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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 19	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9	Apr 20 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6		5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	14 (2)	Apr 26	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-6		10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	16 (1)	Apr 28	CAL		OAK	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	24 (7)	May 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-7		13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	26 (1)	May 9	CAL		DET	L,5-6		14	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	28 (1)	May 11	CAL		DET	L,0-4		9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	30 (1)	May 16	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-1		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	32 (1)	May 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	33	May 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,3-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	34	May 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	35	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	39 (3)	May 25	CAL		KCR	L,3-7	GS	22	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	42 (2)	May 28	CAL		TEX	W,7-6		7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44 (1)	May 31	CAL	@	DET	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	45	Jun 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	46	Jun 3	CAL	@	TOR	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	49 (2)	Jun 7	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	51 (1)	Jun 9	CAL		NYY	L,7-8		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	53 (1)	Jun 11	CAL		NYY	L,7-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	57 (3)	Jun 15	CAL		BOS	L,5-6		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	58	Jun 16	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	61 (2)	Jun 19	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	64 (2)	Jun 22	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-6		8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	67 (2)	Jun 26	CAL		CHW	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	69 (1)	Jun 28	CAL		MIL	L,5-11		16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	72 (2)	Jul 1	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	79 (6)	Jul 10 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	81 (1)	Jul 12	CAL		OAK	L,4-5		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	83 (1)	Jul 14	CAL		OAK	L,4-6		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	86 (2)	Jul 17	CAL		CLE	L,3-5		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	92 (5)	Jul 23	CAL		DET	L,6-7	GS	20	3.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
36	94 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	96 (1)	Jul 28	CAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	21	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	101 (4)	Aug 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
39	106 (4)	Aug 7	CAL		MIN	W,4-2	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	111 (4)	Aug 13	CAL	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	116 (4)	Aug 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	121 (4)	Aug 23	CAL		NYY	L,2-5	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	125 (3)	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,8-13	GS	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	128 (2)	Aug 31	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	134 (5)	Sep 6	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	135	Sep 7	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	139 (3)	Sep 11	CAL		KCR	L,2-7		6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	140	Sep 12	CAL		TEX	W,8-4	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	144 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	145	Sep 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-5		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	154 (8)	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	L,1-8	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	156 (1)	Sep 30	CAL		MIL	L,2-4		22	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							52gm		128.0	5	16	1	22	0