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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CAL		KCR	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	7 (5)	Apr 13	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	14	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (1)	Apr 15	CAL	@	KCR	W,5-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10	Apr 16	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (1)	Apr 18	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14 (1)	Apr 21	CAL		OAK	L,2-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15	Apr 22	CAL		OAK	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	21 (5)	Apr 28	CAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	23 (1)	Apr 30	CAL		DET	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	28 (4)	May 6 (2)	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	29	May 7	CAL	@	CLE	W,4-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	30	May 8	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31	May 9	CAL	@	CLE	L,1-4		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	37 (5)	May 16	CAL		MIL	L,2-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	40 (2)	May 19	CAL		MIN	L,6-12		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	45 (4)	May 25	CAL	@	OAK	L,5-7		7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	46	May 26	CAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	GF	12	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	47	May 28	CAL	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	51 (3)	Jun 1	CAL	@	WSA	L,5-6		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	55 (3)	Jun 6	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	57 (1)	Jun 9	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	58	Jun 10	CAL		NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	59	Jun 11	CAL		WSA	W,4-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	61 (1)	Jun 13	CAL		WSA	L,2-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	62	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	L,3-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	64 (1)	Jun 16	CAL		BOS	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	66 (1)	Jun 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	67	Jun 19	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	70 (2)	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	72 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	74 (1)	Jun 25	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-2		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	76 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	79 (2)	Jun 29	CAL		KCR	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	83 (3)	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	85 (1)	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	W,2-1		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	86	Jul 6	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-5		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	88 (1)	Jul 8	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-4		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	92 (3)	Jul 11 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	GF	12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	97 (4)	Jul 19	CAL		CLE	L,1-3		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	99 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CAL		DET	L,3-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	107 (7)	Jul 30	CAL	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	109 (1)	Aug 1	CAL	@	DET	L,3-4		17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	119 (9)	Aug 12 (2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	122 (2)	Aug 15	CAL	@	WSA	W,4-3		9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
45	125 (2)	Aug 18	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	127 (1)	Aug 21	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	GF	7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	131 (3)	Aug 26	CAL		WSA	L,3-8	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	136 (4)	Sep 1	CAL		OAK	L,0-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	139 (2)	Sep 5	CAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	143 (3)	Sep 9	CAL		MIL	W,3-2		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	145 (1)	Sep 11	CAL		MIL	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	146	Sep 12	CAL		MIL	L,3-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	153 (6)	Sep 19	CAL	@	CHW	W,2-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	155 (1)	Sep 22	CAL		KCR	L,3-10		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	156	Sep 23	CAL		CHW	L,0-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	159 (2)	Sep 26	CAL		CHW	L,5-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							56gm		72.0	0	8	1	9	0