Casey Stengel : baseball's greatest character

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Label

Casey Stengel : baseball's greatest character

Title remainder

baseball's greatest character

Statement of responsibility

Marty Appel

Creator

• trueAppel, Marty
• Appel, Martin,

Author

• Appel, Martin,

Subject

• Stengel, Casey
• trueStengel, Casey, 1890-1975
• Biography
• Baseball managers
• United States
• trueBaseball players -- Biography
• trueBaseball managers
• Baseball managers -- United States -- Biography
• Stengel, Casey
• trueBiographies
• trueLife stories -- Sports | Athletes
• trueBaseball
• trueSports and Competition -- Baseball

Genre

• trueBiographies
• trueSports and Competition
• trueBiography
• trueLife stories

Language

eng

Summary

As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson . . . and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York teams: the Dodgers, Giants, Yankees, and Mets. As a legendary manager, he formed indelible, complicated relationships with Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Billy Martin. For more than five glorious decades, Stengel was the undisputed, quirky, hilarious, and beloved face of baseball--and along the way he revolutionized the role of manager while winning a spectactular ten pennants and seven World Series Championships

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueEngaging

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 796.357092
• B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

GV865.S8

LC item number

A66 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult