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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.
Whether Stengel was known as “Dutch”, “The Ole Perfessor” or “Casey”, the Hall of Fame manager will be forever remembered for his unique presence in baseball. Many people believe Casey Stengel suddenly emerged on the scene from nowhere on October 12, 1948.
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Jun 11, 2018 · 1890-1975. American baseball manager. C harles Dillon "Casey" Stengel is a legendary figure in baseball, as well known for his comedic talent and long-winded, convoluted way of speaking, called "Stengelese," as for his gift for managing some of the best and worst baseball teams in U.S. history.
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His illustrious career spanned from the Dead Ball Era to the Expansion Era – a whopping 54 years of quotable remarks and colorful quirks. But all joking aside, by the time he’d decided to retire, Stengel had widely earned a reputation as an astute – albeit, zany – baseball mind.
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Casey Stengel led the Yankees to 10 AL pennants and seven World Series titles in 12 years as the skipper of the Bronx Bombers. (National Baseball Hall of Fame)
Sep 30, 1975 · GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 29—Casey Stengel, who won a niche in baseball's Hall of Fame by managing the New York Yankees to unsurpassed triumphs and the New York Mets to amazingly popular...