1954 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | George Weiss | |
Managers | Casey Stengel | |
Television | WPIX | |
Radio |
WINS (AM) ( Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber) | |
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The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season. Having won an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title the previous year, the team came up short in its bid for a sixth straight world championship as their 103–51 record was only good enough for in second place in the American League. New York finished eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, who broke the Yankees' 1927 AL record by winning 111 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
Bob Grim became the first rookie pitcher to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings in the same season. [2]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Boston | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 2–20–2 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–5 | 15–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 19–3 | 20–2–2 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 18–4 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 18–4–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 4–18–1 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10–1 | — |
1954 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Yogi Berra | 151 | 584 | 179 | .307 | 22 | 125 |
1B | Joe Collins | 130 | 343 | 93 | .271 | 12 | 46 |
2B | Gil McDougald | 126 | 394 | 102 | .259 | 12 | 48 |
SS | Phil Rizzuto | 127 | 307 | 60 | .195 | 2 | 15 |
3B | Andy Carey | 122 | 411 | 124 | .302 | 8 | 65 |
LF | Gene Woodling | 97 | 304 | 76 | .250 | 3 | 40 |
CF | Mickey Mantle | 146 | 543 | 163 | .300 | 27 | 102 |
RF | Hank Bauer | 114 | 377 | 111 | .294 | 12 | 54 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Irv Noren | 125 | 426 | 136 | .319 | 12 | 66 |
Jerry Coleman | 107 | 300 | 65 | .217 | 3 | 21 |
Bill Skowron | 87 | 215 | 73 | .340 | 7 | 41 |
Eddie Robinson | 85 | 142 | 37 | .261 | 3 | 27 |
Enos Slaughter | 69 | 125 | 31 | .248 | 1 | 19 |
Willy Miranda | 92 | 116 | 29 | .250 | 1 | 12 |
Bob Cerv | 56 | 100 | 26 | .260 | 5 | 13 |
Bobby Brown | 28 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
Charlie Silvera | 20 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 4 |
Lou Berberet | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Leja | 12 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Woodie Held | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Houk | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Gus Triandos | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Whitey Ford | 34 | 210.2 | 16 | 8 | 2.82 | 125 |
Eddie Lopat | 26 | 170.0 | 12 | 4 | 3.55 | 54 |
Harry Byrd | 25 | 132.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.99 | 52 |
Tommy Byrne | 5 | 40.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | 24 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Grim | 37 | 199.0 | 20 | 6 | 3.26 | 108 |
Allie Reynolds | 36 | 157.1 | 13 | 4 | 3.32 | 100 |
Tom Morgan | 32 | 143.0 | 11 | 5 | 3.34 | 34 |
Jim McDonald | 16 | 71.0 | 4 | 1 | 3.17 | 20 |
Bob Wiesler | 6 | 30.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.15 | 25 |
Ralph Branca | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 7 |
Bill Miller | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.35 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Sain | 45 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 3.16 | 33 |
Tom Gorman | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.21 | 31 |
Bob Kuzava | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.45 | 22 |
Marlin Stuart | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |
Jim Konstanty | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.98 | 3 |
Art Schallock | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 9 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quincy, Modesto [5]