Stengel, Casey

Stengel, Casey
orig. Charles Dillon Stengel

born July 30, 1891, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.
died Sept. 29, 1975, Glendale, Calif.

U.S. baseball player and manager.

Stengel played outfield with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1912–17), Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–19), Philadelphia Phillies (1920–21), New York Giants (1921–23), and Boston Braves (1924–25). He became a coach and manager of the Dodgers and Braves but achieved his greatest success with the New York Yankees (1949–61), leading the team to 10 pennants (5 in consecutive years) and 7 World Series championships (5 in consecutive years) in 12 years. He later served as vice president and manager of the newly formed New York Mets (1962–65), a team that became noted for its dismal performance during these early years. Throughout his career Stengel was known for his showmanship and his idiosyncratic use and misuse of English, called "Stengelese" (for example, "I've always heard it couldn't be done, but sometimes it don't always work").

* * *

▪ American athlete
byname of  Charles Dillon Stengel  
born July 30, 1891, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.
died Sept. 29, 1975, Glendale, Calif.

      American professional baseball player and manager who began his career in 1910 and retired in 1965.

      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). In 1923 he hit .339 for the New York Giants and won two World Series games with two home runs, only to be overshadowed by the young Babe Ruth, who won the series with three for the New York Yankees.

      In 1932 he became a coach and later a team manager with an undistinguished record, with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1934–36) and the Boston Braves (1938–43), until his appointment as interim manager of the Yankees in 1949. During his 12 years with the Yankees, he led the team to 10 American League pennants (5 of them in consecutive years) and to 7 World Series championships (5 of them also in consecutive years). After a year of retirement, he joined the New York Mets until 1965. He became vice president of the Mets thereafter.

      Stengel was also known for his showmanship and his misuse of the English language, called “Stengelese” (for example, “I've always heard it couldn't be done, but sometimes it don't always work”). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stengel, Casey — orig. Charles Dillon Stengel (30 jul. 1891, Kansas City, Mo., EE.UU.–29 sep. 1975, Glendale, Cal.). Beisbolista y entrenador estadounidense. Jugó de jardinero en los Brooklyn Dodgers (1912–17), los Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–19), los Philadelphia… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Casey Stengel — Outfielder / Manager Born: July 30, 1890(1890 07 30) Kansas City, Miss …   Wikipedia

  • Casey Stengel — Outfielder, Manager Geboren am …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Casey at the Bat — subtitled A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 , is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performan …   Wikipedia

  • Stengel — bezeichnet: nach der alten Rechtschreibung Stängel (neue Rechtschreibung), einen Pflanzenspross, siehe Sprossachse Ing. Buero Stengel GmbH, Weltmarktführer in der Planung und Realisierung von Achterbahnen Herren von Stengel, ein kurpfälzisch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Casey Stengel — Casey Stengel …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Stengel —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Stengel est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Adolf Stengel (1828–1900), agronome allemand Alfred Stengel (1868–1939), médecin… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Casey Stengel — noun United States baseball manager (1890 1975) • Syn: ↑Stengel, ↑Charles Dillon Stengel • Instance Hypernyms: ↑baseball coach, ↑baseball manager …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stengel — noun United States baseball manager (1890 1975) • Syn: ↑Casey Stengel, ↑Charles Dillon Stengel • Instance Hypernyms: ↑baseball coach, ↑baseball manager …   Useful english dictionary

  • Casey Stengel — Charles Dillon Stengel …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”