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.
1954 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 13 – October 2, 1954 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Yogi Berra (NYY) NL: Willie Mays (NYG) |
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) |
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World Series | ||||
AL | Cleveland Indians | 0 | ||
NL | New York Giants | 4 |
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Team | Manager | Comments |
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Baltimore Orioles | Jimmy Dykes | |
Boston Red Sox | Lou Boudreau | |
Chicago White Sox | Paul Richards and Marty Marion | Finished 3rd |
Cleveland Indians | Al López | Won Pennant |
Detroit Tigers | Fred Hutchinson | |
New York Yankees | Casey Stengel | Finished 2nd |
Philadelphia Athletics | Eddie Joost | |
St. Louis Browns | Marty Marion | |
Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | Walter Alston | Finished 2nd |
Chicago Cubs | Stan Hack | |
Cincinnati Reds | Birdie Tebbetts | |
Milwaukee Braves | Charlie Grimm | Finished 3rd |
New York Giants | Leo Durocher | Won World Series |
Philadelphia Phillies | Steve O'Neill and Terry Moore | |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Haney | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Stanky |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Milwaukee Braves[2] | 89 | -3.3% | 2,131,388 | 16.7% | 27,680 |
New York Yankees[3] | 103 | 4.0% | 1,475,171 | -4.1% | 18,912 |
Cleveland Indians[4] | 111 | 20.7% | 1,335,472 | 24.9% | 17,344 |
Chicago White Sox[5] | 94 | 5.6% | 1,231,629 | 3.4% | 15,790 |
New York Giants[6] | 97 | 38.6% | 1,155,067 | 42.3% | 15,198 |
Detroit Tigers[7] | 68 | 13.3% | 1,079,847 | 22.1% | 14,024 |
Baltimore Orioles[8] | 54 | 0.0% | 1,060,910 | 256.9% | 13,778 |
St. Louis Cardinals[9] | 72 | -13.3% | 1,039,698 | 18.1% | 13,503 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[10] | 92 | -12.4% | 1,020,531 | -12.3% | 13,254 |
Boston Red Sox[11] | 69 | -17.9% | 931,127 | -9.3% | 11,786 |
Chicago Cubs[12] | 64 | -1.5% | 748,183 | -2.0% | 9,717 |
Philadelphia Phillies[13] | 75 | -9.6% | 738,991 | -13.4% | 9,474 |
Cincinnati Redlegs[14] | 74 | 8.8% | 704,167 | 28.5% | 9,145 |
Washington Senators[15] | 66 | -13.2% | 503,542 | -15.5% | 6,456 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[16] | 53 | 6.0% | 475,494 | -17.0% | 6,175 |
Philadelphia Athletics[17] | 51 | -13.6% | 304,666 | -15.9% | 3,957 |
ABC aired the Saturday Game of the Week for the second consecutive year. The All-Star Game and World Series aired exclusively on NBC.