Derek Aucoin
| Derek Aucoin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 27, 1970 Lachine, Quebec, Canada | |
| Died: December 26, 2020 (aged 50) Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 21, 1996, for the Montreal Expos | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 25, 1996, for the Montreal Expos | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–1 |
| Earned run average | 3.38 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
| Teams | |
Derek Alfred Aucoin (27 March 1970 – 26 December 2020) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Aucoin pitched in two games for the Montreal Expos in the 1996 season. He had a 0–1 record, in 2.2 innings, with a 3.38 ERA. He died from brain cancer on 26 December 2020 at the age of 50.[1]
He was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989.
Professional baseball career
[edit]Montreal Expos
[edit]In his first professional season, 1989, with the Gulf Coast League Expos he went 2–1 with a 2.66 ERA in seven games, three starts.
While with the Short-Season Jamestown Expos in 1990 Aucoin compiled a record of 1–3 with a 4.46 ERA in eight games, all starts.
His next two seasons, 1991 and 1992, were spent at the Class-A level. In 1991, he went 3–6 with a 4.28 ERA in 41 games, four starts with the Sumter Flyers. In 1992, he went 3–2 with a 3.00 ERA in 39 games, two starts with the Rockford Expos.
Aucoin was promoted to the Advanced-A West Palm Beach Expos in 1993. He compiled a record of 4–4 with a 4.24 ERA in 38 games, six starts.
In 1994 Aucoin split the season between West Palm Beach and the Double-A Harrisburg Senators of the Eastern League He went a combined 3–4 with a 2.82 ERA in 38 games. Staying at Harrisburg in 1995 he went 2–4 with a 4.96 ERA in 29 games.
Aucoin split the 1996 season between the Expos and the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx of the International League. With Ottawa, he went 3–5 with a 3.96 ERA in 52 games. On 21 May 1996 he made his Major League debut against the San Francisco Giants. In 2⁄3 of an inning, he gave up one earned run and registered a loss. He would finish his Major League Career going 0–1 with a 3.38 ERA in two games.
With West Palm Beach and Ottawa in 1997 he went a combined 0–1 with a very poor 11.37 ERA through 25 games.
New York Mets
[edit]In his final season, 1998, Aucoin split the season between the Gulf Coast League Mets, the Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets, the Double-A Binghamton Mets and the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. He went a combined 1–0 with a 6.21 ERA in 28 games.
Personal life
[edit]In April 2011, Derek married Isabelle Rochefort. They had a son, Dawson Paul Aucoin, named after Hall of Fame player Andre Dawson.
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin has died of cancer at age 50". CTV News. December 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1970 births
- 2020 deaths
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Canada
- Jamestown Expos players
- Montreal Expos players
- Sumter Flyers players
- Rockford Expos players
- West Palm Beach Expos players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Binghamton Mets players
- Norfolk Tides players
- Baseball people from Quebec
- People from Lachine, Quebec
- Baseball players from Montreal
- Deaths from brain cancer in Canada
- Deaths from cancer in Quebec