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Dave
Laroche		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 14, 1948 in Usa, CO, COLORADO SPRI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1976    1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 COL NL $ 300,000 7 9 7 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1971 23 COL NL $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 6 5 6 7 7 7
1972 24 COL NL $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 7 6 6 7 6 6
1973 25 COL NL $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 4 4
1974 26 COL NL $ 300,000 7 10 9 9 7 6 6 5 4 4
1975 27 COL NL $ 2,245,714 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 5 4 5
1976 28 COL NL $ 3,200,000 7 10 9 10 8 7 7 5 4 4
1977 29 COL NL $ 3,200,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 5 4 4
1978 30 COL NL $ 3,200,000 7 10 9 9 8 7 7 4 4 4
1979 31 COL NL $ 3,200,000 7 10 9 9 7 6 7 4 4 4
1980 32 PHN NL $ 6,000,111 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4
1981 33 PHN NL $ 6,000,111 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4
1982 34 PHN NL $ 6,000,111 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4
1983 35 PHN NL $ 5,000,000 6 8 7 7 5 4 5 4 3 3
1984 36 TOR AL $ 5,000,000 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,111 7 10 9 10 8 7 7 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1970 22 COL NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 12 10 2 7 8 7.72 .261 .358 .413 .772 0.0
    AAA   12 9 .571 29 29 1 1 0 204.0 180 70 15 86 200 3.09 .234 .311 .332 .643  
1971 23 COL NL 10 11 .476 28 28 3 0 0 203.0 177 84 29 77 177 3.72 .235 .307 .398 .704 13.2
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 33.7 32 17 6 14 32 4.55 .246 .319 .431 .750  
1972 24 COL NL 7 12 .368 33 33 1 1 0 211.3 195 88 15 91 192 3.75 .244 .324 .369 .692 13.2
1973 25 COL NL 6 10 .375 24 24 2 0 0 165.0 152 87 21 59 124 4.75 .243 .309 .404 .713 6.4
1974 26 COL NL 15 8 .652 27 27 5 1 0 199.0 169 88 25 57 146 3.98 .230 .289 .411 .701 12.1
1975 27 COL NL 17 9 .654 28 28 1 0 0 196.0 172 96 27 89 155 4.41 .237 .319 .413 .732 9.7
1976 28 COL NL 13 8 .619 32 32 1 0 0 215.7 220 113 27 86 202 4.72 .262 .334 .436 .769 9.2
1977 29 COL NL 17 9 .654 32 32 4 0 0 231.0 193 96 26 79 187 3.74 .225 .291 .392 .684 14.1
1978 30 COL NL 15 12 .556 35 35 7 1 0 266.3 235 110 37 82 211 3.72 .233 .293 .407 .700 16.0
1979 31 COL NL 10 11 .476 31 31 4 0 0 236.3 177 79 20 72 177 3.01 .206 .271 .342 .613 18.3
1980 32 CLN NL 14 6 .700 22 22 2 0 0 146.7 124 61 17 48 93 3.74 .225 .290 .356 .646 10.0
  PHN NL 3 3 .500 11 11 1 0 0 74.3 55 26 8 27 57 3.15 .203 .278 .321 .599 5.4
  TOT   17 9 .654 33 33 3 0 0 221.0 179 87 25 75 150 3.54 .218 .286 .345 .630 15.4
1981 33 PHN NL 11 10 .524 32 32 3 0 0 224.3 204 80 23 65 179 3.21 .241 .296 .376 .672 13.2
1982 34 PHN NL 14 11 .560 32 32 4 1 0 204.7 199 103 24 78 135 4.53 .252 .320 .413 .733 8.5
1983 35 PHN NL 12 4 .750 20 20 0 0 0 130.0 128 53 13 38 95 3.67 .257 .311 .391 .701 8.8
1984 36 TOR AL 0 2 .000 6 4 0 0 0 23.3 29 22 3 21 15 8.49 .312 .439 .473 .912 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 18 0 0 0 0 33.3 31 15 2 19 28 4.05 .233 .329 .331 .660  
15 Years Sim 164 127 .564 395 393 38 4 0 2738.6 2441 1196 317 976 2153 3.93 .237 .305 .392 .697 158.3
3 Years AAA 14 13 .519 52 34 1 1 0 271.0 243 102 23 119 260 3.39 .235 .314 .345 .659  
Season Average 10 8 .556 26 26 2 0 0 182.6 162 79 21 65 143 3.93 .237 .305 .392 .697  
Career Highs 17 12 .750 35 35 7 1 0 266.3 235 113 37 91 211 8.49 .312 .439 .473 .912  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1880 906 243 785 1548   .246 .317 .407 .723
vs LH   561 290 74 191 605   .210 .263 .351 .614
Home 71 55 .563 189 187 16 2 2 1324.6 1154 541 132 465 1012 3.68 .233 .299 .380 .679
Away 93 72 .564 206 206 22 2 0 1414.0 1287 655 185 511 1141 4.17 .241 .307 .404 .711
Mar/Apr 28 20 .583 65 65 7 0 0 445.3 444 221 56 162 348 4.47 .259 .323 .434 .757
May 32 25 .561 77 75 5 1 0 541.6 466 212 76 180 424 3.52 .230 .293 .400 .693
June 29 19 .604 69 69 4 0 0 461.6 446 226 54 173 344 4.41 .252 .319 .407 .726
July 26 17 .605 59 59 9 1 0 419.0 350 159 36 146 333 3.42 .226 .292 .351 .643
August 24 25 .490 67 67 5 1 0 471.0 422 224 56 165 372 4.28 .236 .300 .394 .695
Sep/Oct 25 21 .543 58 58 9 1 2 399.9 313 154 39 150 332 3.47 .215 .289 .358 .647
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 22 COL NL P 2 2 11.7 0 3 1 0 .750 2.32    
1971 23 COL NL P 28 28 203.0 15 38 0 3 1.000 2.35    
1972 24 COL NL P 33 33 211.3 18 36 1 1 .982 2.30    
1973 25 COL NL P 24 24 165.0 12 41 0 1 1.000 2.89    
1974 26 COL NL P 27 27 199.0 11 25 0 3 1.000 1.63    
1975 27 COL NL P 28 28 196.0 5 34 1 4 .975 1.79    
1976 28 COL NL P 32 32 215.7 13 34 2 2 .959 1.96    
1977 29 COL NL P 32 32 231.0 10 38 2 2 .960 1.87    
1978 30 COL NL P 35 35 266.3 17 34 1 2 .981 1.72    
1979 31 COL NL P 31 31 236.3 12 36 0 2 1.000 1.83    
1980 32 CLN NL P 22 22 146.7 9 30 1 1 .975 2.39    
  PHN NL P 11 11 74.3 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.30    
  TOT   P 33 33 221.0 13 45 1 1 .983 2.36    
1981 33 PHN NL P 32 32 224.3 13 46 1 3 .983 2.37    
1982 34 PHN NL P 32 32 204.7 13 34 1 2 .979 2.07    
1983 35 PHN NL P 20 20 130.0 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.38    
1984 36 TOR AL P 6 4 23.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16    
Career Totals   395 393 2738.6 160 459 11 28 .983 2.03    
Career Highs   35 35 266.3 18 46 2 4 1.000 2.89    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1974 26 COL NL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 1 10.0 14 10 0 3 8 9.00 .311 .354 .422 .776
1975 27 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 2 1 0 1 54.55 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
1976 28 COL NL 1 1 .500 10 2 0 0 1 22.0 24 14 2 12 13 5.73 .282 .371 .459 .830
1977 29 COL NL 3 0 1.000 5 5 1 0 0 38.0 32 19 7 14 30 4.50 .227 .297 .404 .701
1981 33 PHN NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 14 8 3 4 9 5.54 .269 .321 .519 .841
1983 35 PHN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 .300 .300 .300 .600
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 28 9 1 0 2 86.0 89 53 13 33 62 5.55 .265 .331 .446 .777
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-5-3.01
 Wins
1974-10-15
1975-5-17
1977-8-17
1980-9-17
 Winning Pct
1980-9-.654
1983-6-.750
 Games Started
1978-6-35
 Innings Pitched
1978-6-266.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1975-8-27
1976-9-27
1977-8-26
1978-2-37
1980-8-25
Strikeouts
1971-10-177
1972-6-192
1976-4-202
1977-4-187
1978-1-211
1979-5-177
1981-7-179
 Hits per 9IP
1971-9-7.8
1974-3-7.6
1975-8-7.9
1977-7-7.5
1979-2-6.7
1980-4-7.3
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1971-5-7.8
1972-4-8.2
1973-9-6.8
1974-9-6.6
1975-6-7.1
1976-1-8.4
1977-3-7.3
1978-3-7.1
1979-5-6.7
1980-10-6.1
1981-3-7.2
CAR-50-7.1
 WHiP
1974-3-1.14
1977-8-1.18
1978-8-1.19
1979-2-1.05
1980-10-1.15
 OAVG
1971-10-.235
1974-5-.230
1975-8-.237
1977-7-.225
1979-1-.206
1980-4-.218
 OOBP
1974-6-.289
1977-8-.291
1978-6-.293
1979-2-.271
1980-10-.286
OOPS
1979-3-.613
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Colorado in 1970
Earned first career win on 5/6/1971
Won Bronze Rookie in 1971, going 10-11, 3.72 ERA
Injured on 7/7/1973 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/5/1973 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 9/20/1974 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,245,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Injured on 9/17/1979 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/8/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $6,000,111 per year
Pitched NO-HITTER against San Diego on 4/26/1980, striking out 6
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1980, winning 2 games with a 3.14 ERA
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Philadelphia on 7/31/1980 (Going to PHN: P Dave Laroche. Going to CLN: P Richard Dotson, P Masanori Murakami, P Mike Jones)
 
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