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Andy LaRoche

Andrew Christian LaRoche

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 13, 1983 in Fort Scott, KS
High School: Fort Scott HS (Fort Scott, KS)
School: Grayson County College (Denison, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 39th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed August 14, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 2007
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Athletics 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.096, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
Relatives: Brother of Adam LaRoche and Son of Dave LaRoche
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Standard Batting

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
2003	19	LAD-min	Rk	6	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.211	.238	.263	.501		5	0	0	0	1	0		OGD · PION
2004	20	LAD-min	A,A+	127	528	463	78	121	33	0	23	76	14	8	46	72	.261	.338	.482	.819		223	7	10	4	5	1		CBS,VRO · SALL,FLOR
2005	21	LAD-min	A+,AA	127	535	476	95	145	26	1	30	94	8	3	51	92	.305	.374	.553	.926		263	15	4	0	4	5		VRO,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
2006	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	117	507	432	77	136	27	1	19	81	9	5	66	64	.315	.410	.514	.924		222	9	6	0	3	1		JCK,LVG · SOUL,PCL
2007	23	LAD-min	AAA	73	311	265	55	82	18	1	18	48	2	2	39	42	.309	.399	.589	.987		156	8	3	0	4	0		LVG · PCL
2007	23	LAD	NL	35	115	93	16	21	5	0	1	10	2	1	20	24	.226	.365	.312	.677	78	29	1	1	0	1	5	5/7
2008	24	LAD-min	AAA,AA	45	191	145	40	43	4	0	5	29	3	1	40	20	.297	.445	.428	.873		62	7	2	0	4	1		LVG,JCK · PCL,SOUL
2008	24	TOT	NL	76	252	223	17	37	5	0	5	18	2	0	24	37	.166	.252	.256	.508	36	57	8	2	2	1	1	5/43
2008	24	LAD	NL	27	69	59	6	12	1	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	.203	.319	.322	.641	71	19	5	0	0	0	0	5/43
2008	24	PIT	NL	49	183	164	11	25	4	0	3	12	2	0	14	30	.152	.227	.232	.458	23	38	3	2	2	1	1	5
2009	25	PIT	NL	150	590	524	64	135	29	5	12	64	3	1	50	84	.258	.330	.401	.731	94	210	16	8	6	2	1	*5
2010	26	PIT	NL	102	271	247	26	51	8	0	4	16	1	1	19	43	.206	.268	.287	.555	52	71	7	2	2	1	0	5/43D
2011	27	OAK-min	AAA	54	224	197	24	50	12	0	4	27	3	2	19	24	.254	.335	.376	.710		74	10	6	0	2	0		SAC · PCL
2011	27	OAK	AL	40	104	93	10	23	6	1	0	5	0	0	8	19	.247	.320	.333	.654	81	31	6	2	1	0	1	5/643
2012	28	CLE-min	AAA	35	127	108	15	25	5	0	3	12	0	0	18	23	.231	.346	.361	.708		39	4	1	0	0	0		CLB · IL
5 Yrs				403	1332	1180	133	267	53	6	22	113	8	3	121	207	.226	.305	.337	.642	72	398	38	15	11	5	8
162 Game Avg.				162	535	474	53	107	21	2	9	45	3	1	49	83	.226	.305	.337	.642	72	160	15	6	4	2	3

PIT (3 yrs)				301	1044	935	101	211	41	5	19	92	6	2	83	157	.226	.296	.341	.637	71	319	26	12	10	4	2
LAD (2 yrs)				62	184	152	22	33	6	0	3	16	2	1	30	31	.217	.348	.316	.664	75	48	6	1	0	1	5
OAK (1 yr)				40	104	93	10	23	6	1	0	5	0	0	8	19	.247	.320	.333	.654	81	31	6	2	1	0	1

NL (4 yrs)				363	1228	1087	123	244	47	5	22	108	8	3	113	188	.224	.304	.338	.641	71	367	32	13	10	5	7
AL (1 yr)				40	104	93	10	23	6	1	0	5	0	0	8	19	.247	.320	.333	.654	81	31	6	2	1	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2007	23	LAD	NL	35	115	-4	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.0	0.1	0	$	5/7
2008	24	LAD	NL	27	69	-2	0	-1	-3	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.477	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$392,500	5/43
2008	24	PIT	NL	49	183	-18	1	0	5	1	-12	-1.3	5	-7	-0.8	.475	.492	-1.3	0.6	-12	$	5
2009	25	PIT	NL	150	590	-5	1	0	7	2	5	0.5	16	21	2.1	.503	.503	1.4	0.9	14	$413,500	*5
2010	26	PIT	NL	102	271	-12	-0	0	-8	0	-20	-2.1	7	-12	-1.4	.479	.487	-0.5	-0.8	-4	$451,000	5/43D
2011	27	OAK	AL	40	104	-3	-1	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.5	4	-2	-0.2	.487	.497	0.0	0.0	-0	$600,000	5/643
5 Seasons				403	1332	-45	1	-1	1	4	-39	-4.2	37	-3	-0.6	.490	.496	-0.5	0.6	-4	$1,857,000

PIT (3 yrs)				301	1044	-36	1	1	4	3	-26	-2.8	28	2	-0.1	.491	.494	-0.4	0.7	-2	$864,500
LAD (2 yrs)				62	184	-6	1	-1	-2	1	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$392,500
OAK (1 yr)				40	104	-3	-1	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.5	4	-2	-0.2	.487	.497	0.0	0.0	-0	$600,000

Advanced Batting

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
2007	23	LAD	NL	115	75	12	4.3	112	.290	.226	.274	.365	.344	.312	.438	.677	.781	78	.424	-2.2	-0.2	.689	.312	.086	1.3
2008	24	TOT	NL	252	197	14	1.9	105	.176	.166	.263	.252	.334	.256	.420	.508	.754	36	.151	-21.1	-2.0	.438	.206	.090	2.9
2008	24	LAD	NL	69	52	5	2.6	106	.200	.203	.265	.319	.336	.322	.423	.641	.759	71	.236	-2.5	-0.2	.558	.288	.119	.0
2008	24	PIT	NL	183	145	9	1.7	104	.167	.152	.262	.227	.334	.232	.419	.458	.753	23	.121	-18.6	-1.8	.394	.177	.079	2.4
2009	25	PIT	NL	590	414	69	4.5	105	.286	.258	.263	.330	.336	.401	.418	.731	.755	94	.466	-4.6	-0.4	.665	.242	.143	4.8
2010	26	PIT	NL	271	207	19	2.4	101	.234	.206	.260	.268	.329	.287	.409	.555	.738	52	.241	-17.2	-1.7	.451	.158	.081	1.6
2011	27	OAK	AL	104	77	9	3.1	98	.311	.247	.257	.320	.322	.333	.407	.654	.729	81	.330	-2.2	-0.2	.539	.172	.086
5 Yrs				1332	970	123	3.4	104	.256	.226	.263	.305	.334	.337	.417	.642	.751	72	.349	-47.2	-4.6	.565	.218	.111	11.7
162 Game Avg.				535	390	49	3.4	104	.256	.226	.263	.305	.334	.337	.417	.642	.751	72	.349	-47.2	-4.6	.565	.218	.111	5

PIT (3 yrs)				1044	766	97	3.4	104	.252	.226	.262	.296	.334	.341	.416	.637	.750	71	.349	-40.4	-4.0	.556	.209	.116	9.1
LAD (2 yrs)				184	127	17	3.6	110	.252	.217	.270	.348	.341	.316	.432	.664	.773	75	.353	-4.6	-0.4	.635	.303	.099	2.4
OAK (1 yr)				104	77	9	3.1	98	.311	.247	.257	.320	.322	.333	.407	.654	.729	81	.330	-2.2	-0.2	.539	.172	.086

NL (4 yrs)				1228	893	114	3.4	105	.252	.224	.263	.304	.335	.338	.418	.641	.753	71	.350	-45.0	-4.4	.567	.222	.113	11.7
AL (1 yr)				104	77	9	3.1	98	.311	.247	.257	.320	.322	.333	.407	.654	.729	81	.330	-2.2	-0.2	.539	.172	.086

Ratio Batting*

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
2007	23	LAD	NL	115	0.9%	20.9%	17.4%	5.2%	29%	1.20	3.9	93.0	9.3	0.75	0.81	60%	19%	2.9%	15%
2008	24	TOT	NL	252	2.0%	14.7%	9.5%	4.0%	27%	1.54	6.0	44.6	12.4	1.02	1.37	72%	14%	6.3%	14%
2008	24	LAD	NL	69	2.9%	10.1%	14.5%	4.4%	25%	0.70	8.4	29.5	9.8	1.22	1.71	72%	13%	9.5%	9%
2008	24	PIT	NL	183	1.6%	16.4%	7.7%	3.8%	28%	2.14	5.5	54.7	13.7	0.96	1.26	72%	14%	5.2%	16%
2009	25	PIT	NL	590	2.0%	14.2%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	1.68	6.2	43.7	8.2	0.95	1.30	73%	16%	6.3%	16%
2010	26	PIT	NL	271	1.5%	15.9%	7.0%	4.4%	24%	2.26	5.7	61.8	15.4	1.03	1.19	74%	14%	4.7%	16%
2011	27	OAK	AL	104	0.0%	18.3%	7.7%	6.7%	30%	2.38	4.9		18.6	1.43	1.64	71%	11%	0.0%	20%
5 Yrs				1332	1.7%	15.5%	9.1%	6.1%	30%	1.71	5.7	53.6	10.4	0.99	1.28	72%	15%	5.4%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	23	LAD	NL	-2.2	-0.2	120	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.01	-0.2	0.5	-1.8	-0.2	1.01	-2.5	1.41	2
2008	24	TOT	NL	-21.1	-2.0	255	-2.7	2.7	-5.4	1.06	-1.6	-0.9	-25.0	-2.5	0.98	-19.7	1.35	15
2008	24	LAD	NL	-2.5	-0.2	69	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	1.13	-0.2	-0.7	-8.2	-0.8	1.06	-3.0	1.41	12
2008	24	PIT	NL	-18.6	-1.8	186	-1.7	2.0	-3.7	1.03	-1.4	-0.2	-16.8	-1.7	0.95	-16.7	1.08	3
2009	25	PIT	NL	-4.6	-0.4	604	-0.3	9.8	-10.1	.99	-0.7	0.4	-3.3	-0.3	0.96	-5.8	0.95	4
2010	26	PIT	NL	-17.2	-1.7	277	-1.6	3.0	-4.7	.92	-1.3	-0.5	-13.9	-1.4	0.91	-13.2	0.69	38
2011	27	OAK	AL	-2.2	-0.2	104	-0.8	1.4	-2.1	1.00	-0.6	-0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-5.1		0
5 Yrs				-47.2	-4.6	1360	-5.2	18.8	-24.0	.99	-4.4	-0.8	-49.9	-4.9	0.96	-46.2	0.90	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	23	LAD	NL	1	37%	40	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	54%	6	4	2	0	0	0	7	2	5
2008	24	TOT	NL	1	21%	58	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	56%	11	6	5	1	0	1	6	2	4
2008	24	LAD	NL	0	20%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
2008	24	PIT	NL	1	21%	40	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	58%	6	3	3	1	0	1	5	2	3
2009	25	PIT	NL	1	29%	217	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	1	8	10	43%	35	26	9	8	3	5	18	6	12
2010	26	PIT	NL	7	32%	100	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	39%	17	12	5	1	1	0	10	4	6
2011	27	OAK	AL	0	30%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	23%	9	7	1	0	0	0	4	1	2
5 Yrs				10	29%	461	8	3	73%	7	2	1	1	2	12	15	43%	78	55	22	10	4	6	45	15	29

