Casey Stengel Quotes

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

My average against hitters is pretty good.

I care about runs scored and RBIs. Those are the most important things for me.

I'd played more right than left in Double-A, I think.

I don't care about the home runs as much as just being consistent and RBIs.

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

Baseball skills schizophrenically encompass a pitcher's, a batter's and a fielder's.

I consider Billy Keeler, Mike Tiernan, Ed Delihanty and Larrie La Joie the toughest hitters I had to pitch to, but I did not dread them. Remember, Hughie Duffy was a member of our team, so I did not face him. In my opinion, Duffy was the greatest hitter.

I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.

I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

I know about winning batting titles.

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.

I know that my job is to score runs, and I will continue to do that.

You always expect to hit for more power.

When I look at my numbers, I don't give up a lot of hits.

I'm going to consistently hit anywhere between .290 and .310. Anything above that, I'm catching breaks and finding holes.

You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.

They say baseball's a game of failure. Well, that's only true on the offensive side.

I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers.

Sometimes offense wins. Sometimes pitching wins.