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Dave LaRoche

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Apr 15 L, 3-4 at A's Finish 3.1 1 13 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.00 L (0-1) MIN Apr 16 W, 3-2 at A's Middle 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 MIN Apr 18 L, 0-2 at Angels Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 MIN Apr 19 W, 12-3 at Angels Finish 1 3.1 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 MIN Apr 26 W, 3-1 vs Red Sox Finish 2 1.1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 MIN Apr 29 W, 2-0 at Yankees Finish 3 3.0 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 MIN Apr 30 (2) W, 5-4 at Yankees Finish 4 2.0 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 06 W, 3-2 at Red Sox Finish 5 2.0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 MIN May 07 W, 8-4 at Red Sox Middle 2.0 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.00 MIN May 12 L, 3-4 vs Brewers Middle 2.2 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.87 MIN May 13 W, 5-4 vs Brewers Finish 3.0 2 10 1 1 1 1 0 3 1.14 W (1-1) MIN May 15 L, 3-4 at White Sox Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.09 MIN May 21 (1) L, 2-5 at Rangers Middle 0.1 2 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 1.80 MIN May 27 L, 2-16 vs Rangers Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.67 MIN May 30 W, 3-2 vs Royals Finish 6 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 01 L, 3-5 vs Royals Finish 2.2 2 11 2 2 1 1 0 2 1.99 L (1-2) MIN Jun 02 L, 4-5 at Tigers Finish 1.1 2 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.18 L (1-3) MIN Jun 04 L, 0-3 at Tigers Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.14 MIN Jun 10 L, 1-4 at Indians Middle 0.1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.38 MIN Jun 12 L, 1-2 vs Tigers Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.25 MIN Jun 14 L, 2-3 vs Tigers Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.19 MIN Jun 17 L, 1-4 vs Orioles Finish 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.15 MIN Jun 21 L, 2-4 vs Indians Finish 2.0 2 11 2 2 1 1 1 1 2.50 MIN Jun 25 (2) L, 3-8 at Royals Middle 0.1 2 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 3.15 MIN Jun 27 L, 1-3 vs Angels Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.07 MIN Jun 29 (1) L, 3-5 vs Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 MIN Jun 29 (2) L, 4-12 vs Royals Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.93 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 01 L, 1-5 at White Sox Middle 0.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.35 L (1-4) MIN Jul 02 (1) W, 6-4 at White Sox Finish 7 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.30 MIN Jul 02 (2) L, 1-2 at White Sox Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22 MIN Jul 04 L, 0-2 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.15 MIN Jul 05 L, 0-2 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.28 MIN Jul 09 L, 6-9 vs Yankees Finish 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.14 MIN Jul 10 W, 8-1 vs Brewers Finish 8 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.06 MIN Jul 16 L, 1-6 vs Red Sox Finish 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.00 MIN Jul 19 L, 3-13 at Yankees Finish 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.89 MIN Jul 22 W, 9-5 at Brewers Middle 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.89 MIN Jul 28 W, 4-3 at A's Finish 9 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.85 MIN Jul 29 L, 2-7 at A's Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.83 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 02 L, 1-4 at Rangers Finish 1.1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 2.93 MIN Aug 15 W, 7-6 at Tigers Finish 6.0 3 20 1 1 1 0 0 5 2.79 W (2-4) MIN Aug 21 L, 3-10 at Indians Middle 1.0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.89 MIN Aug 22 L, 2-3 at Indians Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.80 MIN Aug 23 L, 1-5 at Indians Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.76 MIN Aug 26 L, 3-5 vs Tigers Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 MIN Aug 27 (1) L, 3-5 vs Tigers Middle 2.1 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.61 MIN Aug 27 (2) L, 0-1 vs Tigers Finish 1.0 3 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.70 L (2-5) MIN Aug 29 L, 4-9 vs Orioles Middle 2.1 2 13 2 2 0 3 1 2 2.86 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 01 W, 5-4 vs Indians Finish 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.82 W (3-5) MIN Sep 02 L, 3-5 vs Indians Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.71 MIN Sep 07 W, 4-0 at Rangers Middle 1.1 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 2.67 MIN Sep 09 W, 3-2 at Royals Finish 3.0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.57 W (4-5) MIN Sep 10 L, 1-3 at Royals Finish 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.64 MIN Sep 11 (1) W, 2-1 vs A's Middle 2.1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.57 MIN Sep 12 L, 4-7 vs A's Finish 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.62 MIN Sep 15 W, 4-3 vs Royals Finish 10 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.59 MIN Sep 17 L, 6-10 vs Royals Middle 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.66 MIN Sep 19 W, 5-3 vs Rangers Finish 3.1 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.56 W (5-5) MIN Sep 24 L, 1-2 vs Angels Finish 1.0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.53 MIN Sep 28 L, 7-8 at A's Finish 0.2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.61 L (5-6) MIN Sep 30 L, 2-3 at Angels Finish 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.68 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Oct 02 L, 4-6 vs White Sox Finish 1.1 2 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 2.83 L (5-7)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Middle relief    0   1   5.82   19   0   0   0   0   0   21.2   24   107   15   14   2   14   2   22    5-14
As closer        5   6   1.95   43   0   0  43  10   0   73.2   48   289   18   16   7   19   4   57   15-28

