# Sam LaRocque

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{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (1863–1933)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Sam LaRocque
|position=[Second baseman](/source/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](/source/Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu%2C_Quebec), [Canada East](/source/Canada_East)
|death_date={{death date and age|1933|5|31|1863|2|26}}
|death_place=[Highland Park, Michigan](/source/Highland_Park%2C_Michigan), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 30
|debutyear=1888
|debutteam= [Detroit Wolverines](/source/Detroit_Wolverines)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 31
|finalyear=1891
|finalteam= [Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.249
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=50
|teams=
* [Detroit Wolverines](/source/Detroit_Wolverines) ({{baseball year|1888}})
* [Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) ({{baseball year|1890}}–{{baseball year|1891}})
* [Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels) ({{baseball year|1891}})
|highlights=
}}

'''Simeon Henry Jean LaRocque''' (February 26, 1863 – May 31, 1933) was a Canadian born professional [baseball player](/source/baseball_player).  He was a [second baseman](/source/second_baseman) over parts of three seasons (1888, 1890–91) with the [Detroit Wolverines](/source/Detroit_Wolverines), [Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) and [Louisville Colonels](/source/Louisville_Colonels).  For his career, he compiled a .249 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)), with two [home run](/source/home_run)s and 50 [runs batted in](/source/run_batted_in).

He was born in [Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Quebec](/source/Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu%2C_Quebec) and later died in [Highland Park, Michigan](/source/Highland_Park%2C_Michigan) at the age of 70.

==External links==
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