Michael Dominick Rocco (March 2, 1916 – June 1, 1997) was an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, Rocco played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. In 440 career games, Rocco recorded a batting average of .258 and accumulated 30 home runs and 186 runs batted in (RBI).

A native of Minnesota, Rocco began playing professional baseball in 1935, and played in the minor leagues for the next eight years. In June 1943, he was promoted to the Cleveland Indians, and served as the team's everyday first baseman during the war years. After the war ended, Rocco played one more season with the Indians in 1946, then returned to the minor leagues. There, he played primarily in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) until 1952, retiring after attempting to play amateur baseball in Minnesota and being ruled ineligible.

Rocco was born on March 2, 1916. His parents emigrated from Italy. He attended Saint Paul Central High School and played for the school's baseball and basketball teams. He was also concertmaster as a violinist, and considered a career as a musician before deciding on baseball.

Rocco began his professional career in 1935 with the Portsmouth Pirates of the Middle Atlantic League; he had a batting average of .340 in 95 games. He had stints with the St. Paul Saints and the Knoxville Smokies, but spent most of the following season with Portsmouth, playing in 79 games for them and 92 games between the three teams. After another handful of games with St. Paul, Rocco spent most of 1937 with the Dallas Steers of the Texas League, where he had a .259 batting average, a .986 fielding percentage, and 22 doubles in 115 games.

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