Derek Aucoin
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. He was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent in 1989. Professional baseball career. Montreal Expos. In his first professional season, , 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  Aucoin compiled a record of 1–3 with a 4.46 ERA in eight games, all starts. His next two seasons, and , 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 . He compiled a record of 4–4 with a 4.24 ERA in 38 games, six starts. In 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 he went 2–4 with a 4.96 ERA in 29 games. Aucoin split the 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 he made his Major League debut against the San Francisco Giants. In of an inning he gave up one earned run and registering a loss. He would finish his Major Career going 0–1  with a 3.39 ERA in two games. With West Palm Beach and Ottawa in he went a combined 0–1 with a dismal 11.37 ERA in 25 games. New York Mets. In his final season, , 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. In April 2011, Derek married Isabelle Rochefort. They had a son, Dawson Paul Aucoin, named after Hall of Fame player Andre Dawson. Derek Aucoin Derek