Wes Stock

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517+13innings pitched. He allowed 434 hits and 215 bases on balls.

Although a weak hitter in his major league career, posting only a .051 batting average (3-for-59), he was better than average defensively. He recorded a .980 fielding percentage with only three errors in 148 total chances, which was 25 points higher than the league average during his career.

After his final appearance on the mound, Stock became a pitching coach for the Athletics in both Kansas City (from July 13, 1967, through the end of that season) and Oakland (1973–1976; 1984–1986), Milwaukee Brewers (1970–1972), and Seattle Mariners (1977–1981). He was a coach on the 1975 American League All-Star team and on the 19731974 World Series champion A's. In his two years as the minor league pitching coordinator for the New York Mets (1968–1969), working under his former teammate, Whitey Herzog, he helped develop mound talent that would contribute to the Mets' 1969 world championship. In addition to coaching, Stock was one of the Mariners' television broadcasters in 1982 and 1983.

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Wes Stock
Wes Stock 1965.jpg
Pitcher
Born: (1934-04-10) April 10, 1934 (age 89)
Longview, Washington, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 1959, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
May 7, 1967, for the Kansas City Athletics
Preceded by Kansas City and Oakland Athletics
pitching coach

1967
1973–1976
1984–1986
Succeeded by
Preceded by Milwaukee Brewers pitching coach
1970–1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Franchise established
Seattle Mariners pitching coach
1977–1981
Succeeded by