| Chuck Dressen | |
|---|---|
 Dressen in 1951 | |
| Third baseman / Manager | |
| Born: September 20, 1894 Decatur, Illinois, U.S. | |
| Died: August 10, 1966 (aged 71) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 17, 1925, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| 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 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As manager
As coach | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Walter Dressen (September 20, 1894[1] – August 10, 1966) was an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball during a career lasting almost fifty years. He is best known as the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1951 to 1953, where he won two National League pennants. Indeed, Dressen's "schooling" of a young baseball writer is one of the most colorful themes in Roger Kahn's classic 1972 memoir, The Boys of Summer. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall and 145 pounds (66 kg) during his days as an active player.
- ^ Dressen's birthdate has been revised from 1898, as was commonly reported in The Sporting News' Baseball Register and Macmillan's Baseball Encyclopedia, to 1894 by both Baseball Reference and Retrosheet.