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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-30 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 31

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	491	3	Apr 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.73	3	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.59	0.347	5.74	0.26%	0.93	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
2	492	4	Apr 8	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	7-GF	BW(1-0)	0	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.70	6.93	10	0	6	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	-0.073	3.11	-0.06%	-0.69	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
3	493	13	Apr 19	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	8-GF	S(2)	10	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.69	5.17	9	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.250	6.23	0.33%	1.09	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
4	494	16	Apr 22	CAL		OAK	L,6-7	7-GF	BL(1-1)	2	2.2	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.25	3.73	10	1	2	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.321	3.77	-0.43%	-1.08	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end d 1
5	495	19	Apr 26	CAL		BAL	L,2-4	8-9	L(1-2)	3	1.2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.56	10	0	5	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.98	-0.371	3.52	-0.40%	-1.43	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 2 out d2
6	496	23	Apr 30	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	W(2-2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	3.83	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	0.115	10.11	0.12%	0.44	9t 12- 2 out tie	9t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	497	24	May 1	CAL		NYY	L,8-12	11-11	L(2-3)	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.75	3.86	6	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.423	4.38	-0.45%	-1.94	11t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 2 out d2
8	498	27	May 6	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-6	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.17	3.85	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
9	499	30	May 9	CAL	@	BOS	L,8-9	8-GF	L(2-4)	2	1.1	1	2	2	1	3	1	0	6.92	4.50	6	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.696	3.65	-0.64%	-0.17	8b 12- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
10	500	33	May 12	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	5-8		2	3.1	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.06	4.81	16	2	6	1	0	7		1	0	1	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.012	1.66	-0.01%	0.52	5b 1-- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out tie
11	501	34	May 13	CAL	@	NYY	L,10-12	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	4.73	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.061	.91	-0.05%	-1.07	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
12	502	36	May 16	CAL		MIL	W,4-3	8-10		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.21	4.31	8	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.252	3.59	0.24%	1.01	8t 12- 2 out tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
13	503	37	May 17	CAL		MIL	W,8-5	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.79	4.23	6	1	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.269	2.45	0.26%	1.45	8t --3 1 out a1	9t end a 3
14	504	39	May 19	CAL		CHW	W,10-6	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.64	4.19	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.034	1.49	0.04%	0.92	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
15	505	48	May 29	CAL	@	SEA	W,6-4	8-GF	S(5)	9	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.24	4.15	9	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.193	4.71	0.24%	1.07	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	506	53	Jun 3	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	8-9		4	1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.74	4.19	7	0	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.44	-0.031	.95	-0.04%	-1.52	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-- 1 out d4
17	507	56	Jun 6	CAL		TOR	L,4-5	7-9	L(2-5)	2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.08	8	3	3	1	0	2		3	0	0	1	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.220	3.45	-0.30%	0.06	7t 123 1 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out d2
18	508	59	Jun 10	CAL		DET	L,7-10	3-6		3	3.1	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	5.70	5.00	18	2	5	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.224	1.80	-0.34%	-3.56	3t 1-3 0 out d1	6t 12- 1 out d6
19	509	61	Jun 12	CAL	@	CLE	L,10-11	8-9	BS(3)	1	1.1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	6.03	5.51	7	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	-0.319	7.08	-0.49%	-0.89	8b -2- 1 out a2	9b --- 2 out tie
20	510	62	Jun 13(1)	CAL	@	TOR	L,8-9	7-GF(8)	L(2-6)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.94	5.22	8	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.133	3.78	-0.20%	0.05	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
21	511	66	Jun 16	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	9-GF	S(6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	5.17	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	0.114	7.04	0.18%	0.56	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
22	512	67	Jun 17	CAL	@	DET	L,4-8	8-8		0	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.62	5.26	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	-0.384	9.34	-0.61%	-2.28	8b 1-- 2 out tie	8b 1-3 2 out d2
23	513	71	Jun 21	CAL		TEX	L,2-3	10-11	L(2-7)	3	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.56	5.14	7	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.155	8.21	0.32%	0.64	10t --- 0 out tie	11t --3 2 out tie
24	514	73	Jun 23	CAL		KCR	L,4-13	5-8		1	2.2	7	5	5	2	3	0	0	7.28	4.98	17	3	2	0	0	7		1	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	2	0	0	0	.53	-0.099	1.91	-0.22%	-1.74	5t -2- 2 out d3	8t 123 1 out d3
25	515	78	Jun 29	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	S(7)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.22	4.90	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	0.103	13.25	0.19%	0.24	11b 1-- 2 out a1	11b end a 1
