NAME : David Adam LaRoche
BORN : November 6, 1979 (age 36)
Orange County, California
MLB debut : April 7, 2004, for the Atlanta Braves
Last MLB appearance : October 2, 2015, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics :
Batting average : 260
Home runs : 255
Runs batted in : 882
David Adam LaRoche (born November 6, 1979) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox. He is the son of pitcher Dave LaRoche and the brother of third baseman Andy LaRoche.
BORN : November 6, 1979 (age 36)
Orange County, California
MLB debut : April 7, 2004, for the Atlanta Braves
Last MLB appearance : October 2, 2015, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics :
Batting average : 260
Home runs : 255
Runs batted in : 882
David Adam LaRoche (born November 6, 1979) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox. He is the son of pitcher Dave LaRoche and the brother of third baseman Andy LaRoche.
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Adam LaRoche Amateur Career
Adam LaRoche was a 1998 graduate of Fort Scott High School in Fort Scott, Kansas, where he played baseball. He was named an All-American in baseball as a senior. His uncle, Dave Regan, was his high school head coach.[citation needed] He played for his father, Dave, at Fort Scott Community College in 1999 before transferring to Seminole Community College in Seminole, Oklahoma in 2000, where he was an All-American and the MVP of the Junior College World Series
Adam LaRoche Professional Career
He had been drafted by the Florida Marlins in both the 1998 and 1999 amateur drafts, but refused to sign. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 2000 and did sign.
Adam LaRoche Personal life
LaRoche and his wife Jennifer have a daughter, Montana, and a son, Drake. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, and golf. He is the son of former Major League pitcher Dave LaRoche and older brother of Andy LaRoche.
LaRoche suffers from ADHD that was diagnosed during his high school years, which occasionally leads to on field blunders such as in a game against the Washington Nationals in 2006, when he picked up a Nick Johnson ground ball that should have resulted in the third out of the inning, but did not move quickly to step on first base. Johnson beat LaRoche to the base; the inning continued, and the Nationals scored four unearned runs. Washington won 8-1, and LaRoche was benched for the next game.
LaRoche is one of the co-owners of Outdoor Networks hunting show Buck Commander with friends and pro athletes Chipper Jones, Ryan Langerhans, Tom Martin, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and Willie Robertson who is from the Duck Commander series.
LaRoche is a devout Christian who helped the Washington Nationals promote "Faith Day" at Nationals Park along with teammates Denard Span and Ian Desmond
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