Casey’s Threads

Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel wore this jersey in the first Mets game, a cool and wet night in St. Louis as New York fell to Cardinals, 11-4. It was a short road trip as the Mets only played one game in St. Louis before returning to the Polo Grounds to kick off their home schedule two nights later. By putting on this jersey that night, “The Old Perfessor” became the first and only person to wear the uniform of all four modern New York City-based MLB teams as a player or manager. Stengel played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1912-1917) and New York Giants (1921-1923) and managed the Dodgers (1934-1936), New York Yankees (1949-1960) and New York Mets (1962-1965).