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Graig Nettles, nicknamed "Puff", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 22-year baseball career, Nettles was one of the best defensive third basemen of all time, and despite his relatively low career batting average, he was an excellent offensive contributor, setting an American League record for career home runs by a third baseman. As a part of four pennant-winning Yankee teams, Nettles enjoyed his best season in 1977 when he won the Gold Glove Award and had career-highs in home runs (37) and runs batted in (107) in leading the Yankees to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Alfred "Billy" Martin, Jr. was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times. As Yankees manager, he led the team to consecutive American League pennants in 1976 and 1977; the Yankees were swept in the 1976 World Series by the Cincinnati Reds but triumphed over the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games in the 1977 World Series. He also had notable managerial tenures with several other AL squads, leading four of them to division championships.
Charles "Casey" Stengel, nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. Stengel was hired as the skipper of the Yankees in 1949. He and the Yankees proceeded to win record numbers of championships. Stengel became the only person to manage a team to five consecutive World Series championships (1949–1953). After the streak ended with the Yankees failing to win the American League pennant in 1954, Stengel and the Yanks continued their dominance, going on to win two more World Championships (1956 and 1958), and five more American League pennants (1955–1958, 1960). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
David Cone is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 17-year baseball career, he pitched from 1986-2003 for six different teams. Cone pitched the sixteenth perfect game in baseball history. He also set the MLB record for most years between 20-win seasons. He won five World Series championships, (1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays and 1996, 1998, 1999 & 2000 with the New York Yankees). He had a career 8–3 postseason record over 21 postseason starts and a postseason ERA of 3.80.
Charles "Casey" Stengel, nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. Stengel was hired as the skipper of the Yankees in 1949. He and the Yankees proceeded to win record numbers of championships. Stengel became the only person to manage a team to five consecutive World Series championships (1949–1953). After the streak ended with the Yankees failing to win the American League pennant in 1954, Stengel and the Yanks continued their dominance, going on to win two more World Championships (1956 and 1958), and five more American League pennants (1955–1958, 1960).
He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
