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Sam LaRocque

Simeon Henry Jean LaRocque

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 26, 1863 in St. Mathias, Quebec, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1888
Teams (by GP): PittsburghAlleghenys/Colonels/Wolverines/Pirates 1888-1891

Final Game: May 31, 1891
Died: June 5, 1933 in Highland Park, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1888 DTN NL 25 2B 2 19 7 8 4 3 .789 7.50 .920 5.65
1890 PIT NL 27 2B 78 509 227 244 38 32 .925 6.04 .925 5.48
1890 PIT NL 27 SS 31 160 48 76 36 2 .775 4.00 .902 5.33
1890 PIT NL 27 1B 2 17 15 1 1 1 .941 8.00 .976 10.35
1890 PIT NL 27 OF 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .913 1.90 1-0-0
1891 PIT NL 28 3B 1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00 .881 3.70
1891 LOU AA 28 2B 10 56 27 22 7 4 .875 4.90 .914 5.36
1891 LOU AA 28 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 10.30
3 Seasons 2B 90 584 261 274 49 39 .916 5.94 .924 5.47
1 Season SS 31 160 48 76 36 2 .775 4.00 .902 5.33
2 Seasons 1B 3 19 17 1 1 1 .947 6.00 .976 10.33
1 Season 3B 1 7 2 3 2 0 .714 5.00 .881 3.70
1 Season OF 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .913 1.90 1-0-0
3 Seasons TOT 126 773 330 354 89 42 .885 5.43 .920 5.51 1-0-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1888 DTN NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 PIT NL 27 111 111 0 0 2 78 0 31 1 0 0 1 0
1891 LOU AA 28 10 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 PIT NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 124 124 0 0 3 90 1 31 1 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1890 NL  76 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1890 NL  227 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1890 NL  38 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1890 NL  6.04 (2nd)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1890 NL  .925 (5th)

                                         

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