Casey Stengel
MLB debut September 17, 1912 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance May 19, 1925 for the Boston Braves Career statistics Batting average .284 Home runs 60 Runs batted in 535 Games managed 3,766 Win–Loss record 1,905–1,842 Winning % .508 Teams As player Brooklyn Dodgers/ Superbas/ Robins (1912–1917) Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–1919) Philadelphia Phillies (1920–1921) New York Giants (1921–1923) Boston Braves (1924–1925) As manager Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–1936) Boston Braves (1938–1943) New York Yankees (1949–1960) New York Mets (1962–1965) Career highlights and awards 8× World Series champion (1922, 1949–1953, 1956, 1958) New York Mets #37 retired New York Yankees #37 retired Major League Baseball All-Time Team Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1966 Election Method Veteran's Committee Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (/ˈstɛŋɡəl/; July 30, 1890 – September 29, 1975), nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Stengel was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and originally nicknamed "Dutch", a common nickname at that time for Americans of German ancestry. After his major league career began, he acquired the nickname "Casey", which originally came from the initials of his hometown ("K. C."), which evolved into "Casey", influenced by the wide popularity of the poem Casey at the Bat. In the 1950s, sportswriters dubbed him with yet another nickname, "The Old Professor" (or "Perfessor"), for his sharp wit and his ability to talk at length on anything baseball-related. Although his baseball career spanned a number of teams and cities, he is primarily associated with clubs in New York City. Between playing and managing, he is the only man to have worn four of New York's major league clubs' uniforms. He was the first of four men (through the 2012 season) to manage both the New York Yankees and New York Mets; Yogi Berra, Dallas Green, and Joe Torre are the others. Like Torre, he also managed the Braves and the Dodgers. He ended his baseball career as the beloved manager for the then expansion New York Mets, which won over the hearts of New York partly due to the unique character of their veteran leader.