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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	3	Apr 9	CAL		OAK	W,3-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 12	CAL		MIN	W,9-5	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	7	Apr 13	CAL		MIN	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9 (1)	Apr 16	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	13 (3)	Apr 21	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15 (1)	Apr 24	CAL		SEA	L,5-6		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	16	Apr 25	CAL		SEA	W,3-0	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	19 (2)	Apr 28	CAL		TOR	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23 (3)	May 3	CAL		DET	L,4-7		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27 (3)	May 9	CAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	31 (3)	May 15	CAL	@	TOR	L,6-10		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	32	May 16	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	34 (1)	May 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-5	GF	14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	37 (2)	May 21	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GF	8	1.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
16	43 (5)	May 28	CAL		MIL	L,3-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	46 (2)	May 31	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-17	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	49 (2)	Jun 4	CAL		BOS	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50	Jun 5	CAL		BAL	L,2-6		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	53 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	54	Jun 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,10-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	56 (1)	Jun 10	CAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	58 (1)	Jun 12	CAL	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	62 (3)	Jun 16	CAL	@	NYY	W,10-7		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	67 (4)	Jun 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	70 (2)	Jun 24	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	73 (2)	Jun 27	CAL		KCR	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	75 (1)	Jun 29	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	76	Jun 30	CAL		TEX	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	79 (2)	Jul 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	80	Jul 4	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	83 (2)	Jul 7	CAL		SEA	W,9-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	84	Jul 8 (1)	CAL		SEA	W,10-5	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	91 (6)	Jul 17	CAL		DET	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	94 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
36	97 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	CAL	@	DET	L,3-4		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	99 (1)	Jul 24	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-4		21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	101 (1)	Jul 26	CAL	@	MIL	W,11-9	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	103 (1)	Jul 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	105 (1)	Jul 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	112 (6)	Aug 5 (2)	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	113	Aug 6	CAL		MIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	115 (1)	Aug 8	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	118 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	126 (7)	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	W,1-0		15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	128 (1)	Aug 23	CAL		NYY	W,6-3	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	131 (2)	Aug 27	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	133 (1)	Aug 29	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	134	Sep 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,6-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	137 (2)	Sep 4	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	140 (2)	Sep 7	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	141	Sep 8	CAL		KCR	L,7-9		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	142	Sep 9 (1)	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	147 (4)	Sep 13	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	150 (2)	Sep 16	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	154 (3)	Sep 22	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	157 (2)	Sep 26	CAL		MIL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	158	Sep 27	CAL		MIL	W,4-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	161 (2)	Sep 30	CAL		CHW	L,5-6		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							59gm		95.2	2	14	0	16	0