26	516	79	Jun 30	CAL	@	KCR	W,8-5	7-GF	S(8)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.70	4.77	9	4	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.210	2.81	0.39%	2.00	7b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	517	87	Jul 8	CAL		BAL	L,2-3	8-GF		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.39	4.59	7	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.090	1.81	0.16%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	518	92	Jul 14	CAL		NYY	W,8-7	9-10		5	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.31	4.48	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.105	3.80	0.18%	0.01	9t --- 0 out d2	10t 3 out tie
29	519	94	Jul 19(1)	CAL	@	BAL	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(3-7)	4	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	5.96	4.45	12	1	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.94	0.542	11.90	0.98%	1.71	9b -2- 1 out tie	11b end a 1
30	520	98	Jul 22	CAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-9	BS(4)	2	1.1	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	6.16	4.62	7	1	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.481	4.07	-0.88%	-2.19	8b --- 0 out a3	9b --- 1 out tie
31	521	100	Jul 24	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	5-GF(8)	L(3-8)	1	4.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.87	4.56	16	2	8	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.020	3.91	0.04%	1.06	5b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
32	522	103	Jul 27	CAL		MIN	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.76	4.49	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.018	1.06	0.05%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	523	105	Jul 29	CAL		MIN	W,9-3	7-GF	S(9)	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.62	4.33	12	0	7	4	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.091	1.47	0.26%	0.51	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	524	108	Aug 1	CAL		SEA	L,6-7	4-7	L(3-9)	2	2.1	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	5.70	4.63	10	4	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.299	2.06	-0.58%	-1.67	4t -2- 2 out d1	7t --- 0 out d1
35	525	111	Aug 5(1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,11-7	3-7	W(4-9)	3	4.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.63	4.45	17	5	5	2	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.045	4.53	-0.13%	0.18	3b -2- 1 out d5	7b -2- 1 out a3
36	526	114	Aug 7	CAL	@	OAK	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.73	4.57	9	2	3	1	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.37	-0.157	1.21	-0.30%	-2.18	7b 123 0 out tie	8b end d 5
37	527	116	Aug 10	CAL		SEA	L,6-8	13-14	L(4-10)	2	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.04	4.63	8	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	-0.258	8.77	-0.51%	-1.49	13t --- 0 out tie	14t 12- 0 out d1
38	528	125	Aug 20	CAL		CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	W(5-10)	9	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.93	4.53	6	1	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	0.304	17.68	0.67%	1.28	8t 123 2 out tie	9t end a 1
39	529	128	Aug 24	CAL	@	TOR	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.76	4.40	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.040	1.37	0.10%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
40	530	131	Aug 27	CAL	@	DET	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.36	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.016	2.94	0.04%	0.25	8b 1-- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
41	531	133	Aug 29	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.65	4.34	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	1.94	0.09%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
42	532	135	Aug 31	CAL	@	CLE	W,9-8	6-8		1	1.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.89	4.34	8	2	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.108	3.50	-0.27%	-0.94	6b 1-- 1 out d2	8b 12- 0 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
43	533	136	Sep 1	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	7-7	W(6-10)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.81	4.33	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.090	11.10	0.25%	0.53	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
44	534	138	Sep 3	CAL		CHW	W,6-5	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	4.33	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	0.106	21.20	0.29%	0.36	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t 1-- 1 out a1
45	535	139	Sep 4	CAL		CHW	L,7-10	8-GF		0	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.92	4.47	7	1	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.51	-0.077	2.30	-0.21%	-1.06	8t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 3
46	536	140	Sep 5	CAL		CHW	W,9-8	9-GF	S(10)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.87	4.43	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	0.226	18.73	0.64%	0.68	9t -2- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
47	537	144	Sep 9	CAL		MIL	W,5-2	6-9	H(2)	3	2.2	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.79	4.55	14	2	5	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.017	2.66	0.03%	0.03	6t 12- 2 out a4	9t 12- 1 out a3
48	538	145	Sep 11	CAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	6-6		1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	4.54	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	-0.167	6.35	-0.31%	-1.07	6b 1-- 1 out tie	6b -23 2 out d1
49	539	146	Sep 12	CAL	@	CHW	L,5-11	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.69	4.49	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.23	0.01%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
50	540	147	Sep 14	CAL	@	MIL	W,8-7	8-9	BW(7-10)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.62	4.51	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.61	-0.151	17.57	-0.35%	0.17	8b 123 1 out a1	9b --3 1 out a1
51	541	153	Sep 20	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-6	8-8		5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	4.51	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.055	10.87	-0.29%	-0.27	8b --- 1 out a2	8b 1-- 1 out a2
52	542	159	Sep 26	CAL		KCR	L,0-4	GS-3	L(7-11)	5	3.0	3	2	2	0	4	1	1	5.63	4.54	14	3	3	0	1	3	49			2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
53	543	161	Sep 29	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-6	7-7		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.57	4.52	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
							23-30		W-L:7-11,Sv:10,BSv:5,Hld:2	2.2	85.2	107	54	53	32	59	13	2	5.57	4.52	387	0.62		10%	2%	101	49	48	29%	9	4	5	341	15	1	4	5	4	3	1.51	-1.482	4.07	-1.70%	-5.34

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