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home run and four RBI for the second time June 11 vs. Huntsville in final game with Jacksonville…
homered in each of his first two games, including the first pitch he saw, after being promoted to Las
Vegas June 12…suffered a slight tear of the labrum in his left shoulder after making a diving stop June
15 (had successful surgery to repair the labrum in October)…hit .421 (16-for-38) while hitting safely in
10 straight games from July 18-28.
2005—Began the year ranked as Los Angeles’ fifth-best prospect according to Baseball America…was
named the Branch Rickey Minor League Player-of-the-Year after leading all Dodgers farmhands in
home runs, RBI and total bases (263)…hit a combined .305 with 30 home runs and 94 RBI in 127 games
between Single-A Vero Beach and Jacksonville…was named Los Angeles’ Minor League Player-of-the-
Month honors in April and May…took home Florida State League Player-of-the-Week honors for the
week of April 18-24…had three multi-homer games while playing with Vero Beach…was named to the
Florida State League Midseason and Postseason All-Star teams despite playing in just 63 games…was
a Topps Single-A All-Star…was also tabbed by Baseball America as the “Best Hitting Prospect” and
“Best Power Prospect” in the FSL…went 2-for-2 in the All-Star Futures Game as part of All-Star festivities
at Comerica Park in Detroit…hit .353 with 15 RBI and a .393 on-base percentage while playing for
the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.
2004—Split the season between Single-A Columbus and Vero Beach…was ranked by Baseball America
as Los Angeles’ eighth-best prospect…was also rated by the same publication as having the “Best Infield
Arm” among Dodgers farmhands…hit .373 in 18 games in June before being promoted to Vero Beach
June 19…was named the Florida State League Player-of-the-Week for the week of July 26-Aug. 1 after
batting .346 with three doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI in six games.
2003—Hit .326 with six home runs and 18 RBI in 25 games for Wareham in the Cape Cod League
before signing with the Dodgers…served as the designated hitter in six games for Rookie Level Ogden
while recovering from a broken leg suffered while playing in the Cape Cod League.
PERSOnAL/MiSCELLAnEOUS
Andrew Christian LaRoche…is a 2001 graduate of Fort Scott (KS) High School…attended Grayson
County Community College and was slated to attend Rice University before signing with the Dodgers…played
with his older brother Adam for the Pirates in 2008-09, becoming the eighth set of brothers
to play as teammates for the Bucs and the first since Eddie and Johnny O’Brien in 1958…his father,
Dave, pitched for 14 seasons (1970-83) with five different teams (Angels, Twins, Cubs, Indians and
Yankees)…captured a gold medal while playing for Team USA in the IBAF World Cup in Taiwan following
the 2007 season…went 2-for-5 in the Gold Medal game against Cuba and hit .333 with three
home runs and 10 RBI in the tournament…invited children with down syndrome to PNC Park for a VIP
treatment during the 2009 season; guests got one-on-one time with Andy, watched batting practice from
the Pirates dugout, met Andy’s teammates and received autographs and memorabilia…also participated
in the Pirates & Dick’s Sporting Goods “Gloves for Kids” Event in 2009 – an initiative to provide local
youth baseball/softball organizations with much needed baseball gloves and equipment.
lifeTime playinG reCord
Year club avG. G aB r h 2B 3B hr rBi sh sF hp BB so sB cs slG oBp e
2003 Ogden .211 6 19 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 .263 .238 0
2004 Columbus .283 65 244 52 69 20 0 13 42 2 2 8 29 30 12 5 .525 .375 9
Vero Beach .237 62 219 26 52 13 0 10 34 2 3 2 17 42 2 3 .434 .295 12
2005 Vero Beach .333 63 249 54 83 14 1 21 51 0 2 1 19 38 6 1 .651 .380 13
Jacksonville .273 64 227 41 62 12 0 9 43 0 2 3 32 54 2 2 .445 .367 8
2006 Jacksonville .309 62 230 42 71 13 0 9 46 0 2 4 41 32 6 3 .483 .419 10
las Vegas .322 55 202 35 65 14 1 10 35 0 1 2 25 32 3 2 .550 .400 5
2007 las Vegas .309 73 265 55 82 18 1 18 48 0 4 3 39 42 2 2 .589 .399 9
LOS ANGELES (NL) .226 35 93 16 21 5 0 1 10 0 1 1 20 24 2 1 .312 .365 3
2008 Jacksonville .318 6 22 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 .364 .400 0
las Vegas .293 39 123 35 36 3 0 5 28 0 4 2 37 14 2 1 .439 .452 6
LOS ANGELES (NL) .203 27 59 6 12 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 10 7 0 0 .322 .319 1
PITTSBURGH .152 49 164 11 25 4 0 3 12 2 1 2 14 30 2 0 .232 .227 9
2009 PITTSBURGH .258 150 524 64 135 29 5 12 64 6 2 8 50 84 3 1 .401 .330 14
2010 PITTSBURGH .206 102 247 26 51 8 0 4 16 2 1 2 19 43 1 1 .287 .268 11
ml totals .224 363 1087 123 244 47 5 22 108 10 5 13 113 188 8 3 .338 .304 38
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