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Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (/ ˈ s t ɛ ŋ ɡ əl /; 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.
[Casey Stengel, Brooklyn NL (baseball)] 1916. 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: Stengel, Bklyn, 1916. Corrected title based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
After beginning the 1910 season with the Kankakee Kays, Baseball Hall of Fame member Casey Stengel played for the 1910 Shelbyville Grays/Maysville Rivermen at age 19, hitting .223 for the team in 69 games and 233 at–bats. [15] [16] The Maysville Rivermen continued play in the 1911 Blue Grass League season. [2]
During the season, Stengel hit a home run and received a box of candy and a Duplex Safety-razor outfit. [7] [12] A young Maysville boy named Robert Willocks would carry Stengel's spikes and glove to the ballpark where Stengel would get him into the game for free. [1] [6] [13] (1910) Baseball Hall of Fame member Casey Stengel, Maysville Rivermen.
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Casey Stengel, the 1962 Mets manager The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants , who had once ...
It selected Casey Stengel. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 25, 1966, with Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert presiding. [1] [2] During his acceptance speech, Williams advocated for the inclusion of Negro league baseball players, such as Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, in the Hall of Fame. [2]
[6] [13] Casey Stengel managed the team from 1949 until 1960, winning 10 American League championships, 7 World Series titles, and 1,149 games, which ranks third among Yankee managers. [14] After Stengel was discharged, Ralph Houk managed the Yankees from 1961 through 1963, winning American League titles each season, and winning the World ...