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Dave LaRoche

David Eugene LaRoche

All-Star Player

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

Born: May 14, 1948 in Colorado Springs, CO
High School: West Torrance (Torrance, CA)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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
Final Game: August 23, 1983
Relatives: Father of Adam LaRoche and Father of Andy LaRoche
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 22 CAL AL 4 1 .800 3.44 38 0 11 0 0 4 49.2 41 20 19 6 21 6 44 4 1 1 211 105 1.248 7.4 1.1 3.8 8.0 2.10
1971 23 CAL AL 5 1 .833 2.50 56 0 32 0 0 9 72.0 55 21 20 3 27 10 63 1 0 2 295 129 1.139 6.9 0.4 3.4 7.9 2.33
1972 24 MIN AL 5 7 .417 2.83 62 0 43 0 0 10 95.1 72 33 30 9 39 6 79 6 1 2 396 114 1.164 6.8 0.8 3.7 7.5 2.03
1973 25 CHC NL 4 1 .800 5.80 45 0 22 0 0 4 54.1 55 37 35 7 29 3 34 1 0 1 242 68 1.546 9.1 1.2 4.8 5.6 1.17
1974 26 CHC NL 5 6 .455 4.79 49 4 21 0 0 5 92.0 103 54 49 9 47 7 49 3 3 6 422 80 1.630 10.1 0.9 4.6 4.8 1.04
1975 27 CLE AL 5 3 .625 2.19 61 0 41 0 0 17 82.1 61 26 20 5 57 8 94 2 0 4 359 172 1.433 6.7 0.5 6.2 10.3 1.65
1976 28 CLE AL 1 4 .200 2.24 61 0 43 0 0 21 96.1 57 25 24 2 49 11 104 1 0 0 389 154 1.100 5.3 0.2 4.6 9.7 2.12 AS
1977 29 TOT AL 8 7 .533 3.51 59 0 50 0 0 17 100.0 79 44 39 11 44 9 79 2 0 1 416 112 1.230 7.1 1.0 4.0 7.1 1.80 AS
1977 29 CLE AL 2 2 .500 5.30 13 0 11 0 0 4 18.2 15 13 11 3 7 1 18 0 0 1 75 74 1.179 7.2 1.4 3.4 8.7 2.57
1977 29 CAL AL 6 5 .545 3.10 46 0 39 0 0 13 81.1 64 31 28 8 37 8 61 2 0 0 341 126 1.242 7.1 0.9 4.1 6.8 1.65
1978 30 CAL AL 10 9 .526 2.82 59 0 46 0 0 25 95.2 73 35 30 7 48 11 70 2 0 0 403 129 1.265 6.9 0.7 4.5 6.6 1.46 MVP-25
1979 31 CAL AL 7 11 .389 5.57 53 1 25 0 0 10 85.2 107 54 53 13 32 4 59 2 1 0 387 73 1.623 11.2 1.4 3.4 6.2 1.84
1980 32 CAL AL 3 5 .375 4.08 52 9 17 1 0 4 128.0 122 62 58 14 39 3 89 3 1 0 530 96 1.258 8.6 1.0 2.7 6.3 2.28
1981 33 NYY AL 4 1 .800 2.49 26 1 14 0 0 0 47.0 38 16 13 3 16 1 24 1 0 1 192 143 1.149 7.3 0.6 3.1 4.6 1.50
1982 34 NYY AL 4 2 .667 3.42 25 0 15 0 0 0 50.0 54 19 19 4 11 2 31 1 0 0 212 116 1.300 9.7 0.7 2.0 5.6 2.82
1983 35 NYY AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22 2.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
14 Seasons 65 58 .528 3.53 647 15 381 1 0 126 1049.1 919 448 411 94 459 81 819 29 7 18 4459 105 1.313 7.9 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.78
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .528 3.53 66 2 39 0 0 13 108 94 46 42 10 47 8 84 3 1 2 458 105 1.313 7.9 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.78
CAL (6 yrs) 35 32 .522 3.65 304 10 170 1 0 65 512.1 462 223 208 51 204 42 386 14 3 3 2167 103 1.300 8.1 0.9 3.6 6.8 1.89
CLE (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 2.51 135 0 95 0 0 42 197.1 133 64 55 10 113 20 216 3 0 5 823 144 1.247 6.1 0.5 5.2 9.9 1.91
NYY (3 yrs) 8 3 .727 3.12 52 1 30 0 0 0 98.0 94 37 34 8 27 3 55 2 0 1 409 121 1.235 8.6 0.7 2.5 5.1 2.04
CHC (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 5.17 94 4 43 0 0 9 146.1 158 91 84 16 76 10 83 4 3 7 664 75 1.599 9.7 1.0 4.7 5.1 1.09
MIN (1 yr) 5 7 .417 2.83 62 0 43 0 0 10 95.1 72 33 30 9 39 6 79 6 1 2 396 114 1.164 6.8 0.8 3.7 7.5 2.03
AL (12 yrs) 56 51 .523 3.26 553 11 338 1 0 117 903.0 761 357 327 78 383 71 736 25 4 11 3795 113 1.267 7.6 0.8 3.8 7.3 1.92
NL (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 5.17 94 4 43 0 0 9 146.1 158 91 84 16 76 10 83 4 3 7 664 75 1.599 9.7 1.0 4.7 5.1 1.09

