1954 Brooklyn Dodgers | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith |
President | Walter O'Malley |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi |
Managers | Walter Alston |
Television | WOR-TV |
Radio |
WMGM Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Andre Baruch |
The 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the first season for new manager Walter Alston, who replaced Chuck Dressen, who had been fired during a contract dispute. Alston led the team to a 92–62 record, finishing five games behind the league champion New York Giants.
In addition to Alston, the 1954 Dodgers had two other future Hall of Fame managers on their roster in pitcher Tommy Lasorda and outfielder Dick Williams. First baseman Gil Hodges and reserve infielder Don Zimmer would also go on to successful managerial careers.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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Team | BKN | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHP | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 7–15 | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 14–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 6–16 | 14–8 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 8–14 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — |
Opening Day Lineup | ||
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# | Name | Position |
19 | Jim Gilliam | 2B |
1 | Pee Wee Reese | SS |
4 | Duke Snider | CF |
42 | Jackie Robinson | LF |
39 | Roy Campanella | C |
14 | Gil Hodges | 1B |
6 | Carl Furillo | RF |
3 | Billy Cox | 3B |
17 | Carl Erskine | P |
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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 | Roy Campanella | 111 | 397 | 82 | .207 | 19 | 51 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 154 | 579 | 176 | .304 | 42 | 130 |
2B | Jim Gilliam | 146 | 607 | 171 | .282 | 13 | 52 |
SS | Pee Wee Reese | 141 | 554 | 171 | .309 | 10 | 69 |
3B | Don Hoak | 88 | 261 | 64 | .245 | 7 | 26 |
LF | Sandy Amorós | 79 | 263 | 72 | .274 | 9 | 34 |
CF | Duke Snider | 149 | 584 | 199 | .341 | 40 | 130 |
RF | Carl Furillo | 150 | 547 | 161 | .294 | 19 | 96 |
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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Jackie Robinson | 124 | 386 | 120 | .311 | 15 | 59 |
Billy Cox | 77 | 226 | 53 | .235 | 2 | 17 |
Rube Walker | 50 | 155 | 28 | .181 | 5 | 23 |
Walt Moryn | 48 | 91 | 25 | .275 | 2 | 14 |
George Shuba | 45 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 2 | 10 |
Dick Williams | 16 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 1 | 2 |
Don Zimmer | 24 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Don Thompson | 34 | 25 | 1 | .040 | 0 | 1 |
Tim Thompson | 10 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Kress | 13 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
Wayne Belardi | 11 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
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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Carl Erskine | 38 | 260.1 | 18 | 15 | 4.15 | 166 |
Russ Meyer | 36 | 180.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.99 | 70 |
Johnny Podres | 29 | 151.2 | 11 | 7 | 4.27 | 79 |
Billy Loes | 28 | 147.2 | 13 | 5 | 4.14 | 97 |
Don Newcombe | 29 | 144.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.55 | 82 |
Karl Spooner | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 27 |
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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Erv Palica | 25 | 67.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.32 | 25 |
Preacher Roe | 15 | 63.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.00 | 31 |
Bob Milliken | 24 | 62.2 | 5 | 2 | 4.02 | 25 |
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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Jim Hughes | 60 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 3.22 | 58 |
Clem Labine | 47 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4.15 | 43 |
Ben Wade | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8.20 | 25 |
Pete Wojey | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.25 | 21 |
Bob Darnell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 | 5 |
Joe Black | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 |
Tommy Lasorda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 |
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