How Dave LaRoche's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Dave LaRoche posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 1.27, above the relief pitcher average of 1.08 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1980, posting 1.71, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.07 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.22 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .920 in 1981 to 1.24 in 1982 and .000 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from .000 to 1.71 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Dave LaRoche Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Dave LaRoche Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Dave LaRoche's Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Dave LaRoche Strikeouts Per Game by Team

Dave LaRoche's career Strikeouts Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave LaRoche career Strikeouts Per Game by team bar chart

Dave LaRoche Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave LaRoche's career Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave LaRoche Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave LaRoche's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave LaRoche Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave LaRoche's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game 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 Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table