Dave LaRoche
1970–1983 · bats L / throws L · ALS, California Angels, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees
597G
.246AVG
.324OBP
.295SLG
More career statistics
15H
0HR
2RBI
0SB
65–58W–L
1,049.1IP
819K
3.53ERA
15GS
126SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 597 | 649 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,459 | 4,457 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .246 | .324 | .295 | .619 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,049.3 | 647 | 15 | 1 | 65 | 58 | 126 | 919 | 448 | 411 | 94 | 459 | 819 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 | 1.313 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1970-07-12 to 1970-07-16
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1973-06-15 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1974-08-20 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1980-08-02 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  California Angels | 38 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 49 | 44 |
| 1971 | California Angels | 56 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 72 | 63 |
| 1972 |  Minnesota Twins | 62 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 95 | 79 |
| 1973 |  Chicago Cubs | 45 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | .500 | 54 | 34 |
| 1974 | Chicago Cubs | 50 | 27 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 92 | 49 |
| 1975 |  Cleveland Guardians | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 94 |
| 1976 | Cleveland Guardians | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96 | 104 |
| 1977 | California Angels, Cleveland Guardians | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | 79 |
| 1978 | California Angels | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 95 | 70 |
| 1979 | California Angels | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 59 |
| 1980 | California Angels | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 128 | 89 |
| 1981 |  New York Yankees | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 24 |
| 1982 | New York Yankees | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 31 |
| 1983 | New York Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |