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: 15-37 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 22

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	544	2	Apr 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-2	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.25	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.044	.61	0.04%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	545	4	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	9-GF	BS(1)	1	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.38	7.25	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.00	-0.539	6.24	-0.50%	-1.83	9t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end d 2
3	546	8	Apr 19	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	6.02	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.012	.44	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	547	9	Apr 20(1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	5.54	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.07	0.00%	0.46	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
5	548	11	Apr 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	2.35	6.67	15	4	4	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.15	-0.026	.16	-0.02%	-0.99	6b 1-- 0 out d4	8b end d 7
6	549	14	Apr 26	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-6	4-7	W(1-0)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.69	5.19	10	3	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.121	1.25	0.08%	1.39	4b 1-- 2 out d2	7b --3 2 out a1
7	550	16	Apr 28	CAL		OAK	L,0-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	5.07	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
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
8	551	24	May 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-7	4-6		8	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.45	4.80	13	5	4	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.025	.57	-0.02%	-0.54	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d5
9	552	26	May 9	CAL		DET	L,5-6	2-5		1	3.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1.96	4.39	14	3	5	2	1	1		2	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.164	.69	0.09%	2.36	2t 12- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d2
10	553	28	May 11	CAL		DET	L,0-4	6-8		1	2.2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	4.18	9	3	4	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.33	0.029	.23	0.01%	1.02	6t 12- 0 out d3	8t 12- 2 out d4
11	554	30	May 16	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-1	7-8		4	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.61	4.14	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.94	7b 12- 2 out a10	8b 3 out a10
12	555	32	May 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.48	3.86	6	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.23	0.02%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
13	556	33	May 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	9-10		0	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	3.75	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.064	1.64	0.03%	0.20	9b 1-- 2 out tie	10b 1-- 1 out tie
14	557	34	May 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	7-GF(7)	S(1)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.73	4.14	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.095	1.42	-0.05%	-1.53	7b 12- 0 out a4	7b end a 1
15	558	35	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	6-7		0	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.03	4.70	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.122	1.40	-0.07%	-0.54	6b 1-3 2 out d2	7b 1-- 1 out a1
16	559	39	May 25	CAL		KCR	L,3-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	5.1	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.53	4.16	22	4	5	0	1	7	46			0	2	2	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.012	1.03	-0.01%	0.53	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out tie
17	560	42	May 28	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	6-8		2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.36	3.95	7	3	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.154	.84	0.06%	2.63	6t 123 0 out d2	8t -2- 1 out tie
18	561	44	May 31	CAL	@	DET	W,6-1	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	3.88	7	1	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.099	.59	0.03%	1.03	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 5
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
19	562	45	Jun 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	3.86	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.063	.71	0.03%	0.44	9b -23 1 out a4	9b end a 3
20	563	46	Jun 3	CAL	@	TOR	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	L(1-2)	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.31	3.88	10	4	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.76	-0.177	2.34	-0.09%	-0.29	9b --- 2 out tie	11b end d 1
21	564	49	Jun 7	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.20	3.85	7	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.086	.30	0.03%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	565	51	Jun 9	CAL		NYY	L,7-8	7-9	BS(2)	1	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.72	4.05	11	4	6	4	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.795	.68	-0.16%	-3.54	7t -23 2 out a2	9t --- 2 out tie
23	566	53	Jun 11	CAL		NYY	L,7-9	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	4.00	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.004	.05	0.00%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out d3	9t 3 out d3
24	567	57	Jun 15	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	8-9		3	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.02	3.92	7	0	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.080	.13	-0.01%	-0.93	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t -2- 2 out d3
25	568	58	Jun 16	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	3.85	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.010	.02	0.00%	0.91	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
26	569	61	Jun 19	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	6-7	BS(3)	2	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.15	3.85	4	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.428	.10	-0.02%	-3.05	6b 12- 2 out a1	7b -23 0 out d1
