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Revision as of 08:22, 23 August 2002 by 64.26.98.90 (talk) (This is not much more than a stub, but it is a "most wanted.")(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was a famous baseball player and manager. He got the nickname "Casey" from Kansas City ("K. C."), Missouri, where he played at one time.
He is better known for managing than playing. His first managerships were on the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves, where he was not very successful. In 1949 he became manager of the New York Yankees, where he set records for championships, being the only person to manage a team to five consecutive World Series championships, and won some additional championships afterward.
After being involuntarily retired from the Yankees as too old, he went on to manage the New York Mets, at the time an expansion team with no chance of winning many games.
His uniform number 37 has been retired by both the Yankees and the Mets.