1954 New York Giants
World Series Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersLeo Durocher
TelevisionWPIX
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
RadioWMCA
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
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The 1954 New York Giants season was the franchise's 72nd season. The Giants won the National League pennant with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses and then defeated the Cleveland Indians in four games in the World Series. It was the team's final World Series championship until 2010.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1954 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Notable transactions

Roster

1954 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Wes Westrum 98 246 46 .187 8 27
1B Whitey Lockman 148 570 143 .251 16 60
2B Davey Williams 142 544 121 .222 9 46
SS Al Dark 154 644 189 .293 20 70
3B Hank Thompson 136 448 118 .263 26 86
LF Monte Irvin 135 432 113 .262 19 64
CF Willie Mays 151 565 195 .345 41 110
RF Don Mueller 153 619 212 .342 4 71

Other batters

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
Ray Katt 86 200 51 .255 9 33
Dusty Rhodes 82 164 56 .341 15 50
Bobby Hofman 71 125 28 .224 8 30
Billy Gardner 62 108 23 .213 1 7
Bill Taylor 55 65 12 .185 2 10
Ebba St. Claire 20 42 11 .262 2 6
Foster Castleman 13 12 3 .250 0 1
Joe Garagiola 5 11 3 .273 0 1
Hoot Evers 12 11 1 .091 1 3
Eric Rodin 5 6 0 .000 0 0
Ron Samford 12 5 0 .000 0 0
Joey Amalfitano 9 5 0 .000 0 0
Harvey Gentry 5 4 1 .250 0 1
Bob Lennon 3 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Johnny Antonelli 39 258.2 21 7 2.30 152
Rubén Gómez 37 221.2 17 9 2.88 106
Sal Maglie 34 218.1 14 6 3.26 117

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Hearn 29 130.0 8 8 4.15 45
Don Liddle 28 126.2 9 4 3.06 44
Larry Jansen 13 40.2 2 2 5.98 15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Marv Grissom 56 10 7 19 2.35 64
Hoyt Wilhelm 57 12 4 7 2.10 64
Windy McCall 33 2 5 2 3.25 38
Al Corwin 20 1 3 0 4.02 14
Alex Konikowski 10 0 0 0 7.50 6
Al Worthington 10 0 2 0 3.50 8
Ramón Monzant 6 0 0 0 4.70 5
Paul Giel 6 0 0 0 8.31 4
George Spencer 6 1 0 0 3.65 4
Mario Picone 5 0 0 0 5.27 6

1954 World Series

Main article: 1954 World Series

The New York Giants swept the Cleveland Indians in what would be their final World Series win in New York. Their next World Series win would occur in 2010, 52 years after relocating to San Francisco.

It was the first time the Cleveland Indians had been swept in a World Series. The only highlight for the Indians was that they kept the Yankees from winning their sixth straight series. The last time the Yankees had not won the series or pennant beforehand was 1948, when, again, the Indians kept them out (although that year, they won the Series). It was also the only World Series from 1949 to 1958 which did not feature the Yankees.

Game 1

September 29, 1954, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Cleveland (A) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
New York (N) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 3
W: Marv Grissom (1–0)   L: Bob Lemon (0–1)
HR: NYG – Dusty Rhodes (1)

Game 2

September 30, 1954, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland (A) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 x 3 4 0
W: Johnny Antonelli (1–0)   L: Early Wynn (0–1)
HR: CLE – Al Smith (1)    NYG – Dusty Rhodes (2)

Game 3

October 1, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (N) 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 10 1
Cleveland (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2
W: Ruben Gomez (1–0)  L: Mike Garcia (0–1)   S: Hoyt Wilhelm (1)
HR: CLE – Vic Wertz (1)

Game 4

October 2, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (N) 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 10 3
Cleveland (A) 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 6 2
W: Don Liddle (1–0)  L: Bob Lemon (0–2)   S: Johnny Antonelli (1)
HR: CLE – Hank Majeski (1)

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Bill Rigney
AA Nashville Vols Southern Association Hugh Poland
A Sioux City Soos Western League Dave Garcia
B Danville Leafs Carolina League Andy Gilbert
C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Charlie Fox
C Muskogee Giants Western Association John Davenport
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Red Davis
D Danville Dans Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Richie Klaus
D Olean Giants PONY League Austin Knickerbocker and Frank Genovese
D Shelby Clippers Tar Heel League Harold Kollar

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville (M-OV)

Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Chuck Diering at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Lee Tate at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ a b John Anderson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Joey Amalfitano at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Ramón Conde at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Seidel, Jeff (June 9, 2010). "K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts". MLB.com. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Tony Taylor at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Joe Garagiola at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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