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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Athletics 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$600k (11) (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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/
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 5/43
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
5 Seasons 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: 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
2007 23 LAD NL 115 -3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 5/
2008 24 LAD NL 69 -3 0 -1 -1 -2 0 2 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $392,500 5/43
2008 24 PIT NL 183 -18 1 -1 0 3 1 5 -9 -0.9 -12 -1.2 0.3 $ 5
2009 25 PIT NL 590 -5 1 -4 0 12 2 17 24 2.4 12 1.2 1.2 $413,500 *5
2010 26 PIT NL 271 -18 -0 3 0 -4 0 8 -11 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $451,000 5/43
2011 27 OAK AL 104 -2 -1 -1 -1 -3 0 4 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $600,000 5/643
5 Seasons 1332 -49 1 -4 -2 7 4 38 -4 -0.4 -12 -1.1 0.7 $1,857,000
PIT (3 yrs) 1044 -41 2 -2 1 11 4 30 4 0.4 -7 -0.7 1.1 $864,500
LAD (2 yrs) 184 -6 0 -1 -1 -1 0 5 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $392,500
OAK (1 yr) 104 -2 -1 -1 -1 -3 0 4 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $600,000

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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
2007 LAD NL 23 3B 30 73 22 48 3 8 .959 1 1 2.33 .954 2.67
2007 LAD NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
2007 LAD NL 23 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2008 TOT NL 24 3B 59 57 54 502.1 170 25 135 10 20 .941 1 0 3 0 2.87 2.71 .956 39.61 2.58
2008 LAD NL 24 3B 14 12 9 105.0 32 6 25 1 1 .969 -2 -4 -17 -46 2.66 2.21 .956 39.61 2.58
2008 LAD NL 24 2B 3 2 0 13.0 9 7 2 0 3 1.000 -0 0 -18 0 6.23 3.00 .982 42.78 4.80
2008 LAD NL 24 1B 1 1 1 8.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 13.50 12.00 .992 0.00 9.30
2008 PIT NL 24 3B 45 45 45 397.1 138 19 110 9 19 .935 3 4 8 12 2.92 2.87 .956 39.61 2.58
2009 PIT NL 25 3B 146 432 97 321 14 34 .968 12 7 2.86 .957 2.55
2010 PIT NL 26 3B 54 162 33 119 10 8 .938 -5 -3 2.81 .951 2.52
2010 PIT NL 26 2B 6 20 8 11 1 1 .950 1 2 3.17 .984 4.73
2010 PIT NL 26 1B 2 15 15 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 7.50 .993 9.15
2010 PIT NL 26 DH 1 0
2011 OAK AL 27 3B 27 17 11 159.0 42 10 28 4 4 .905 -2 -4 -15 -30 2.15 1.41 .954 2.62 2.60
2011 OAK AL 27 SS 9 5 2 44.2 29 3 25 1 3 .966 -0 4 -2 107 5.64 3.11 .972 4.37 4.33
2011 OAK AL 27 2B 8 5 2 48.0 16 7 9 0 2 1.000 -1 1 -18 25 3.00 2.00 .984 4.76 4.72
2011 OAK AL 27 1B 1 1 0 8.0 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 24 0 16.88 15.00 .993 9.34 9.20
5 Seasons 3B 316 74 65 661.1 879 187 651 41 74 .953 7 1 13 1 2.69 2.65 .955 30.72 2.57
3 Seasons 2B 17 7 2 61.0 45 22 22 1 6 .978 -0 3 -1 59 3.69 2.59 .984 12.87 4.74
1 Season SS 9 5 2 44.2 29 3 25 1 3 .966 -0 4 -2 107 5.64 3.11 .972 4.37 4.33
3 Seasons 1B 4 2 1 16.0 42 39 3 0 3 1.000 0 0 12 0 15.19 10.50 .993 4.67 9.20
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
5 Seasons TOT 347 88 70 783.0 995 251 701 43 86 .957 7 8 11 12 3.20 2.74 .959 27.29 2.79
Lg 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
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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  146 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  97 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  321 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.02 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  2.86 (2nd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2009 NL  .968 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jeff Hamilton (971)
  2. Joe Orengo (969)
  3. Craig Worthington (967)
  4. Jack Hannahan (964)
  5. Coco Laboy (963)
  6. Nanny Fernandez (958)
  7. Rich McKinney (956)
  8. Torey Lovullo (954)
  9. Art Phelan (952)
  10. Tom O'Malley (949)
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  1. Jeff Hamilton (971)
  2. Craig Worthington (970)
  3. Phil Gagliano (964)
  4. Ken Caminiti (959)
  5. Art Phelan (952)
  6. Rube Lutzke (951)
  7. Tim Hulett (950)
  8. Steve Boros (949)
  9. Tom O'Malley (949)
  10. Vic Harris (948)
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  1. Craig Worthington (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Craig Worthington (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Hamilton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
200824Los Angeles Dodgers$392,500
200925Pittsburgh Pirates$413,500
201026Pittsburgh Pirates$451,000
201127Oakland Athletics$600,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,857,000
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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