1657 1479 217 416 104 3 77 253 0 4 149 352 .281 .346 .512 .858 119 757 35 7 5 17 19
PIT (3 yrs) 375 1554 1379 183 366 99 4 58 213 4 4 157 334 .265 .340 .469 .809 112 647 36 5 0 13 18
BOS (1 yr) 6 19 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .526 .789 96 10 1 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 832 3211 2858 400 782 203 7 135 466 4 8 306 686 .274 .343 .491 .834 116 1404 71 12 5 30 37
AL (1 yr) 6 19 19 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .526 .789 96 10 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 24 ATL NL 356 248 51 5.5 112 .328 .278 .271 .333 .343 .488 .439 .821 .782 108 .542 3.7 0.4 .762 .293 .210 .0
2005 25 ATL NL 502 359 62 4.6 109 .277 .259 .270 .320 .340 .455 .430 .775 .770 100 .479 -0.6 -0.1 .701 .277 .195 .0
2006 26 ATL NL 557 371 98 7.1 113 .319 .285 .272 .354 .343 .561 .442 .915 .785 130 .646 22.4 2.1 .912 .384 .276 .0
2007 27 PIT NL 632 433 87 5.4 108 .318 .272 .269 .345 .338 .458 .430 .803 .768 109 .528 8.1 0.8 .753 .297 .187 1.9
2008 28 PIT NL 554 375 85 6.1 104 .308 .270 .262 .341 .334 .500 .419 .841 .752 122 .598 15.4 1.5 .818 .339 .230 1.9
2009 29 TOT MLB 629 419 97 6.2 105 .328 .277 .263 .355 .336 .488 .418 .843 .754 122 .614 18.7 1.8 .821 .335 .211 3.7
2009 29 TOT NL 610 404 95 6.3 104 .332 .278 .263 .357 .335 .487 .417 .844 .753 123 .621 18.9 1.8 .827 .338 .209 3.7
2009 29 PIT NL 368 258 46 4.8 104 .291 .247 .262 .329 .335 .441 .416 .770 .751 104 .497 2.5 0.2 .722 .321 .194 3.4
2009 29 BOS AL 19 15 2 3.6 113 .250 .263 .274 .263 .344 .526 .440 .789 .784 96 .343 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .263 .263 .0
2009 29 ATL NL 242 146 49 9.0 105 .399 .325 .263 .401 .336 .557 .418 .957 .755 152 .759 16.4 1.6 1.014 .363 .231 .0
6 Seasons 3230 2205 480 5.8 108 .313 .274 .268 .343 .339 .491 .429 .834 .767 116 .574 67.7 6.4 .796 .323 .218 7.8
162 Game Avg. 624 426 93 5.8 108 .313 .274 .268 .343 .339 .491 .429 .834 .767 116 .574 13 1 .796 .323 .218 2
ATL (4 yrs) 1657 1124 260 6.2 110 .318 .281 .270 .346 .341 .512 .434 .858 .775 119 .600 41.9 3.9 .825 .329 .231 .0
PIT (3 yrs) 1554 1066 218 5.5 106 .308 .265 .265 .340 .336 .469 .423 .809 .759 112 .547 26.0 2.5 .768 .318 .204 7.5
BOS (1 yr) 19 15 2 3.6 113 .250 .263 .274 .263 .344 .526 .440 .789 .784 96 .344 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .263 .263 .0
NL (6 yrs) 3211 2190 478 5.8 108 .313 .274 .268 .343 .338 .491 .429 .834 .767 116 .575 67.9 6.4 .797 .323 .218 7.8
AL (1 yr) 19 15 2 3.6 113 .250 .263 .274 .263 .344 .526 .440 .789 .784 96 .344 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .263 .263 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 5 19 17 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .471 .786 8 1 0 0 0 0
2005 25 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 12 8 2 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 .500 .636 1.000 1.636 8 0 0 1 0 1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 31 25 3 8 2 0 2 10 0 0 5 6 .320 .433 .640 1.073 16 1 0 1 0 1
2 NLDS 8 31 25 3 8 2 0 2 10 0 0 5 6 .320 .433 .640 1.073 16 1 0 1 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 24 ATL NL 356 3.7% 21.9% 7.6% 11.5% 46% 2.89 4.2 24.9 7.2 0.83 1.40 66% 19% 10.3% 6%
2005 25 ATL NL 502 4.0% 17.3% 7.8% 9.6% 41% 2.23 5.2 22.6 5.8 0.80 1.32 70% 17% 10.4% 6%
2006 26 ATL NL 557 5.8% 23.0% 9.9% 12.8% 51% 2.33 3.8 15.4 5.5 0.61 1.10 61% 21% 14.4% 3%
2007 27 PIT NL 632 3.3% 20.7% 9.8% 10.0% 41% 2.11 4.3 26.8 6.4 0.61 0.87 66% 21% 8.5% 9%
2008 28 PIT NL 554 4.5% 22.0% 9.8% 10.8% 45% 2.26 4.0 19.7 5.8 0.60 0.91 63% 18% 11.3% 6%
2009 29 TOT MLB 629 4.0% 22.6% 11.0% 10.3% 42% 2.06 3.9 22.2 6.7 0.54 0.85 62% 20% 10.1% 8%
