page_title: Dave LaRoche
hierarchical_section_title: Dave LaRoche
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional baseball player Dave Laroche during the 1981 season as a member of the New York Yankees.
context_page_description: David Eugene LaRoche is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. LaRoche is most famous for throwing his own variant of the eephus pitch, which he called "La Lob". Over his career, LaRoche went 65–58, with 819 strikeouts in 1,049​¹⁄₃ innings pitched. He has a career 3.53 ERA.
  Before retiring from baseball following the 2015 season, LaRoche was the pitching coach for the New York Mets' short-season affiliate, the Brooklyn Cyclones. He is the father of former MLB players Adam LaRoche and Andy LaRoche.
context_section_description: David Eugene LaRoche (born May 14, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach. LaRoche is most famous for throwing his own variant of the eephus pitch, which he called  "La Lob". Over his career, LaRoche went 65–58, with 819 strikeouts in 1,049​¹⁄₃ innings pitched. He has a career 3.53 ERA.
  Before retiring from baseball following the 2015 season, LaRoche was the pitching coach for the New York Mets' short-season affiliate, the Brooklyn Cyclones. He is the father of former MLB players Adam LaRoche and Andy LaRoche.
caption: Laroche in 1981
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