{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (1863–1933)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Sam LaRocque |position=Second baseman |image=Sam LaRocque 1893 Nashville.png |caption=An 1893 illustration of LaRocque |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1863|2|26}} |birth_place=Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada East |death_date={{death date and age|1933|5|31|1863|2|26}} |death_place=Highland Park, Michigan, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 30 |debutyear=1888 |debutteam= Detroit Wolverines |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 31 |finalyear=1891 |finalteam= Louisville Colonels |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.249 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=50 |teams= * Detroit Wolverines ({{baseball year|1888}}) * Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates ({{baseball year|1890}}–{{baseball year|1891}}) * Louisville Colonels ({{baseball year|1891}}) |highlights= }}
'''Simeon Henry Jean LaRocque''' (February 26, 1863 – May 31, 1933) was a Canadian born professional baseball player. He was a second baseman over parts of three seasons (1888, 1890–91) with the Detroit Wolverines, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates and Louisville Colonels. For his career, he compiled a .249 batting average, with two home runs and 50 runs batted in.
He was born in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Quebec and later died in Highland Park, Michigan at the age of 70.
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