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 31 CAL AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1981 33 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 3.86 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

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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
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 -23 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
1977 29 TOT AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1977 29 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 29 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 32 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 254 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 45 39 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .246 .324 .295 .619 76 11 1 0 1 0 0
CAL (6 yrs) 96 22 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .158 .238 .211 .449 30 4 1 0 1 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
CLE (3 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 159 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CAL AL 22 P 38 0 49.2 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.17 0.32 .950 1.87 0.67
1971 CAL AL 23 P 56 0 72.0 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.00 0.14 .956 1.98 0.77
1972 MIN AL 24 P 62 0 95.1 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.27 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 CHC NL 25 P 45 0 54.1 21 5 13 3 1 .857 2.98 0.40 .957 1.87 0.73
1974 CHC NL 26 P 49 4 92.0 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.66 0.35 .941 1.88 0.71
1975 CLE AL 27 P 61 0 82.1 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.33 .935 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 28 P 61 0 96.1 15 3 9 3 0 .800 1.12 0.20 .960 1.87 0.85 AS
1977 TOT AL 29 P 59 0 100.0 16 6 10 0 3 1.000 1.44 0.27 .944 1.95 0.84 AS
1977 CLE AL 29 P 13 0 18.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.96 0.15 .950 1.98 0.84
1977 CAL AL 29 P 46 0 81.1 14 5 9 0 2 1.000 1.55 0.30 .943 1.95 0.84
1978 CAL AL 30 P 59 0 95.2 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.51 0.27 .950 1.90 0.85 MVP-25
1979 CAL AL 31 P 53 1 85.2 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.40 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 CAL AL 32 P 52 9 128.0 22 5 16 1 0 .955 1.48 0.40 .959 1.85 0.77
1981 NYY AL 33 P 26 1 47.0 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.72 0.35 .967 1.97 0.81
1982 NYY AL 34 P 25 0 50.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.16 .950 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 35 P 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.70
14 Seasons P 647 15 1049.1 200 48 144 8 5 .960 1.65 0.30 .950 1.89 0.79
14 Seasons TOT 647 15 1049.1 200 48 144 8 5 .960 1.65 0.30 .910 1.89 0.79

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 (1339th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.882 (82nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  7.025 (87th)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL  56 (8th)
1972 AL  62 (4th)
1975 AL  61 (4th)
1976 AL  61 (5th)
1977 AL  59 (9th)
1978 AL  59 (5th)
1979 AL  53 (10th)
Career  647 (125th)

Saves s c a p y
1975 AL  17 (4th)
1976 AL  21 (2nd)
1977 AL  17 (5th)
1978 AL  25 (2nd)
Career  126 (90th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 AL  32 (7th)
1972 AL  43 (4th)
1975 AL  41 (4th)
1976 AL  43 (5th)
1977 AL  50 (4th)
1978 AL  46 (6th)
Career  381 (61st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (761), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 9, 1967.

November 30, 1971: Traded by the California Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Leo Cardenas.

November 30, 1972: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Maneely (minors), Joe Decker and Bill Hands.

February 25, 1975: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis to the Cleveland Indians for Milt Wilcox.

May 11, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dave Schuler to the California Angels for Bruce Bochte, Sid Monge and $250,000.

April 1, 1981: Released by the California Angels.

April 17, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

April 9, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 20, 1982: Released by the New York Yankees.

July 25, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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