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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Opening Day lineup  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 1954 World Series  


4.1  Game 1  




4.2  Game 2  




4.3  Game 3  




4.4  Game 4  






5 Awards and honors  




6 Farm system  




7 Notes  




8 References  













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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)
← 1953 Seasons 1955 →

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • 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[edit]

    1954 National League record
  • t
  • e

    • 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[edit]

    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1954 New York Giants
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    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 1949to1958 which did not feature the Yankees.

    Game 1[edit]

    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[edit]

    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[edit]

    October 1, 1954, at Cleveland StadiuminCleveland, 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[edit]

    October 2, 1954, at Cleveland StadiuminCleveland, 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[edit]

    Farm system[edit]

    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[edit]

    1. ^ Chuck DieringatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Lee TateatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ a b John AndersonatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Joey AmalfitanoatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Ramón CondeatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Seidel, Jeff (June 9, 2010). "K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts". MLB.com. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  • ^ Tony TayloratBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Joe GaragiolaatBaseball-Reference
  • ^ Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

    • References[edit]


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