Andy LaRoche
Andrew Christian LaRoche
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 13, 1983 in Fort Scott, KS
High School: Fort Scott (Fort Scott, KS)
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
Relatives: Brother of Adam 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
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 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 95 210 16 8 6 2 1 *5
3 Seasons 261 957 840 97 193 39 5 18 92 7 2 94 145 .230 .314 .352 .666 77 296 25 11 8 4 7
162 Game Avg. 162 594 521 60 120 24 3 11 57 4 1 58 90 .230 .314 .352 .666 77 184 16 7 5 2 4
PIT (2 yrs) 199 773 688 75 160 33 5 15 76 5 1 64 114 .233 .306 .360 .666 78 248 19 10 8 3 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

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
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 .752 23 .121 -18.6 -1.8 .394 .177 .079 2.4
2009 25 PIT NL 590 414 69 4.5 104 .286 .258 .262 .330 .335 .401 .416 .731 .751 95 .466 -3.8 -0.4 .665 .242 .143 4.8
3 Seasons 957 686 95 3.7 105 .257 .230 .264 .314 .336 .352 .420 .666 .755 77 .379 -27.1 -2.6 .602 .240 .123 10.1
162 Game Avg. 594 426 59 3.7 105 .257 .230 .264 .314 .336 .352 .420 .666 .755 77 .379 -27.1 -2.6 .602 .240 .123 6
PIT (2 yrs) 773 559 78 3.7 104 .258 .233 .262 .306 .335 .360 .417 .666 .751 78 .385 -22.4 -2.2 .595 .227 .128 7.5
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

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
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%
3 Seasons 957 1.9% 15.2% 9.8% 6.5% 32% 1.54 5.8 46.7 9.1 0.95 1.27 71% 16% 6.0% 16%
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
2007 23 LAD NL 1 0 37% 40 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54% 6 4 2 0 0 0 7 2 5
2008 24 TOT NL 1 0 21% 58 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56% 11 6 5 1 0 1 6 2 4
2008 24 LAD NL 0 0 20% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
2008 24 PIT NL 1 0 21% 40 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 58% 6 3 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
2009 25 PIT NL 2 0 29% 217 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 10 43% 35 26 9 8 3 5 18 6 12
3 Seasons 4 0 28% 315 7 2 78% 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 12 47% 52 36 16 9 3 6 31 10 21
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
2007 23 LAD NL 115 25% 21 4 0 2 0 0 0 1.39 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 1 5% 12 3 25% 82 9 11% 7 4 57% 11 2 18% 0
2008 24 TOT NL 252 28% 37 5 0 15 3 0 1 1.38 5 0 8 4 1 1 4 0 2 2 100% 40 8 20% 25 7 28% 165 15 9% 13 6 46% 20 3 15% 0
2008 24 LAD NL 69 57% 12 2 0 12 3 0 1 1.44 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 5 38% 5 2 40% 53 5 9% 3 2 67% 7 2 29% 0
2008 24 PIT NL 183 17% 25 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.13 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 27 3 11% 20 5 25% 112 10 9% 10 4 40% 13 1 8% 0
2009 25 PIT NL 590 25% 135 6 0 4 1 0 0 1.02 12 0 13 7 5 7 5 0 7 6 86% 125 16 13% 65 17 26% 363 53 15% 34 17 50% 43 15 35% 0
3 Seasons 957 26% 193 15 0 21 4 0 1 1.31 18 0 24 12 6 8 10 0 9 8 89% 187 25 13% 102 27 26% 610 77 13% 54 27 50% 74 20 27% 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
2007 23 LAD NL 115 438 3.81 245 56% 22% 24% 25% 29% 78% 8% 43% 69% 40% 11% 13 0 18% 21 4 13% 15 5 17% 0 0 0
2008 24 TOT NL 252 946 3.75 580 61% 27% 17% 24% 33% 73% 1% 45% 77% 34% 2% 5 0 13% 34 15 4% 11 2 22% 0 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 183 687 3.75 420 61% 26% 17% 25% 33% 74% 1% 45% 77% 32% 3% 5 0 14% 26 12 4% 8 2 27% 0 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
3 Seasons 957 3564 3.72 2197 62% 30% 14% 24% 32% 70% 2% 43% 80% 27% 5% 44 0 15% 146 39 8% 80 24 25% 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
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

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 35 117 94 15 22 5 0 1 9 2 21 24 .234 .376 .319 .695 11 35
2008 24 76 252 224 18 38 5 0 5 19 2 25 37 .170 .258 .259 .517 15 76
2009 25 150 588 527 65 138 30 5 12 65 3 51 84 .262 .335 .406 .741 70 150
3 Seasons 261 957 845 98 198 40 5 18 93 7 97 145 .234 .320 .357 .677 96 261
162 Game Avg. 162 594 524 61 123 25 3 11 58 4 60 90 .234 .320 .357 .677 60 261

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bobby Smith (978)
  2. Jack Hannahan (975)
  3. Chris Truby (969)
  4. Greg Litton (966)
  5. Chris Donnels (965)
  6. Lin Storti (965)
  7. Torey Lovullo (965)
  8. Rich McKinney (963)
  9. Lou Klimchock (962)
  10. Kevin Bell (961)
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  1. Craig Worthington (976)
  2. Steve Boros (964)
  3. Phil Gagliano (963)
  4. Jeff Hamilton (963)
  5. Mike Muldoon (961)
  6. Eric Soderholm (961)
  7. Doug DeCinces (960)
  8. Charley Smith (960)
  9. Ed Crane (959)
  10. Kevin Bell (958)
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