1954 Detroit Tigers season

The 1954 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 68–86, 43 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

1954 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Jr.
General manager(s)Muddy Ruel
Manager(s)Fred Hutchinson
Local televisionWJBK
Local radioWKMH
(Van Patrick, Dizzy Trout)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 11143 0.721 — 59–18 52–25
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 8 54–23 49–28
Chicago White Sox 9460 0.610 17 45–32 49–28
Boston Red Sox 6985 0.448 42 38–39 31–46
Detroit Tigers 6886 0.442 43 35–42 33–44
Washington Senators 6688 0.429 45 37–41 29–47
Baltimore Orioles 54100 0.351 57 32–45 22–55
Philadelphia Athletics 51103 0.331 60 29–47 22–56

Record vs. opponents
1954 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI WSH
Baltimore —11–117–153–198–145–1710–1210–12
Boston 11–11—5–172–20–214–89–1315–713–9
Chicago 15–717–5—11–1112–10–17–1517–515–7
Cleveland 19–320–2–211–11—14–811–1118–418–4
Detroit 14–88–1410–12–18–14—6–1613–99–13
New York 17–513–915–711–1116–6—18–4–113–9
Philadelphia 12–107–155–174–189–134–18–1—10–12–1
Washington 12–109–137–154–1813–99–1312–10–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1954 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CFrank House11435288.250938
RFAl Kaline138504139.276443

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

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

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
Al Aber32124.25113.9754
Ralph Branca1745.1335.7615

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
Bob Miller321112.4527
Dick Donovan200010.502

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Billy Hitchcock
AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Bill Norman, Stubby Overmire and Pat Mullin
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Dan Carnevale
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Charlie Metro
C Greenville Tigers Cotton States League Willis Hudlin
C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Bob Mavis
D Valdosta Tigers Georgia–Florida League Marv Owen and Stan Wasiak
D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Danny Litwhiler and Wayne Blackburn

Notes
  1. Van Fletcher at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1954 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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