Milt Stock
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Milton Joseph Stock (July 11, 1893 – July 16, 1977) was an American
Playing career
Stock's first full season was in 1914 with the New York Giants. He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies before the 1915 season and helped them win that year's National League pennant. In the 1915 World Series, Stock went 2-for-17, with the Phillies losing to the Boston Red Sox in five games. It was his only World Series appearance as an active player.
Stock was traded to the Cardinals before the
Traded to Brooklyn for the 1924 season, Stock had his worst full season for a team that finished the year only 11⁄2 games out of first place; he batted .242. In 1925, Stock bounced back with a .328 batting average, 98 runs scored and a .776 OPS, all career highs. He tied a career-high with 9 triples and was fifth in the league with 202 hits, though Brooklyn finished 27 games out of first place.
That season, Stock became the only major league player to get four
But 1925 would be Stock's last full big-league season; he was seriously injured in a collision with Lou Gehrig in spring training in 1926, and retired after playing only three early-season games.
Coaching career
Stock remained in the game as a minor league manager and executive. Then, from 1944 through 1952, Stock coached in the National League for the Chicago Cubs (1944–48), Brooklyn Dodgers (1949–50) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1951–52).[3]
His tenure as third-base coach in Brooklyn ended in controversy when Stock was blamed for his decision to send home
With the score tied at one in the bottom of the ninth, Abrams was on
In the weeks following that season-ending game, Dodger manager Burt Shotton was fired and Stock moved on to the Pirates, where he coached two more seasons before leaving the game.
Personal life
Stock settled in the Mobile, Alabama, area after playing minor league baseball there in 1913; he died in nearby Fairhope on July 16, 1977, at the age of 84.
Stock's daughter Myrtle married Eddie Stanky, the future MLB second baseman and manager and longtime college baseball coach; Stanky played under Stock with the Macon Peaches of the Sally League between 1939 and 1941.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Information at Retrosheet
- ^ Baer, Jack (19 August 2023). "Mariners star Julio Rodríguez sets MLB record with 17 hits in 4 games". Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Information at Retrosheet
- ^ Bell, Christopher, Scapegoats: Baseballers Whose Careers Are Marked by One Fateful Play. Jefferson, N.C.: Macfarland & Co., 2002, p. 44
- Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Milt Stock at SABR (Baseball BioProject)