Dave LaRoche
Dave LaRoche
Full name: David Eugene LaRoche Born: May 14, 1948, Colorado Springs, Colorado First Game: May 11, 1970 ; Final Game: August 23, 1983 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 200 Father of Adam LaRoche
Dave LaRoche
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1970 CAL A Daily Splits 38 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .333 .375 0.0 1970 CAL A 1971 CAL A Daily Splits 56 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .167 .091 0.0 1971 CAL A 1972 MIN A Daily Splits 62 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .091 .286 .091 0.0 1972 MIN A 1973 CHI N Daily Splits 45 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 0.0 1973 CHI N 1974 CHI N Daily Splits 50 27 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .357 .407 0.0 1974 CHI N 1975 CLE A 1975 CLE A 1976 CLE A 1976 CLE A 1977 CLE A 1977 CLE A 1977 CAL A 1977 CAL A 1977 TOT A 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 TOT A
1978 CAL A 1978 CAL A 1979 CAL A 1979 CAL A 1980 CAL A 1980 CAL A 1981 NY A 1981 NY A 1982 NY A 1982 NY A 1983 NY A 1983 NY A Splits 648 61 7 15 3 0 0 2 7 0 13 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .246 .324 .295 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 CAL A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1979 CAL A
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1981 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1981 NY A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1977 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1977 AL
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1970 CAL A Daily Splits 38 0 0 0 11 4 49.2 41 211 6 20 19 21 6 44 2 1 1 4 1 10 2 2 1 4 1 3.44 0.3 1970 CAL A 1971 CAL A Daily Splits 56 0 0 0 32 9 72 55 295 3 21 20 27 10 63 4 4 2 1 0 12 1 2 3 5 1 2.50 0.7 1971 CAL A 1972 MIN A Daily Splits 62 0 0 0 43 10 95.1 72 396 9 33 30 39 6 79 6 0 2 6 1 13 0 3 7 5 7 2.83 0.8 1972 MIN A 1973 CHI N Daily Splits 45 0 0 0 22 4 54.1 55 242 7 37 35 29 3 34 7 4 1 1 0 7 2 2 2 4 1 5.80 -0.8 1973 CHI N 1974 CHI N Daily Splits 49 4 0 0 21 5 92 103 422 9 54 49 47 7 49 10 2 6 3 3 19 3 8 7 5 6 4.79 -0.7 1974 CHI N 1975 CLE A Daily Splits 61 0 0 0 41 17 82.1 61 359 5 26 20 57 8 94 10 0 4 2 0 6 2 4 3 5 3 2.19 1.9 1975 CLE A 1976 CLE A Daily Splits 61 0 0 0 43 21 96.1 57 389 2 25 24 49 11 104 9 5 0 1 0 11 3 5 6 1 4 2.24 1.4 1976 CLE A 1977 CLE A Daily Splits 13 0 0 0 11 4 18.2 15 75 3 13 11 7 1 18 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 5.30 -0.6 1977 CLE A 1977 CAL A Daily Splits 46 0 0 0 39 13 81.1 64 341 8 31 28 37 8 61 4 4 0 2 0 10 5 2 3 6 5 3.10 1.3 1977 CAL A 1977 TOT A 59 0 0 0 50 17 100 79 416 11 44 39 44 9 79 6 6 1 2 0 11 5 6 4 8 7 3.51 0.7 1977 TOT A
1978 CAL A Daily Splits 59 0 0 0 46 25 95.2 73 403 7 35 30 48 11 70 12 2 0 2 0 10 1 7 4 10 9 2.82 1.7 1978 CAL A 1979 CAL A Daily Splits 53 1 0 0 25 10 85.2 107 387 13 54 53 32 4 59 8 4 0 2 1 15 1 5 4 7 11 5.57 -2.3 1979 CAL A 1980 CAL A Daily Splits 52 9 1 0 17 4 128 122 530 14 62 58 39 3 89 7 5 0 3 1 21 5 6 1 3 5 4.08 -0.1 1980 CAL A 1981 NY A Daily Splits 26 1 0 0 14 0 47 38 192 3 16 13 16 1 24 3 6 1 1 0 8 2 1 1 4 1 2.49 0.5 1981 NY A 1982 NY A Daily Splits 25 0 0 0 15 0 50 54 212 4 19 19 11 2 31 1 1 0 1 0 15 3 2 1 4 2 3.42 0.4 1982 NY A 1983 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 -0.1 1983 NY A Splits 647 15 1 0 381 126 1049.1 919 4459 94 448 411 459 81 819 85 40 18 29 7 158 30 53 44 65 58 3.53 4.4 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1979 CAL A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.75 1979 CAL A
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1981 NY A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1981 NY A
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1977 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1977 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1970 CAL A Daily P 38 0 0 49.2 5 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1971 CAL A Daily P 56 0 0 72 0 8 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 .889
1972 MIN A Daily P 62 0 0 95.1 2 15 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 1.000
1973 CHI N Daily P 45 0 0 54.1 5 13 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 .857
1974 CHI N Daily P 49 4 0 92 3 14 0 0 0 1 3 7 2 1.000
1975 CLE A Daily P 61 0 0 82.1 7 13 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 1.000
1976 CLE A Daily P 61 0 0 96.1 3 9 3 0 0 0 4 6 1 .800
1977 CLE A Daily P 13 0 0 18.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1977 CAL A Daily P 46 0 0 81.1 5 9 0 2 0 2 2 8 2 1.000
1977 TOT A P 59 0 0 100 6 10 0 3 0 2 2 9 2 1.000
1978 CAL A Daily P 59 0 0 95.2 2 14 0 0 0 1 3 7 2 1.000
1979 CAL A Daily P 53 1 0 85.2 4 17 0 0 0 0 4 9 5 1.000
1980 CAL A Daily P 52 9 1 128 5 16 1 0 0 1 4 12 3 .955
1981 NY A Daily P 26 1 0 47 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1.000
1982 NY A Daily P 25 0 0 50 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1.000
1983 NY A Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
Total P 647 15 1 1049.1 48 144 8 5 0 8 39 76 21 .960
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 CAL A Daily P 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1981 NY A Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1977 AL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions Transactions
Selected by California Angels in the 20th round of the free-agent draft - did not
sign (June 7, 1966 ).
Selected by California Angels in the 5th round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft (January 28, 1967 ).
Traded by California Angels to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Leo Cardenas
(November 30, 1971 ).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Hands , Joe Decker and
Bob Maneely (November 30, 1972 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Milt
Wilcox (February 25, 1975 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dave Schuler to California Angels in exchange for
Bruce Bochte , Sid Monge and $250000 (May 11, 1977 ).
Released by California Angels (April 1, 1981 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 17, 1981 ).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 9, 1982 ).
Released by New York Yankees (October 20, 1982 ).
Signed by New York Yankees (July 25, 1983 ).
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