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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.
1954 New York Giants | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Leo Durocher | |
Television | WPIX (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) | |
Radio | WMCA (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) | |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 53–23 | 44–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 5 | 45–32 | 47–30 |
Milwaukee Braves | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 43–34 | 46–31 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 79 | .487 | 22 | 39–39 | 36–40 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 74 | 80 | .481 | 23 | 41–36 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | .468 | 25 | 33–44 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 40–37 | 24–53 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 53 | 101 | .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 | — |
1954 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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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 | 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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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.
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 |
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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) |
September 30, 1954, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
October 1, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
October 2, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]