27	570	64	Jun 22	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-6	4-6		2	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.19	4.02	8	0	6	2	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.006	.05	0.00%	0.71	4b 1-- 0 out d3	6b --- 1 out d3
28	571	67	Jun 26	CAL		CHW	L,2-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	4.00	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
29	572	69	Jun 28	CAL		MIL	L,5-11	4-7		1	3.2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.25	4.21	16	1	7	1	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.027	.01	0.00%	-0.28	4t --- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d6
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
30	573	72	Jul 1	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	8-8	H(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.19	4.24	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.051	.05	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out a3	8b 3 out a3
31	574	79	Jul 10(2)	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.07	4.12	6	1	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.049	.02	0.00%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
32	575	81	Jul 12	CAL		OAK	L,4-5	6-7		1	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.30	4.04	8	2	3	0	2	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.137	.03	0.00%	-1.25	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-- 2 out d3
33	576	83	Jul 14	CAL		OAK	L,4-6	5-8		1	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.08	3.83	13	0	8	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.134	.01	0.00%	1.95	5t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
34	577	86	Jul 17	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	7-7		2	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.32	3.86	7	0	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.181	.01	0.00%	-1.51	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
35	578	92	Jul 23	CAL		DET	L,6-7	GS-4		5	3.2	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.68	4.07	20	3	6	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-2.48	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
36	579	94	Jul 25(2)	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	4-GF(8)		1	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.80	4.01	21	5	6	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.54	4b --3 0 out d6	8b end d 8
37	580	96	Jul 28	CAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6		2	5.1	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.77	3.93	21	6	8	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.00	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
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
38	581	101	Aug 2	CAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	4	4	3	9	3	1	3.80	4.19	35	8	9	0	5	5	67			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.273	.00	0.00%	0.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
39	582	106	Aug 7	CAL		MIN	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	10	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.70	4.04	32	7	9	1	3	9	52			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
40	583	111	Aug 13	CAL	@	SEA	W,10-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	1	0	3.71	4.01	30	5	8	2	1	6	58			2	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
41	584	116	Aug 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	4.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	4.01	3.92	18	2	6	1	1	8	28			0	0	0	18	2	2	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
42	585	121	Aug 23	CAL		NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.1	9	4	4	4	8	1	0	4.10	3.94	29	4	5	0	1	8	43			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
43	586	125	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,8-13	GS-2	L(2-5)	4	1.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.47	3.94	10	2	1	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-3.34	1b start a 1	2b 123 0 out tie
44	587	128	Aug 31	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5	6-6		2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.54	3.93	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.44	6b --- 0 out d3	6b --3 1 out d3
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
45	588	134	Sep 6	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-7	5-5		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	3.93	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.33	5b -2- 1 out d2	5b 3 out d3
46	589	135	Sep 7	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	5-5		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.92	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.80	5b -23 1 out d3	5b -23 2 out d3
47	590	139	Sep 11	CAL		KCR	L,2-7	7-8		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.43	3.90	6	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.42	7t --3 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
48	591	140	Sep 12	CAL		TEX	W,8-4	6-GF	S(4)	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.28	3.75	14	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.95	6t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
49	592	144	Sep 17(2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	6-6	BW(3-5)	4	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.25	3.77	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.50	6b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out tie
50	593	145	Sep 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	6-7		0	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.28	3.79	7	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.57	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 123 1 out d3
51	594	154	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	L,1-8	8-GF		9	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.23	3.77	5	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.20	8t -2- 2 out d7	9t end d 7
52	595	156	Sep 30	CAL		MIL	L,2-4	2-8		1	6.2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.08	3.77	22	5	12	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.122	.00	0.00%	2.09	2t --- 0 out d3	8t -2- 2 out d4
							15-37		W-L:3-5,Sv:4,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.4	128.0	122	62	58	39	89	14	3	4.08	3.77	530	0.63		7%	9%	112	44	36	33%	12	4	3	476	21	5	3	6	5	1	.85	-1.944	.28	-0.51%	2.54

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