Sam LaRocque

{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (1863–1933)}}

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{{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

|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 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.