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Adam LaRoche

David Adam LaRoche

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 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
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Diamondbacks/Nationals/RedSox 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$16M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Mike Milchin SFX [*]
Relatives: Brother of Andy LaRoche and Son of Dave LaRoche
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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
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 .844 122 261 10 0 0 5 12 *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 PIT NL 87 368 324 46 80 25 1 12 40 2 2 41 81 .247 .329 .441 .770 103 143 9 0 0 3 6 3
2009 29 ATL NL 57 242 212 30 69 11 1 12 40 0 0 28 59 .325 .401 .557 .957 151 118 1 0 0 2 6 3
2010 30 ARI NL 151 615 560 75 146 37 2 25 100 0 1 48 172 .261 .320 .468 .788 106 262 8 3 0 4 4 *3
2011 31 WSN NL 43 177 151 15 26 4 0 3 15 1 0 25 37 .172 .288 .258 .546 52 39 2 0 0 1 0 3
8 Seasons 1032 4022 3588 492 959 246 9 164 584 5 9 379 897 .267 .337 .478 .815 112 1715 82 15 5 35 41
162 Game Avg. 162 631 563 77 151 39 1 26 92 1 1 59 141 .267 .337 .478 .815 112 269 13 2 1 5 6
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
ARI (1 yr) 151 615 560 75 146 37 2 25 100 0 1 48 172 .261 .320 .468 .788 106 262 8 3 0 4 4
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
WSN (1 yr) 43 177 151 15 26 4 0 3 15 1 0 25 37 .172 .288 .258 .546 52 39 2 0 0 1 0
NL (8 yrs) 1026 4003 3569 490 954 244 9 163 581 5 9 379 895 .267 .337 .478 .815 112 1705 81 15 5 35 41
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 24 ATL NL 356 2 -1 -1 0 -4 -5 10 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $300,000 3
2005 25 ATL NL 502 0 -2 0 0 -9 -8 14 -5 -0.5 4 0.4 -0.9 $337,500 *3
2006 26 ATL NL 557 22 -2 -1 0 1 -9 16 27 2.7 26 2.6 0.1 $420,000 *3
2007 27 PIT NL 632 7 -1 -1 -2 2 -10 18 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $3,200,000 *3
2008 28 PIT NL 554 17 -2 -1 0 -4 -9 16 17 1.7 21 2.1 -0.4 $5,000,000 *3
2009 29 PIT NL 368 0 1 -1 -1 -9 -6 10 -5 -0.5 3 0.3 -0.8 $7,050,000 3
2009 29 BOS AL 19 0 -0 -0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
2009 29 ATL NL 242 16 -1 1 1 -4 -4 7 16 1.6 19 1.9 -0.3 $ 3
2010 30 ARI NL 615 4 -5 -3 0 0 -9 17 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $4,500,000 *3
2011 31 WSN NL 177 -10 0 -1 0 8 -3 5 -0 0.0 -8 -0.9 0.9 $7,000,000 3
8 Seasons 4022 58 -13 -9 -1 -18 -63 114 68 6.9 86 8.4 -1.5 $27,807,500
ATL (4 yrs) 1657 40 -6 -1 1 -16 -26 47 39 3.9 54 5.4 -1.5 $1,057,500
PIT (3 yrs) 1554 24 -2 -3 -3 -10 -25 44 26 2.6 35 3.5 -0.9 $15,250,000
ARI (1 yr) 615 4 -5 -3 0 0 -9 17 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $4,500,000
BOS (1 yr) 19 0 -0 -0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
WSN (1 yr) 177 -10 0 -1 0 8 -3 5 -0 0.0 -8 -0.9 0.9 $7,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 ATL NL 24 1B 98 786 740 41 5 87 .994 -4 1 7.97 .993 9.44
2005 ATL NL 25 1B 125 1154 1070 77 7 105 .994 -9 -13 9.18 .993 9.52
2006 ATL NL 26 1B 142 1219 1117 97 5 109 .996 1 -10 8.55 .994 9.36
2007 PIT NL 27 1B 151 1383 1296 81 6 154 .996 2 3 9.12 .993 9.17
2008 PIT NL 28 1B 129 1219 1130 81 8 121 .993 -4 -6 9.39 .992 9.28
2008 PIT NL 28 DH 2 2
2009 TOT MLB 29 1B 148 142 137 1272.4 1435 1325 108 2 148 .999 -13 -3 -12 -2 10.14 9.68 .993 85.66 9.21
2009 TOT NL 29 1B 144 142 137 1272.4 1400 1296 102 2 147 .999 -12 -3 -12 -2 9.89 9.71 .993 85.66 9.21
2009 BOS AL 29 1B 4 35 29 6 0 1 1.000 -0 0 8.75 .994 9.02
2009 PIT NL 29 1B 87 86 84 756.2 836 776 59 1 86 .999 -9 -5 -14 -8 9.93 9.60 .993 85.66 9.21
2009 ATL NL 29 1B 57 56 53 515.2 564 520 43 1 61 .998 -4 2 -9 5 9.83 9.88 .993 85.67 9.21
2010 ARI NL 30 1B 146 1272 1139 122 11 117 .991 0 2 8.64 .993 9.13
2010 ARI NL 30 DH 2 2
2011 WSN NL 31 1B 43 42 38 375.0 412 380 32 0 34 1.000 8 4 25 13 9.89 9.58 .994 9.33 9.31
8 Seasons 1B 982 184 175 1647.1 8880 8197 639 44 875 .995 -18 -22 -13 -16 10.08 9.00 .993 68.29 9.29
8 Seasons TOT 982 184 175 1647.1 8880 8197 639 44 875 .995 -18 -22 -13 -16 10.08 9.00 .993 68.29 9.29
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .561 (8th)
Active  .478 (50th)
Career  .478 (196th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL  131 (10th)
2009 NL  140 (8th)
2010 NL  172 (4th)

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  21.9 (39th)
Career  21.9 (176th)

Putouts† s c a p y
2007 NL  1,296 (4th)
2009 NL  1,296 (5th)
Active  8,197 (16th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  151 (5th)
Active  982 (11th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2007 NL  1,296 (4th)
2009 NL  1,296 (5th)
Active  8,197 (11th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  97 (3rd)
2009 NL  102 (4th)
2010 NL  122 (4th)
Active  639 (10th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (4th)
2010 NL  11 (3rd)
Active  44 (13th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2011 NL  8 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2004 NL  9.76 (3rd)
2005 NL  10.13 (3rd)
2007 NL  9.52 (4th)
2009 NL  9.89 (3rd)
Active  9.89 (5th)
Career  9.89 (21st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
2005 NL  9.18 (3rd)
2007 NL  9.12 (5th)
2009 NL  9.71 (2nd)
Active  9.00 (9th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2006 NL  .996 (5th)
2007 NL  .996 (4th)
2009 NL  .999 (2nd)
Active  .995 (6th)
Career  .995 (18th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2044), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200424Atlanta Braves$300,0004/7/04 AP
200525Atlanta Braves$337,500
200626Atlanta Braves$420,000
200727Pittsburgh Pirates$3,200,000
200828Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000,000
200929Pittsburgh Pirates$7,050,000
201030Arizona Diamondbacks$4,500,000
201131Washington Nationals$7,000,000
201232Washington Nationals$8,000,000
201333Washington Nationals*$10,000,000$10M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$27,807,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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