2009 29 TOT NL 610 3.9% 23.0% 11.3% 10.2% 42% 2.03 3.8 22.3 6.7 0.54 0.84 62% 21% 10.0% 8%
2009 29 PIT NL 368 3.3% 22.0% 11.1% 10.3% 48% 1.98 4.0 27.0 8.1 0.63 1.05 64% 20% 8.8% 9%
2009 29 BOS AL 19 5.3% 10.5% 0.0% 15.8% 60% 9.5 19.0 6.3 0.70 1.17 84% 12% 12.5% 20%
2009 29 ATL NL 242 5.0% 24.4% 11.6% 9.9% 35% 2.11 3.6 17.7 5.3 0.41 0.53 59% 21% 11.7% 6%
6 Seasons 3230 4.2% 21.3% 9.5% 10.8% 44% 2.25 4.2 21.2 6.1 0.64 1.03 64% 19% 10.8% 6%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 24 ATL NL 3 0 31% 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 34% 16 11 5 6 4 2 10 4 4
2005 25 ATL NL 6 0 24% 171 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 24% 19 16 3 9 6 3 9 2 3
2006 26 ATL NL 4 0 35% 217 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 12 35% 30 25 5 6 4 2 19 7 12
2007 27 PIT NL 3 0 25% 238 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 32% 37 28 8 11 7 4 17 8 9
2008 28 PIT NL 3 0 25% 184 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 33% 33 26 6 5 2 3 16 6 9
2009 29 TOT MLB 3 0 27% 200 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 38% 20 14 5 6 4 2 19 9 10
2009 29 TOT NL 3 0 27% 194 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 39% 20 14 5 6 4 2 18 8 10
2009 29 PIT NL 1 0 31% 116 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 37% 11 8 3 3 3 0 13 6 7
2009 29 BOS AL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2009 29 ATL NL 2 0 21% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 41% 9 6 2 3 1 2 5 2 3
6 Seasons 22 0 28% 1133 4 8 33% 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 29 62 33% 155 120 32 43 27 16 90 36 47
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 24 ATL NL 356 93% 90 3 0 17 5 1 3 1.61 13 0 11 12 1 7 6 0 5 2 40% 78 10 13% 34 14 41% 226 36 16% 21 12 57% 18 9 50% 0
2005 25 ATL NL 502 90% 117 1 0 18 4 0 2 1.18 20 1 21 19 1 11 9 0 2 2 100% 102 15 15% 49 19 39% 355 58 16% 37 17 46% 27 12 44% 0
2006 26 ATL NL 557 78% 140 7 1 12 2 0 1 1.63 32 1 15 25 7 11 21 0 2 1 50% 98 9 9% 42 22 52% 349 61 17% 27 19 70% 24 14 58% 0
2007 27 PIT NL 632 75% 153 6 1 1 0 0 0 0.94 21 0 16 18 3 10 11 0 0 0 137 18 13% 49 9 18% 414 71 17% 43 22 51% 33 13 39% 0
2008 28 PIT NL 554 73% 133 4 0 5 1 0 0 1.05 25 1 18 19 6 14 11 0 0 0 114 9 8% 49 12 24% 407 61 15% 33 20 61% 31 13 42% 0
2009 29 TOT MLB 629 71% 154 9 0 2 0 0 0 1.54 25 0 16 19 6 15 10 0 0 0 124 11 9% 39 13 33% 401 62 15% 34 18 53% 28 11 39% 0
2009 29 TOT NL 610 71% 149 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.61 24 0 16 19 5 14 10 0 0 0 118 10 8% 38 13 34% 388 60 15% 33 18 55% 27 11 41% 0
2009 29 PIT NL 368 70% 80 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.61 12 0 7 10 2 7 5 0 0 0 64 9 14% 23 8 35% 224 31 14% 18 8 44% 15 6 40% 0
2009 29 BOS AL 19 68% 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.47 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 13 2 15% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2009 29 ATL NL 242 72% 69 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 9 9 3 7 5 0 0 0 54 1 2% 15 5 33% 164 29 18% 15 10 67% 12 5 42% 0
6 Seasons 3230 78% 787 30 2 55 12 1 6 1.41 136 3 97 112 24 68 68 0 9 5 56% 653 72 11% 262 89 34% 2152 349 16% 195 108 55% 161 72 45% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 ATL NL 356 1365 3.83 871 64% 28% 15% 28% 29% 72% 1% 46% 78% 31% 4% 15 2 15% 54 27 9% 33 21 31% 0 0 0
2005 25 ATL NL 502 1735 3.46 1080 62% 21% 17% 27% 34% 79% 4% 49% 78% 36% 6% 30 2 16% 78 39 10% 52 29 17% 0 0 0
2006 26 ATL NL 557 2149 3.86 1318 61% 24% 18% 29% 28% 76% 2% 46% 76% 34% 5% 30 1 16% 88 48 9% 52 29 27% 0 0 0
2007 27 PIT NL 632 2498 3.95 1507 60% 26% 16% 29% 29% 74% 2% 45% 78% 36% 3% 22 2 15% 96 60 9% 60 38 35% 0 0 0
