How Dave LaRoche's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave LaRoche posted a career Batting Average of .246, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1973, posting .500, well above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1971 at .091, well below the league average of .246 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .091 to .500 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Dave LaRoche Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dave LaRoche Batting Average Per Season

Dave LaRoche's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave LaRoche Batting Average per season line chart

Dave LaRoche Batting Average by Team

Dave LaRoche's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Dave LaRoche Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave LaRoche's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dave LaRoche Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave LaRoche Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave LaRoche's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dave LaRoche Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave LaRoche Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave LaRoche's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Dave LaRoche Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table