Situational Hitting*

						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
2007	23	LAD	NL	115	25%	21	4	0	2	0	0	0	1.41	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		22	1	5%	12	3	25%	82	9	11%	7	4	57%	5	2	40%	0
2008	24	TOT	NL	252	28%	37	5	0	15	3	0	1	1.35	5	0	8	4	1	1	4	0	2	2	100%	40	8	20%	25	7	28%	165	15	9%	13	6	46%	11	4	36%	0
2008	24	LAD	NL	69	57%	12	2	0	12	3	0	1	1.41	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		13	5	38%	5	2	40%	53	5	9%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	183	17%	25	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.08	3	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	27	3	11%	20	5	25%	112	10	9%	10	4	40%	9	2	22%	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	590	25%	135	6	0	4	1	0	0	0.95	12	0	13	7	5	7	5	0	7	6	86%	125	16	13%	64	16	25%	363	53	15%	34	17	50%	21	11	52%	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	271	36%	51	7	0	38	5	1	3	0.69	4	0	8	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	100%	50	7	14%	23	10	43%	139	13	9%	9	4	44%	11	6	55%	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	104	33%	23	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	20	6	30%	9	3	33%	50	5	10%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
5 Yrs				1332	28%	267	25	1	59	9	1	4	0.90	22	0	33	15	7	10	12	0	13	11	85%	257	38	15%	133	39	29%	799	95	12%	69	33	48%	52	24	46%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2007	23	LAD	NL	117	443	3.79	249	56%	23%	24%	25%	28%	77%	8%	43%	69%	39%	11%	13	0	18%	21	4	13%	15	5	17%	-2	0	0
2008	24	TOT	NL	253	948	3.75	581	61%	27%	17%	24%	33%	73%	1%	45%	77%	34%	2%	5	0	13%	34	15	4%	11	2	22%	-1	0	0
2008	24	LAD	NL	69	259	3.75	160	62%	29%	16%	23%	33%	71%	0%	44%	78%	41%	0%	0	0	12%	8	3	4%	3	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	184	689	3.74	421	61%	26%	17%	25%	33%	74%	1%	45%	77%	32%	3%	5	0	14%	26	12	4%	8	2	27%	-1	0	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	590	2180	3.69	1372	63%	33%	12%	23%	33%	67%	0%	42%	83%	21%	4%	26	0	15%	91	20	9%	54	17	29%	0	0	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	271	1005	3.71	644	64%	29%	14%	25%	32%	71%	0%	45%	81%	20%	4%	12	0	14%	37	18	8%	21	7	30%	0	0	0
2011	27	OAK	AL	104	390	3.75	255	65%	29%	18%	23%	29%	71%	3%	46%	74%	22%	4%	4	0	13%	14	4	5%	5	3	5%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1335	4966	3.72	3101	62%	30%	14%	24%	32%	70%	2%	44%	79%	25%	4%	60	0	15%	197	61	8%	106	34	24%	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2007	23	35	115	93	16	21	5	0	1	10	2	1	20	24	.226	.365	.312	.677	78	29	1	1	0	1	5
2008	24	111	367	316	33	58	10	0	6	28	4	1	44	61	.184	.288	.272	.560	49	86	9	3	2	2	6
2009	25	261	957	840	97	193	39	5	18	92	7	2	94	145	.230	.314	.352	.666	77	296	25	11	8	4	7
2010	26	363	1228	1087	123	244	47	5	22	108	8	3	113	188	.224	.304	.338	.641	71	367	32	13	10	5	7
2011	27	403	1332	1180	133	267	53	6	22	113	8	3	121	207	.226	.305	.337	.642	72	398	38	15	11	5	8

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	23	35	113	92	15	20	5	0	1	10	2	19	24	.217	.354	.304	.658	10	35
2008	24	76	254	224	18	38	5	0	5	19	2	25	37	.170	.258	.259	.517	15	76
2009	25	150	593	526	65	137	29	5	12	65	3	51	84	.260	.334	.403	.737	69	150
2010	26	102	271	247	26	51	8	0	4	16	1	19	43	.206	.268	.287	.555	19	102
2011	27	40	105	94	11	24	6	1	0	5	0	8	19	.255	.327	.340	.667	10	40
5 Yrs		403	1336	1183	135	270	53	6	22	115	8	122	207	.228	.307	.339	.646	123	403
162 Game Avg.		162	537	476	54	109	21	2	9	46	3	49	83	.228	.307	.339	.646	49	403

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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