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Dave LaRoche

Angels Career team 1970 to 1980
Position P
Born May 14, 1948

Key Insights

1983
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Ron Fairly has hit .400/.533/1.000 against LaRoche over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 10 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .667 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

LaRoche has struck Dave Duncan out 8 times in 10 plate appearances, 80% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Jerry Remy has hit .000/.000/.000 against LaRoche over 13 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .667 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jim Sundberg is 1 for 16 against LaRoche, a .062 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

18 career plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

LaRoche has walked Otto Velez 6 times in 18 plate appearances, 33.3% of them.

6 walks in 18 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what LaRoche throws than Carl Yastrzemski: 33.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

25 plate appearances between them. 90th percentile of the 12 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 14, 1948