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Dave LaRoche played 14 major-league seasons (1970-1983) as a P (647). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 5 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 22 | CAL | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .708 | 102 |
| 1971 | 23 | CAL | 56 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .258 | -23 |
| 1972 | 24 | MIN | 62 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .091 | .377 | 20 |
| 1973 | 25 | CHN | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.100 | 219 |
| 1974 | 26 | CHN | 50 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .765 | 121 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 22 | CAL | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 49.2 | 44 | 21 | 3.44 | 108 |
| 1971 | 23 | CAL | 56 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 72 | 63 | 27 | 2.50 | 138 |
| 1972 | 24 | MIN | 62 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 95.1 | 79 | 39 | 2.83 | 108 |
| 1973 | 25 | CHN | 45 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 54.1 | 34 | 29 | 5.80 | 63 |
| 1974 | 26 | CHN | 49 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 92 | 49 | 47 | 4.79 | 75 |
| 1975 | 27 | CLE | 61 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 82.1 | 94 | 57 | 2.19 | 173 |
| 1976 | 28 | CLE | 61 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 96.1 | 104 | 49 | 2.24 | 157 |
| 1977 | 29 | CLE|CAL | 59 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 100 | 79 | 44 | 3.51 | 116 |
| 1978 | 30 | CAL | 59 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 95.2 | 70 | 48 | 2.82 | 133 |
| 1979 | 31 | CAL | 53 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 85.2 | 59 | 32 | 5.57 | 76 |
| 1980 | 32 | CAL | 52 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 128 | 89 | 39 | 4.08 | 99 |
| 1981 | 33 | NYA | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 16 | 2.49 | 147 |
| 1982 | 34 | NYA | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 31 | 11 | 3.42 | 119 |
| 1983 | 35 | NYA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 23 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | P | 38 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1971 | P | 56 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | P | 62 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | P | 45 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 1974 | P | 49 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 61 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 61 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | P | 59 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 | P | 59 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 53 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 52 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 6 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.