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Dave LaRoche | Major Leaguer 1970-1983

Full Name: David Eugene LaRoche
Born: May 14,1948 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

Father of Adam LaRoche, Father of Andy LaRoche

Debut: May 11,1970

Drafted: Selected by California Angels in 20th Round (388th overall) of 1966 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by California Angels in 5th Round (86th overall) of 1967 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)

Transactions: [Nov 30,1971] - Traded by Angels to Twins for Leo Cardenas. [Nov 30,1972] - Traded by Twins to Cubs for Bob Maneely, Joe Decker and Bill Hands. [Feb 25,1975] - Traded by Cubs with Brock Davis to Indians for Milt Wilcox. [May 11,1977] - Traded by Indians with Dave Schuler to Angels for Sid Monge, Bruce Bochte and Cash. [Apr 1,1981] - Released by Angels. [Apr 17,1981] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 13,1981] - Granted Free Agency. [Apr 9,1982] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Oct 20,1982] - Released by Yankees. [Jul 25,1983] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1968	Quad Cties	Midw	20	Cal	A	5	7	2.36	33						84.0	76	33	22		29	80			8.14	---	3.11	8.57	1.25	--
1969	San Jose	Calif	21	Cal	A+	2	1	3.86	11						21.0	21	11	9		8	19			9.00	---	3.43	8.14	1.38	--
	El Paso	Tex	21	Cal	AA	6	3	2.94	33						49.0	43	16	16		25	46			7.90	---	4.59	8.45	1.39	--
1970	Hawaii	PCL	22	Cal	AAA	6	0	1.24	22						58.0	31	11	8		19	67			4.81	---	2.95	10.40	0.86	--
	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	4	1	3.44	38	0	0	0	11	4	49.2	41	20	19	6	21	44	1	1	7.43	1.09	3.81	7.97	1.25	46%
1971	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	5	1	2.50	56	0	0	0	32	9	72.0	55	21	20	3	27	63	2	0	6.88	0.38	3.38	7.88	1.14	52%
1972	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	5	7	2.83	62	0	0	0	43	10	95.1	72	33	30	9	39	79	2	1	6.80	0.85	3.68	7.46	1.16	45%
1973	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	4	1	5.80	45	0	0	0	22	4	54.1	55	37	35	7	29	34	1	0	9.11	1.16	4.80	5.63	1.55	36%
1974	Wichita	Amer	26	Chw	AAA	1	3	5.06	6						32.0	37	19	18		7	17			10.41	---	1.97	4.78	1.38	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	5	6	4.79	49	4	0	0	21	5	92.0	103	54	49	9	47	49	6	3	10.08	0.88	4.60	4.79	1.63	45%
1975	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	5	3	2.19	61	0	0	0	41	17	82.1	61	26	20	5	57	94	4	0	6.67	0.55	6.23	10.28	1.43	57%
1976	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	1	4	2.24	61	0	0	0	43	21	96.1	57	25	24	2	49	104	0	0	5.33	0.19	4.58	9.72	1.10	44%
1977	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	6	5	3.10	46	0	0	0	39	13	81.1	64	31	28	8	37	61	0	0	7.08	0.89	4.09	6.75	1.24	36%
	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	2	2	5.31	13	0	0	0	11	4	18.2	15	13	11	3	7	18	1	0	7.23	1.45	3.38	8.68	1.18	46%
1978	California	AL	30	Cal	MLB	10	9	2.82	59	0	0	0	46	25	95.2	73	35	30	7	48	70	0	0	6.87	0.66	4.52	6.59	1.26	43%
1979	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	7	11	5.57	53	1	0	0	25	10	85.2	107	54	53	13	32	59	0	1	11.24	1.37	3.36	6.20	1.62	46%
1980	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	3	5	4.08	52	9	1	0	17	4	128.0	122	62	58	14	39	89	0	1	8.58	0.98	2.74	6.26	1.26	45%
1981	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	4	1	2.49	26	1	0	0	14	0	47.0	38	16	13	3	16	24	1	0	7.28	0.57	3.06	4.60	1.15	38%
1982	Columbus	IL	34	Nyy	AAA	3	1	3.77	17	0	0	0	9	4	31.0	27	17	13	2	14	20	1		7.84	0.58	4.06	5.81	1.32	--
	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	4	2	3.42	25	0	0	0	15	0	50.0	54	19	19	4	11	31	0	0	9.72	0.72	1.98	5.58	1.30	28%
1983	Columbus	IL	35	Nyy	AAA	1	1	5.40	7	0	0	0	4	2	8.1	11	5	5	1	7	8	0		11.88	1.08	7.56	8.64	2.16	--
	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	18.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	14%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						65	58	3.53	647	15	1	0	381	126	1,049.1	919	448	411	94	459	819	18	7	7.88	0.81	3.94	7.02	1.31	44%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						24	16	2.89	129						283.1	246	112	91		109	257			7.82	---	3.47	8.17	1.25	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1970	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	p	9	38	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.375	708	100%
1971	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	p	9	56	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	258	47%
1972	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	p	9	62	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.286	.091	377	33%
1973	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	p	9	45	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1100	100%
1974	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	p	9	50	27	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.357	.407	764	69%
1975	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	p	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	California	AL	30	Cal	MLB	p	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	p	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	p	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								649	61	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	0	0	2	0	1	.246	.324	.295	619	58%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	California	AL	31		Ch	0	0	6.77	1		0			0	1.1	2		1		1	1			13.53	---	6.77	6.77	2.26	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	33		Ws	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	1.0	0		0		0	2			0.00	---	0.00	18.00	0.00	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	0	3.86	2		0			0	2.1	2		1		1	3			7.71	---	3.86	11.57	1.29	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	California	AL	31	Cal	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1970	California	AL	22	Cal	MLB	P	38		49.2	5	7	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.17

1971	California	AL	23	Cal	MLB	P	56		72	0	8	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.00

1972	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	P	62		95.1	2	15	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.60

1973	Chi Cubs	NL	25	Chc	MLB	P	45		54.1	5	13	3	21	1	-	-	-	.857	2.98

1974	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	P	49		92	3	14	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.66

1975	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	61		82.1	7	13	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.19

1976	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	61		96.1	3	9	3	15	0	-	-	-	.800	1.12

1977	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	P	46		81.1	5	9	0	14	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.55
1977	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	13		18.2	1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	.96

1978	California	AL	30	Cal	MLB	P	59		95.2	2	14	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.51

1979	California	AL	31	Cal	MLB	P	53		85.2	4	17	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.21

1980	California	AL	32	Cal	MLB	P	52		128	5	16	1	22	0	-	-	-	.955	1.48

1981	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	26		47	5	4	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.72

1982	Columbus	IL	34	Nyy	AAA	P	17			3	5	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1982	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	25		50	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.72

1983	Columbus	IL	35	Nyy	AAA	P	7			0	2	0	2	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1983	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	1		1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00

Awards

[1976] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1977] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1978] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #25)

Trivia and Player Notes

2006 - Pitching Coach for New Hampshire of Eastern League (AA)

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1976-1977)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
2005-2008	New Hampshire [East]	Pitching Coach