1954 New York Yankees season

The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season in New York, and its 54th overall. The team finished in second place in the American League with a record of 103–51, finishing 8 games behind the Cleveland Indians, who broke the Yankees' 1927 AL record by winning 111 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

1954 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)George Weiss
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
Local televisionWPIX
Local radioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)
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Offseason

Regular season

Bob Grim became the first rookie pitcher to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings in the same season.[2]

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 11–115–172–20–214–89–1315–713–9
Chicago 15–717–511–1112–10–17–1517–515–7
Cleveland 19–320–2–211–1114–811–1118–418–4
Detroit 14–88–1410–12–18–146–1613–99–13
New York 17–513–915–711–1116–618–4–113–9
Philadelphia 12–107–155–174–189–134–18–110–12–1
Washington 12–109–137–154–1813–99–1312–10–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1954 New York Yankees
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
CYogi Berra151584179.30722125
1BJoe Collins13034393.2711246
2BGil McDougald126394102.2591248
SSPhil Rizzuto12730760.195215
3BAndy Carey122411124.302865
LFGene Woodling9730476.250340
CFMickey Mantle146543163.30027102
RFHank Bauer114377111.2941254

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
Irv Noren125426136.3191266
Jerry Coleman10730065.217321
Bill Skowron8721573.340741
Eddie Robinson8514237.261327
Enos Slaughter6912531.248119
Willy Miranda9211629.250112
Bob Cerv5610026.260513
Bobby Brown286013.21717
Charlie Silvera203710.27004
Lou Berberet552.40003
Frank Leja1251.20000
Woodie Held430.00000
Ralph Houk110.00000
Gus Triandos210.00000

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
Whitey Ford34210.21682.82125
Eddie Lopat261701243.5554
Harry Byrd25132972.9952
Tommy Byrne540322.7024

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
Bob Grim371992063.26108
Allie Reynolds36157.11343.32100
Tom Morgan321431153.3434
Jim McDonald1671413.1720
Bob Wiesler630.1324.1525
Ralph Branca512.2102.847
Bill Miller25.2016.356

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
Johnny Sain4566263.1633
Tom Gorman230032.2131
Bob Kuzava201315.4522
Marlin Stuart103015.402
Jim Konstanty91120.983
Art Schallock60104.159

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Kansas City Blues American Association Harry Craft
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Mayo Smith
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Phil Page
B Quincy Gems Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Vern Hoscheit
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Skeeter Scalzi
C Modesto Reds California League Jack Graham and Jerry Crosby
C St. Joseph Saints Western Association Bill Cope
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Walter Lance
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Marvin Crater
D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Bunny Mick

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quincy, Modesto[5]

Notes

  1. Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 347, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference
  4. Neil Berry at Baseball Reference
  5. 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

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