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Dave LaRoche

David Eugene LaRoche

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 14, 1948 in Colorado Springs, CO
High School: West HS (Torrance, CA)
School: University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 9, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1970
Teams (by GP): Angels/Indians/Cubs/Twins/Yankees 1970-1983

Final Game: August 23, 1983
Relatives: Father of Adam LaRoche and Father of Andy LaRoche
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All-Star

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
1970 22 CAL AL 38 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 99 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 23 CAL AL 56 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258 -22 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 24 MIN AL 62 15 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .091 .286 .091 .377 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 25 CHC NL 45 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 200 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 26 CHC NL 50 28 27 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .333 .357 .407 .765 112 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 CLE AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 28 CLE AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1977 29 TOT AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1977 29 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 29 CAL AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 CAL AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-25
1979 31 CAL AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 32 CAL AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 33 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 34 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 35 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Yrs 649 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 17 15 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 4 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (6 yrs) 305 22 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .158 .238 .211 .449 31 4 1 0 1 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 95 33 31 5 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .355 .394 .419 .813 125 13 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 62 15 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .091 .286 .091 .377 14 1 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 554 37 30 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 .133 .257 .167 .424 25 5 1 0 2 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 95 33 31 5 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .355 .394 .419 .813 125 13 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1970 22 CAL AL 38 9 -0 0 -0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1971 23 CAL AL 56 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $15,500 1
1972 24 MIN AL 62 15 -0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $25,000 1
1973 25 CHC NL 45 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1974 26 CHC NL 50 28 1 -0 0 0 3 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
1975 27 CLE AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $39,000 1
1976 28 CLE AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $65,000 1 AS
1977 29 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $85,000 1 AS
1977 29 CAL AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1 AS
1978 30 CAL AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $150,000 1 MVP-25
1979 31 CAL AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1980 32 CAL AL 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $250,000 1
1981 33 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 34 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 35 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
14 Seasons 649 70 -1 -0 0 0 7 6 0.7 2 8 0.7 .501 .500 0.7 0.3 8 $629,500
CAL (6 yrs) 305 22 -2 0 -0 0 2 0 0.1 1 1 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $415,500
CLE (3 yrs) 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $189,000
NYY (3 yrs) 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHC (2 yrs) 95 33 2 -0 0 0 3 5 0.6 1 6 0.5 .506 .502 0.5 0.0 6 $
MIN (1 yr) 62 15 -0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $25,000

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
1970 22 CAL AL 9 7 1 3.8 94 .250 .250 .253 .333 .327 .375 .387 .708 .713 99 .448 0.0 0.0 .571 .250 .125
1971 23 CAL AL 13 11 0 0.0 86 .125 .091 .246 .167 .316 .091 .365 .258 .681 -22 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .200 .091 .000
1972 24 MIN AL 15 11 1 2.4 87 .200 .091 .252 .286 .322 .091 .364 .377 .685 14 .326 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .273 .000
1973 25 CHC NL 5 2 1 13.5 102 .500 .500 .270 .600 .341 .500 .402 1.100 .743 200 .891 0.7 0.1 1.500 .250 .000
1974 26 CHC NL 28 18 4 6.0 97 .391 .333 .266 .357 .338 .407 .384 .765 .722 112 .652 0.4 0.0 .667 .111 .074
14 Yrs 70 49 7 3.8 93 .313 .246 .258 .324 .330 .295 .379 .619 .708 76 .472 -1.7 -0.2 .532 .164 .049
162 Game Avg. 17 12 2 3.8 93 .313 .246 .258 .324 .330 .295 .379 .619 .708 76 .472 -1.7 -0.2 .532 .164 .049
CHC (2 yrs) 33 20 5 6.8 98 .407 .355 .266 .394 .339 .419 .387 .813 .725 125 .699 1.1 0.1 .750 .129 .065
CAL (6 yrs) 22 18 1 1.5 89 .188 .158 .249 .238 .321 .211 .374 .449 .695 31 .134 -1.7 -0.2 .353 .158 .053
MIN (1 yr) 15 11 1 2.4 87 .200 .091 .252 .286 .322 .091 .364 .377 .685 14 .327 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .273 .000
AL (12 yrs) 37 29 2 1.9 88 .190 .133 .250 .257 .321 .167 .370 .424 .691 25 .202 -2.8 -0.3 .370 .200 .033
NL (2 yrs) 33 20 5 6.8 98 .407 .355 .266 .394 .339 .419 .387 .813 .725 125 .699 1.1 0.1 .750 .129 .065

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
1979 31 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 33 NYY AL WS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 CLE AL 28 DNP
1977 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1970 22 CAL AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 50% 0.00 2.50 89%
1971 23 CAL AL 13 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 1.67 62%
1972 24 MIN AL 15 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 1.8 1.00 33%
1973 25 CHC NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.00 80%
1974 26 CHC NL 28 0.0% 14.3% 3.6% 7.1% 22% 4.00 6.8 13.5 3.33 82%
14 Yrs 70 0.0% 18.6% 10.0% 4.3% 20% 1.86 4.7 30.5 2.09 69%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.56 6.7 45.5 8.7 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 22 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .46 -0.1 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.86 -0.5 0
1971 23 CAL AL -1.7 -0.2 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .75 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.81 -2.0 0
1972 24 MIN AL -1.1 -0.1 15 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .95 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.94 -0.1 0
1973 25 CHC NL 0.7 0.1 5 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .49 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.91 0.8 0
1974 26 CHC NL 0.4 0.0 29 0.1 0.5 -0.3 .81 0.1 0.1 2.4 0.2 0.92 1.0 0.26 1
1975 27 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1976 28 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1977 29 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 29 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 29 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1978 30 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1979 31 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1980 32 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 33 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1982 34 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
1983 35 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
14 Yrs -1.7 -0.2 71 0.0 0.9 -0.8 .76 -0.2 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.90 -0.8 0.26 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1970 22 CAL AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 CAL AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 MIN AL 1 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1973 25 CHC NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 CHC NL 1 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 2 0 32% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 43% 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1

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
1970 22 CAL AL 9 89% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1971 23 CAL AL 13 62% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1972 24 MIN AL 15 80% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1973 25 CHC NL 5 60% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1974 26 CHC NL 28 75% 9 1 0 0 0 0.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 15 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 70 74% 15 1 0 0 0 0.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 13 1 8% 8 0 0% 36 2 6% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1970 22 38 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 99 3 1 0 0 0 0
1971 23 94 22 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .158 .238 .211 .449 31 4 1 0 1 0 0
1972 24 156 37 30 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 .133 .257 .167 .424 25 5 1 0 2 0 0
1973 25 201 42 34 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 .176 .300 .206 .506 48 7 1 0 2 0 0
1974 26 251 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1975 27 312 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1976 28 373 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1977 29 432 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1978 30 491 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1979 31 544 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1980 32 597 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1981 33 623 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1982 34 648 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0
1983 35 649 70 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 13 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 18 1 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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
1970 22 38 9 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .375 .708 1 38
1971 23 56 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 56
1972 24 65 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 62
1973 25 45 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1 45
1974 26 50 28 27 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 .333 .357 .407 .765 4 50
5 Yrs 254 70 61 5 13 3 0 0 2 0 7 13 .213 .294 .262 .556 6 251
162 Game Avg. 162 45 39 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 4 8 .213 .294 .262 .556 4 251

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1976
1977 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (25, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

                            

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