Casey Stengel

Charles Dillon Stengel (The Old Perfessor)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 30, 1890 in Kansas City, MO
High School: Central HS (Kansas City, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1912
Teams (by GP): Robins/Giants/Phillies/Braves/Pirates/... 1912-1925

Final Game: May 19, 1925
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1966.
View Casey Stengel Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: September 29, 1975 in Glendale, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1912	BRO	NL	21	OF	17				41	36	1	4	0	.902		2.18	.956		2.24	0-17-0
1913	BRO	NL	22	OF	119				298	270	16	12	1	.960		2.40	.960		2.21	0-117-2
1914	BRO	NL	23	OF	121				195	173	15	7	3	.964		1.55	.957		2.13	0-2-119
1915	BRO	NL	24	OF	129				243	220	13	10	2	.959		1.81	.959		2.12	1-0-128
1916	BRO	NL	25	OF	121				228	206	14	8	4	.965		1.82	.967		2.15	0-0-121
1917	BRO	NL	26	OF	150				295	256	30	9	9	.969		1.91	.963		2.20	0-1-149
1918	PIT	NL	27	OF	37	36	33		73	64	7	2	3	.973		1.92	.962		2.26	0-0-37
1918	PIT	NL	27	RF	36	36	33		73	64	7	2	3	.973		1.97	.962		1.86
1919	PIT	NL	28	OF	87	87	85		211	195	7	9	3	.957		2.32	.964		2.26
1919	PIT	NL	28	RF	87	87	85		212	196	7	9	3	.958		2.33	.959		1.99
1920	PHI	NL	29	OF	118	114	110		239	212	16	11	1	.954		1.93	.964		2.34
1920	PHI	NL	29	RF	112	109	105		225	199	15	11	1	.951		1.91	.961		2.08
1920	PHI	NL	29	CF	5	5	5		14	13	1	0	0	1.000		2.80	.963		2.76
1920	PHI	NL	29	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1921	TOT	NL	30	OF	23	16	11		40	33	5	2	2	.950		1.65	.965		2.40
1921	TOT	NL	30	RF	21	14	11		37	30	5	2	2	.946		1.67	.964		2.08
1921	PHI	NL	30	OF	15	13	10		32	26	5	1	2	.969		2.07	.965		2.40
1921	PHI	NL	30	RF	15	13	10		32	26	5	1	2	.969		2.07	.964		2.08
1921	NYG	NL	30	OF	8	3	1		8	7	0	1	0	.875		0.88	.965		2.40
1921	NYG	NL	30	RF	6	1	1		5	4	0	1	0	.800		0.67	.964		2.08
1921	NYG	NL	30	CF	2	2	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.967		2.80
1922	NYG	NL	31	OF	77	70	59		192	179	7	6	2	.969		2.42	.962		2.40
1922	NYG	NL	31	CF	75	69	58		190	177	7	6	2	.968		2.45	.970		2.82
1922	NYG	NL	31	RF	2	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.953		2.20
1922	NYG	NL	31	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1923	NYG	NL	32	OF	57	50	42		121	115	4	2	1	.983		2.09	.964		2.44
1923	NYG	NL	32	CF	51	44	37		110	105	4	1	1	.991		2.14	.968		2.89
1923	NYG	NL	32	LF	6	6	5		11	10	0	1	0	.909		1.67	.966		2.27
1924	BSN	NL	33	OF	126	125	118		228	211	12	5	4	.978		1.77	.965		2.39
1924	BSN	NL	33	RF	121	120	113		221	204	12	5	4	.977		1.79	.966		2.06
1924	BSN	NL	33	CF	5	5	5		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.966		2.84
1925	BSN	NL	34	OF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.50
1925	BSN	NL	34	RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.30
	14 Seasons			OF	1183	499	459		2405	2171	147	87	35	.964		1.96	.962		2.25	9-275-936
	7 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	380	368	349		772	697	46	29	13	.962		1.96	.962		2.03
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	138	125	105		324	305	12	7	3	.978		2.30	.969		2.84
	3 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	8	6	5		11	10	0	1	0	.909		1.25	.966		2.25
	14 Seasons			TOT	1183	499	459		2405	2171	147	87	35	.964		1.96	.962		2.25	9-275-936
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1912	BRO	NL	21	17		17		0	17	0	17
1913	BRO	NL	22	124		124		0	117	2	119
1914	BRO	NL	23	126		126		0	2	119	121
1915	BRO	NL	24	132		132		1	0	128	129
1916	BRO	NL	25	127		127		0	0	121	121
1917	BRO	NL	26	150		150		0	1	149	150
1918	PIT	NL	27	39		39		0	0	37	37
1919	PIT	NL	28	89	87	89	87	0	0	87	87	2	0
1920	PHI	NL	29	129	114	129	118	1	5	112	118	10	1
1921	PHI	NL	30	24	13	24	15	0	0	15	15	9	0
1921	NYG	NL	30	18	3	18	8	0	2	6	8	8	4
1922	NYG	NL	31	84	70	84	77	1	75	2	77	4	5
1923	NYG	NL	32	75	50	75	57	6	51	0	57	18	0
1924	BSN	NL	33	131	125	131	126	0	5	121	126	5	0
1925	BSN	NL	34	12	1	12	1	0	0	1	1	11	0
	14 Seasons			1277	463	1277	489	9	275	900	1183	67	10

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1938 BBWAA ( 0.8%) 1939 BBWAA ( 2.2%) 1945 BBWAA ( 0.8%) 1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%) 1949 BBWAA ( 2.0%) 1950 BBWAA ( 1.8%) 1951 BBWAA ( 3.5%) 1952 BBWAA (11.5%) 1953 BBWAA (23.1%) 1966 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 1966 by Veteran's Committee	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1920 NL 112 (5th) 1924 NL 121 (3rd)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 196 (5th) 1920 NL 199 (5th) 1924 NL 204 (4th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1920 NL 15 (4th) 1924 NL 12 (3rd)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 9 (5th) 1920 NL 11 (2nd)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1917 NL 150 (5th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1917 NL 30 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1913 NL 12 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 2.33 (1st) 1920 NL 1.91 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL .958 (2nd) 1920 NL .951 (5th) 1924 NL .977 (3rd)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1924 NL .978 (4th)

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