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Dave LaRoche
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Dave LaRoche

Dave LaRoche

David Eugene LaRoche
Born: May 14, 1948 at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.02 Weight: 200

Dave LaRoche was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on September 18, 2023, and October 29, 2024.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Coach 1992 - 1993

Dave LaRoche played for the following teams:

California Angels 1970, 1971; Minnesota Twins 1972; Chicago Cubs 1973, 1974; Cleveland Indians 1975 - 1977; California Angels 1977 - 1980; New York Yankees 1981 - 1983

Dave LaRoche as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Pitching Record

Year Team G IP W L Pct. R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1973 Chicago (NL) 4 5.0 2 0 1.000 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 1.80

1974 Chicago (NL) 6 17.2 3 0 1.000 4 4 8 8 1 0 0 0 2.04

Totals 10 22.2 5 0 1.000 5 5 13 11 1 0 0 0 1.99

Dave LaRoche as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg. TB Slg. OBP

1973 Chicago (NL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1974 Chicago (NL) 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 .500 4 .667 .500

Totals 10 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 .500 4 .667 .500

Mets Batters vs. Dave LaRoche
21 results. Click on column header to sort.

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Martinez, Ted 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .125

Jones, Cleon 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .222 .667 .222

Milner, John 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .222 .556 .222

Staub, Rusty 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .300

Garrett, Wayne 6 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 .333 .500 .546

Millan, Felix 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .500

Koosman, Jerry 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Dyer, Duffy 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .667

Hahn, Don 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500

Theodore, George 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Sadecki, Ray 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

Grote, Jerry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Hodges, Ron 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Kranepool, Ed 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.500 1.000

Pemberton, Brock 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Boswell, Ken 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Schneck, Dave 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Apodaca, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Ayala, Benny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Gosger, Jim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Harrelson, Bud 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000

Dave LaRoche vs. Mets Pitchers
4 results. Click on column header to sort.

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Apodaca, Bob 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 1.000 .500

Sadecki, Ray 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

McGraw, Tug 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

Koosman, Jerry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

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