2008 28 PIT NL 554 2152 3.88 1298 60% 28% 14% 30% 29% 72% 3% 44% 81% 33% 6% 33 5 15% 84 38 10% 53 33 31% 0 0 0
2009 29 TOT MLB 629 2505 3.98 1498 60% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 4% 42% 75% 25% 7% 46 5 17% 110 43 9% 58 35 23% 0 0 0
2009 29 TOT NL 610 2432 3.99 1452 60% 29% 18% 25% 28% 71% 4% 42% 74% 25% 8% 46 5 18% 108 41 10% 58 35 23% 0 0 0
2009 29 PIT NL 368 1474 4.01 883 60% 30% 18% 25% 28% 70% 3% 42% 75% 25% 6% 23 5 17% 61 26 10% 37 21 25% 0 0 0
2009 29 BOS AL 19 73 3.84 46 63% 15% 15% 33% 37% 85% 0% 53% 82% 37% 0% 0 0 11% 2 2 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2009 29 ATL NL 242 958 3.96 569 59% 29% 19% 25% 27% 71% 5% 42% 74% 24% 10% 23 0 19% 47 15 9% 21 14 20% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3230 12404 3.84 7572 61% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 3% 45% 78% 32% 5% 176 17 16% 510 255 10% 308 185 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 110 356 324 45 90 27 1 13 45 0 0 27 78 .278 .333 .488 .821 108 158 10 1 2 2 1
2005 25 251 858 775 98 207 55 1 33 123 0 2 66 165 .267 .326 .468 .794 103 363 25 5 4 8 8
2006 26 400 1415 1267 187 347 93 2 65 213 0 4 121 293 .274 .337 .504 .841 114 639 34 7 5 15 13
2007 27 552 2047 1830 258 500 135 2 86 301 1 5 183 424 .273 .339 .490 .830 112 897 52 10 5 19 18
2008 28 688 2601 2322 324 633 167 5 111 386 2 6 237 546 .273 .340 .492 .832 114 1143 61 12 5 25 25
2009 29 838 3230 2877 402 787 205 7 136 469 4 8 306 688 .274 .343 .491 .834 116 1414 72 12 5 30 37

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 24 110 348 319 43 85 26 1 12 43 0 26 78 .266 .322 .467 .789 48 110
2005 25 141 493 446 52 112 27 0 19 76 0 37 87 .251 .310 .439 .750 61 141
2006 26 149 548 486 83 134 36 1 31 84 0 53 128 .276 .345 .545 .890 91 149
2007 27 152 625 558 69 148 41 0 20 85 1 60 131 .265 .338 .446 .784 84 152
2008 28 136 557 494 67 135 32 3 25 86 1 55 122 .273 .345 .502 .847 86 136
2009 29 150 630 556 78 155 38 2 25 83 2 69 142 .279 .356 .489 .845 98 150
6 Seasons 838 3201 2859 392 769 200 7 132 457 4 300 688 .269 .338 .482 .820 468 838
162 Game Avg. 162 619 553 76 149 39 1 26 88 1 58 133 .269 .338 .482 .820 90 838

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL--.561--8th
Active--.491--40th
Career--.491--127th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Career--.834--219th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL--131--10th
2009 NL--140--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active--116--50th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 NL--12--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL--18--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
Active--21.2--40th
Career--21.2--147th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Brad Fullmer (957)
  2. Adrian Gonzalez (952)
  3. Dale Long (939)
  4. Rico Brogna (939)
  5. John Jaha (932)
  6. Justin Morneau (931)
  7. Greg Walker (928)
  8. Travis Hafner (923)
  9. Jim Gentile (917)
  10. Henry Rodriguez (916)
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  1. Tony Clark (957)
  2. Brad Fullmer (957)
  3. Tino Martinez (951)
  4. Glenn Davis (943)
  5. Joe Adcock (935)
  6. Greg Walker (931)
  7. Bobby Higginson (929)
  8. Geoff Jenkins (928)
  9. Eric Karros (925)
  10. Lee May (922)
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  1. Andre Thornton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mo Vaughn (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. David Ortiz (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tino Martinez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Clark (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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