Chuck Dressen
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Dressen in 1951.
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| Third baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: September 20, 1894 Decatur, Illinois |
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Died: August 10, 1966 (aged 71) Detroit, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1925, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
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| October 1, 1933, for the New York Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .272 | ||
| Home runs | 11 | ||
| Runs batted in | 221 | ||
| Managerial record | 1,008–973 | ||
| Winning % | .509 | ||
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Charles Walter Dressen (September 20, 1894 – August 10, 1966), known as both "Chuck" and "Charlie", was an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball during a career that lasted almost fifty years, and was best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951–53. Indeed, Dressen's "schooling" of a young baseball writer is one of the most colorful themes in Roger Kahn's classic memoir, The Boys of Summer.
Dressen was a veteran baseball man when he took the reins in Brooklyn after the 1950 season. Born in Decatur, Illinois, he threw and batted right-handed and was listed at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall and 145 pounds (66 kg). Despite his small stature, Dressen also played professional football during his apprenticeship as a minor league baseball player. He was a quarterback for the Decatur Staleys (a forerunner of the Chicago Bears) in 1920 and the Racine Legion in 1922–23.
After he turned to baseball full-time in 1924, Dressen batted .346 in the top-level American Association, paving the way for his 646-game Major League Baseball playing career. Dressen played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1925–31, and was the club's starting third baseman from 1926–29. He also was a late-season utilityman for the 1933 New York Giants. All told, he batted .272 with 603 hits in the majors.
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