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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
Montreal Expos
In his first professional season,
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,
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
Aucoin split the
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
In his final season,
Personal life
In April 2011, Derek married Isabelle Rochefort. They had a son, Dawson Paul Aucoin, named after Hall of Fame player Andre Dawson.
References
- ^ "Former Montreal Expos pitcher Derek Aucoin has died of cancer at age 50". CTV News. December 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)