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              106   15   21   38   5   0   4   15   1   2   13   0   2   29   1  .198  .358  .298  .656
vs RHB              239   27   51   74   8   0   5   23   3   2   20   6   4   50   2  .213  .310  .301  .611

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   3   2.17   29   0   0  22   4   0   49.2   34   201   13   12   5   18   3   43    8-21
Road             2   4   3.55   33   0   0  21   6   0   45.2   38   195   20   18   4   15   3   36   12-21

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              1   7   3.86   34   0   0  23   6   0   46.2   44   204   23   20   5   18   2   35   10-24
Night            4   0   1.85   28   0   0  20   4   0   48.2   28   192   10   10   4   15   4   44   10-18

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   0.00    7   0   0   5   4   0   14.0    6    55    2    0   0    4   1   10    5-2 
May              1   0   3.00    8   0   0   5   2   0   15.0   12    62    5    5   1    5   1    9    4-4 
June             0   2   5.79   12   0   0   9   0   0   14.0   13    64    9    9   3    6   2    8    0-12
July             0   1   2.45   12   0   0   9   3   0   11.0    8    49    3    3   0    6   1   14    4-8 
August           1   1   2.95    9   0   0   4   0   0   18.1   15    75    7    6   4    4   1   17    1-8 
September        3   1   2.08   13   0   0  10   1   0   21.2   16    84    5    5   0    7   0   20    6-7 
October          0   1  13.50    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.1    2     7    2    2   1    1   0    1    0-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   1.35    5   0   0   4   1   0    6.2    6    26    1    1   0    1   0    3    1-4 
A's              0   2   1.80    7   0   0   4   1   0   10.0    7    41    3    2   0    3   1   12    3-4 
Brewers          1   0   1.29    4   0   0   2   1   0    7.0    5    28    1    1   1    3   0    6    3-1 
Indians          1   0   3.48    7   0   0   4   0   0   10.1    8    45    4    4   2    3   1   10    1-6 
Orioles          0   0   6.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    16    2    2   0    4   1    2    0-2 
Rangers          1   0   3.24    5   0   0   3   0   0    8.1    5    33    3    3   1    4   1    9    2-3 
Red Sox          0   0   3.24    6   0   0   5   2   0    8.1   10    42    3    3   0    3   1    6    3-3 
Royals           1   1   4.85    9   0   0   7   2   0   13.0   10    52    7    7   2    5   0    9    3-6 
Tigers           1   2   1.72    8   0   0   5   0   0   15.2   12    61    4    3   2    2   1   10    1-7 
White Sox        0   2   9.00    5   0   0   4   1   0    4.0    3    17    4    4   1    2   0    4    1-4 
Yankees          0   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   2   0    9.0    4    35    1    0   0    3   0    8    2-2 

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