He performed the feat between June 30 through July 3, 1925, when he had 16 hits in 23 at bats against the Phillies, Boston Braves and Giants and raised his season battling average from .376 to .404.

[2] 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.

[3] His tenure as third-base coach in Brooklyn ended in controversy when Stock was blamed for his decision to send home baserunner Cal Abrams with the potential winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game of the 1950 National League season.

With the score tied at one in the bottom of the ninth, Abrams was on second base with none out when Duke Snider singled sharply to center field.

Instead, he waved Abrams home, where he was thrown out easily by Phils' centerfielder Richie Ashburn, who was playing shallow to back up second base in the event of a wild throw on a pickoff attempt.

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.