Dave LaRoche

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: May 14, 1948 in Colorado Springs, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from West HS (Torrance, CA) and the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase.

High School: West HS (Torrance, CA)

School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Paradise, NV)

Debut: May 11, 1970 (Age 21-362d, 12,989th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 23, 1983 (Age 35-101d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: David Eugene LaRoche

Pronunciation: \la-ROHSH\

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Relatives: Father of Adam LaRoche, Andy LaRoche

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

ERA

3.53

647

126

1049.1

819

WHIP

1.313

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	4	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	GF	12	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	7 (2)	Apr 26	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	9 (1)	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	11 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14 (2)	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	15	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	19 (3)	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	20	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	22 (1)	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	27 (4)	May 21 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	32 (4)	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-16	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	34 (1)	May 30	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	36 (1)	Jun 1	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	37	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39 (1)	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	44 (4)	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	46 (1)	Jun 12	MIN		DET	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	48 (1)	Jun 14	MIN		DET	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	50 (1)	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	54 (3)	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	58 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	60 (1)	Jun 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	62 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	63	Jun 29 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,4-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	65 (1)	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	66	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	67	Jul 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	69 (1)	Jul 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	70	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	73 (2)	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	74	Jul 10	MIN		MIL	W,8-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	80 (5)	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	82 (1)	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-13	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	85 (2)	Jul 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	89 (3)	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	90	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	94 (3)	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	107 (12)	Aug 15	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	20	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
42	113 (5)	Aug 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	114	Aug 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	115	Aug 23	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	116	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,3-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	117	Aug 27 (1)	MIN		DET	L,3-5		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	118	Aug 27 (2)	MIN		DET	L,0-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	120 (1)	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,4-9		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	122 (1)	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	123	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	129 (5)	Sep 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-0		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	132 (2)	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
53	133	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
54	134	Sep 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	136 (1)	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	138 (1)	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	140 (1)	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,6-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	141	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	GF	10	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
59	145 (3)	Sep 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
60	148 (2)	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	150 (1)	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
62	152 (1)	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							62gm		95.1	2	15	0	17	0