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Charles Dillon " Casey " Stengel ( / ˈstɛŋɡəl /; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York Mets.
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Casey Stengel, 1914. Stengel was a left-handed outfielder for the National League Brooklyn Dodgers (1912–17) and later played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–19), the Philadelphia Phillies (1920–21), the New York Giants (1921–23), and the Boston Braves (1924–25).
Casey Stengel. Position: Manager. Born: July 30, 1890 in Kansas City, MO. Died: September 29, 1975 in Glendale, CA. High School: Central HS (Kansas City, MO) Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1966. (Voted by Veteran's Committee) Full Name: Charles Dillon Stengel. Nicknames:
Casey Stengel's 54 distinguished years in baseball spanned everything from the Dead Ball Era to Mickey Mantle’s booming home runs. Through it all, Stengel’s colorful personality and instantly quotable remarks made him one of baseball’s most beloved characters.
Jan 4, 2012 · Casey Stengel is best remembered for his managerial accomplishments with the juggernaut New York Yankees of the 1950s and the bumbling, beloved New York Mets of the early ’60s, but decades earlier he was a hard-hitting outfielder who compiled a .284 batting average over 14 seasons in the National League.
Casey Stengel. As the only person to have worn the uniform, as player or manager, of all four Major League Baseball teams that played in New York City in the 20th Century, Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel enjoyed more times than most men.
Casey Stengel went from being perceived as a clown to a gifted raconteur who made more sense than was immediately apparent to a venerable old man wisecracking his way through his...
It has an official-sounding ring to it – if one is unfamiliar with 20th century baseball history, or doesn’t speak Stengelese. But for students of the game, imagining Casey Stengel as anything other than an endearing representative of the National Pastime is simply unthinkable.
When Casey Stengel signed his managerial contract with the New York Mets at 74 years old, he characteristically joked to the media that he wouldn’t quit “until the time comes they have to push me out to the mound in a wheelchair to change pitchers.”.
