1954 Major League Baseball season

The 1954 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 2, 1954. For the second consecutive season, an MLB franchise relocated, as the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Baltimore Orioles, who played their home games at Memorial Stadium.

This article is about the 1954 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1954 in baseball.

1954 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 13 – October 2, 1954
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Yogi Berra (NYY) NL: Willie Mays (NYG)
Postseason
AL champions	Cleveland Indians
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Brooklyn Dodgers
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	Cleveland Indians
Finals MVP	Dusty Rhodes (NYG)

Final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	111	43	0.721	—	59–18	52–25
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	8	54–23	49–28
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	17	45–32	49–28
Boston Red Sox	69	85	0.448	42	38–39	31–46
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	43	35–42	33–44
Washington Senators	66	88	0.429	45	37–41	29–47
Baltimore Orioles	54	100	0.351	57	32–45	22–55
Philadelphia Athletics	51	103	0.331	60	29–47	22–56

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	97	57	0.630	—	53–23	44–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	92	62	0.597	5	45–32	47–30
Milwaukee Braves	89	65	0.578	8	43–34	46–31
Philadelphia Phillies	75	79	0.487	22	39–39	36–40
Cincinnati Redlegs	74	80	0.481	23	41–36	33–44
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	25	33–44	39–38
Chicago Cubs	64	90	0.416	33	40–37	24–53
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	101	0.344	44	31–46	22–55

World series

Main article: 1954 World Series

NL New York Giants (4) vs. AL Cleveland Indians (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cleveland Indians – 2, New York Giants – 5 (10 innings)	September 29	Polo Grounds (IV)	52,751[1]
2	Cleveland Indians – 1, New York Giants – 3	September 30	Polo Grounds (IV)	49,099[2]
3	New York Giants – 6, Cleveland Indians – 2	October 1	Cleveland Stadium	71,555[3]
4	New York Giants – 7, Cleveland Indians – 4	October 2	Cleveland Stadium	78,102[4]

Awards and honors

• MLB Most Valuable Player Award
  • Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, C
  • Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF
• MLB Rookie of the Year Award
  • Bob Grim, New York Yankees, P
  • Wally Moon, St. Louis Cardinals, OF
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Willie Mays New York Giants
• The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
  • Bob Lemon Cleveland Indians
  • Johnny Antonelli New York Giants
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Leo Durocher New York Giants

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Bobby Ávila CLE .341 Willie Mays NYG .345 HR Larry Doby CLE 32 Ted Kluszewski CIN 49 RBI Larry Doby CLE 126 Ted Kluszewski CIN 141 Wins Bob Lemon CLE Early Wynn CLE 23 Robin Roberts PHP 23 ERA Mike Garcia CLE 2.64 Johnny Antonelli NYG 2.30 SO Bob Turley BAL 185 Robin Roberts PHP 185 SV Johnny Sain NYY 22 Jim Hughes BKN 24 SB Jackie Jensen BOS 22 Bill Bruton MIL 34

All-Star game

Main article: 1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Records

• Umpire Bill McGowan set a Major League record by officiating in his 2,541st consecutive game.[5]

See also

• 1954 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season
• 1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Notes

1. "1954 World Series Game 1 – Cleveland Indians vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
2. "1954 World Series Game 2 – Cleveland Indians vs. New York Giants". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
3. "1954 World Series Game 3 – New York Giants vs. Cleveland Indians". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
4. "1954 World Series Game 4 – New York Giants vs. Cleveland Indians". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 1, 2008.
5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.42, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Baltimore Orioles	Jimmy Dykes
Boston Red Sox	Lou Boudreau
Chicago White Sox	Paul Richards and Marty Marion
Cleveland Indians	Al López
Detroit Tigers	Fred Hutchinson
New York Yankees	Casey Stengel
Philadelphia Athletics	Eddie Joost
St. Louis Browns	Marty Marion
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Brooklyn Dodgers	Walter Alston
Chicago Cubs	Stan Hack
Cincinnati Reds	Birdie Tebbetts
Milwaukee Braves	Charlie Grimm
New York Giants	Leo Durocher
Philadelphia Phillies	Steve O'Neill and Terry Moore
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Haney
St. Louis Cardinals	Eddie Stanky

External links

• 1954 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference