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, 12,996th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	20	CAL-min	A	5	7	.417	2.36	33	5		0	0		84.0	76	33	22	3	29	6	80	2	0	6				1.250	8.1	0.3	3.1	8.6	2.76	QDS MIDW
1969	21	CAL-min	AA,A	8	4	.667	3.17	46	0		0	0	9	71.0	64	27	25	6	33	4	65	3	0	0				1.366	8.1	0.8	4.2	8.2	1.97	ELP,SJO TL,CALL
1970	22	CAL-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	1.24	22	1		0	0	5	58.0	31	11	8	2	19	3	67	0	1	4				0.862	4.8	0.3	2.9	10.4	3.53	HAW PCL
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	106	3.95	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	130	2.41	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	3.39	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	4.65	1.546	9.1	1.2	4.8	5.6	1.17
1974	26	CHC-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.06	6	6		1	0	0	32.0	37	19	18	6	7	0	17	0	0	1				1.375	10.4	1.7	2.0	4.8	2.43	WCH AA
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	4.41	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	3.24	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	155	2.30	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	3.97	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	76	4.02	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	127	3.96	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	3.64	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	4.52	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	3.77	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	144	3.49	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.1	4.6	1.50
1982	34	NYY-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.77	17	0	9	0	0	4	31.0	27	17	13	2	14	3	20	1	0	1				1.323	7.8	0.6	4.1	5.8	1.43	CLB IL
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	117	3.24	1.300	9.7	0.7	2.0	5.6	2.82
1983	35	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.40	7	0	4	0	0	2	8.1	11	5	5	1	7	4	8	3	0	0				2.160	11.9	1.1	7.6	8.6	1.14	CLB IL
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	30	15.76	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
14 Yrs				65	58	.528	3.53	647	15	381	1	0	126	1049.1	919	448	411	94	459	81	819	29	7	18	4459	106	3.62	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	106	3.62	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	3.73	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	145	2.86	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	122	3.49	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	4.50	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	3.39	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	3.47	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	4.50	1.599	9.7	1.0	4.7	5.1	1.09

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