Casey Stengel
The Ol' Perfessor led the Yankees to five straight World Series titles and seven overall.
Casey Stengel is best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s. He managed the Yankees from October 1948 through the 1960 World Series, winning the World Series five consecutive years (1949–1953), the only time that has been achieved. In his twelve seasons, the team won ten pennants and seven World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
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- 1949–1960
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- 7
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- 1966
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- Casey
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Lore & Background
Stengel's Yankees won the World Series five consecutive years (1949–1953), the only time that has been achieved. Although the team won ten pennants in his twelve seasons and won seven World Series, his final two years brought less success, with a third-place finish in 1959 and a loss in the 1960 World Series. By then aged 70, he was dismissed by the Yankees shortly after their defeat. Stengel had become well known for his humorous and sometimes disjointed way of speech during his time with the Yankees.
In Their Own Story
Stengel was hired as manager by Yankee general manager George Weiss in October 1948. His Yankees won the World Series five consecutive years (1949–1953), the only time that has been achieved. The team won ten pennants in his twelve seasons and won seven World Series. His final two years brought less success, with a third-place finish in 1959 and a loss in the 1960 World Series. By then aged 70, he was dismissed by the Yankees shortly after their defeat.
Reader's Guide
Stengel's Yankees won the World Series five consecutive years (1949–1953), the only time that has been achieved. The team won ten pennants in his twelve seasons and won seven World Series. His final two years brought less success, with a third-place finish in 1959 and a loss in the 1960 World Series. By then aged 70, he was dismissed by the Yankees shortly after their defeat. Stengel had become well known for his humorous and sometimes disjointed way of speech during his time with the Yankees, and these skills of showmanship served the expansion Mets well when they hired him in late 1961.
Did You Know?
- Stengel's Yankees won the World Series five consecutive years (1949–1953), the only time that has been achieved.
- Stengel was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
- Stengel was dismissed by the Yankees shortly after their 1960 World Series loss, at age 70.
- Stengel was nicknamed 'the Ol' Perfessor'.
- Stengel was born Charles Dillon Stengel on July 30, 1890, in Kansas City, Missouri.
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