How Dave LaRoche's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dave LaRoche posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 3.84, below the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1976, posting 2.34, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.93 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 18.0, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.12 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.06 in 1981 to 3.42 in 1982 and 18.0 in 1983. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 2.34 to 18.0 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Dave LaRoche Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Dave LaRoche Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Dave LaRoche's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Dave LaRoche Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Dave LaRoche's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave LaRoche career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Dave LaRoche Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave LaRoche's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave LaRoche Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave LaRoche's seasonal Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave LaRoche Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave LaRoche's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table