Casey Stengel: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1966

Born: July 30, 1890

1911: Drafted by Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers)

Debut: September 17, 1912 (Dodgers)

1914: Coached Old Miss Baseball

1916: Dodgers lose World Series

1918: Traded to Pirates

1919: Traded to Phillies

1921: Traded to Giants

1922: Giants win World Series

1923: Hit first WS home run at Yankee Stadium

1923: Giants lose World Series

1923: Traded to Braves

1925: Retired

1934-6: Managed the Dodgers (208-251 record)

1938-43: Managed the Braves (373-491 record)

1944-48: Managed in minors

1949-60: Managed the New York Yankees (1149-696 record)

1949-53: Yankees won World Series

1955-59: Yanks won pennant (won Series in 1956, 1958)

1960: Yanks lost World Series/Stengel fired

1962-5: Managed the New York Mets (175-404)

1962: Mets lose 120 games

1966: Elected to Hall of Fame

1975: Died

2009: Named most colorful personality in big league history

Accomplishments:

As Manager:

1905-1842 (.508)

7x World Champion

10 Pennants

Five straight WS titles (1949-53)

Pioneered the platoon

Won 90+ games: 11x

Won 103 Games (1954)

Only person to wear the uniform of four New York teams (Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, Mets)

As a player:

1922 World Champion

.284

60 HR

535 RBI

1219 hits

.766 OPS

Led league in OBP (.404): 1914

10+ triples: 5x

Hit .316 (1914)

Postseason: .393, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1.076 OPS (3 World Series)