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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 ATL NL 24 1B 98 82 720.0 785 739 41 5 87 .994 -4.1 -6.8 -4.1 -4.5 0.4 0 9.75 7.96 .993 9.51 8.23
2005 ATL NL 25 1B 125 117 1019.1 1154 1070 77 7 105 .994 -9.4 -11.1 -10.4 -2.9 -7.5 1 10.13 9.18 .993 8.83 8.00
2006 ATL NL 26 1B 142 130 1154.1 1217 1116 96 5 109 .996 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 9.45 8.54 .994 7.80 7.04
2007 PIT NL 27 1B 151 148 1301.1 1383 1296 81 6 154 .996 2.5 2.3 1.5 -1.8 3.3 1 9.52 9.12 .993 6.92 6.62
2008 PIT NL 28 1B 129 128 1135.2 1219 1130 81 8 121 .993 -3.5 -3.7 -2.5 0.5 -3.0 -1 9.60 9.39 .992 7.92 7.75
2008 PIT NL 28 DH 2
2009 TOT MLB 29 1B 148 147 1308.4 1435 1325 108 2 148 .999 9.86 9.68 .993 9.29 8.30
2009 TOT NL 29 1B 144 143 1272.4 1400 1296 102 2 147 .999 9.89 9.71 .993 9.29 8.31
2009 PIT NL 29 1B 87 86 756.2 836 776 59 1 86 .999 9.93 9.60 .993 9.29 8.31
2009 BOS AL 29 1B 4 4 36.0 35 29 6 0 1 1.000 8.75 8.75 .994 9.12 8.10
2009 ATL NL 29 1B 57 57 515.2 564 520 43 1 61 .998 9.83 9.88 .993 9.29 8.31
6 Seasons 1B 793 752 6639.0 7193 6676 484 33 724 .995 -13.2 -2.4 -14.2 -7.5 -6.7 1 9.71 9.03 .993 8.28 7.61
1 Season DH 2
6 Seasons TOT 793 752 6639.0 7193 6676 484 33 724 .995 -13.2 -2.4 -14.2 -7.5 -6.7 1 9.71 9.03 .988 8.28 7.61

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 ATL NL 24 110 82 110 98 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
2005 ATL NL 25 141 117 141 125 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
2006 ATL NL 26 149 130 149 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2007 PIT NL 27 152 148 152 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 PIT NL 28 136 130 136 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
2009 PIT NL 29 87 86 87 87 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 ATL NL 29 57 56 57 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS AL 29 6 4 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
6 Seasons 838 753 838 793 0 0 793 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 59 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2004 ATL NL 24 3118 57% 76% 34% 136 96% 2 740 36 700 4 58 41 27 8 2 3 5 0 3 2 2 87 0 2 0 84 2 3 0 3 7 100%
2005 ATL NL 25 4512 53% 77% 33% 256 94% 2 1070 76 986 9 94 77 50 20 1 1 7 2 3 2 4 105 3 3 2 97 8 7 2 5 12 75%
2006 ATL NL 26 5260 55% 75% 32% 281 93% 0 1117 56 1051 9 117 97 68 24 1 3 5 0 4 1 5 109 4 3 2 103 10 6 2 4 24 83%
2007 PIT NL 27 5915 66% 76% 31% 301 94% 3 1296 96 1181 21 120 81 48 22 2 4 6 2 3 1 3 154 4 3 3 144 11 8 5 3 21 71%
2008 PIT NL 28 5259 67% 75% 31% 239 94% 0 1130 74 1034 22 84 81 45 22 0 2 8 0 6 2 6 121 0 4 0 115 4 6 3 3 23 78%
2009 PIT NL 29 3351 60% 76% 32% 187 91% 3 776 51 699 23 70 59 31 15 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 85 2 4 0 77 6 8 3 5 9 78%
2009 ATL NL 29 2224 53% 72% 32% 120 96% 1 520 21 486 12 52 43 32 7 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 61 1 0 0 58 1 3 1 2 9 100%
2009 BOS AL 29 162 57% 69% 25% 10 100% 0 29 6 22 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 29801 59% 75% 32% 1530 94% 11 6678 416 6159 101 595 484 304 119 7 20 33 4 21 8 22 722 14 19 7 678 42 41 16 25 105 81%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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