1954 Little League World Series

Teams

Championship Bracket

|August 24 |California California|4|Virginia Virginia|2 |August 24 |Illinois Illinois|6|Texas Texas|5 |August 24 |New York New York|16|Florida Florida|0 |August 24 |Pennsylvania Pennsylvania|10|Massachusetts Massachusetts|2 |August 25 |California California|8|Illinois Illinois|1 |August 25 |New York New York|7|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania|3 |August 27 |New York New York|7|California California|5 |August 27 |Illinois Illinois|2|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania|3

Notable players

• Jim Barbieri of Schenectady, New York, and Boog Powell of Lakeland, Florida, would become the first player to appear in both the Little League World Series and an MLB World Series. After both playing in the 1954 LLWS (Barbieri had also played in the LLWS) they both played in the 1966 World Series; Barbieri for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Powell for the Baltimore Orioles.
• Billy Connors of Schenectady later became an MLB pitcher and pitching coach.
• Ken Hubbs from Colton, California, became a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, and won a Gold Glove and was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1962. He died in a plane crash near Provo, Utah, before the 1964 season.
• Carl Taylor of Lakeland, stepbrother of Boog Powell, went on to be an MLB catcher and outfielder.

References

References

1. (August 25, 1954). "Little League Series Goes Info Semi-Finals". Shamokin News-Dispatch.
2. (August 26, 1954). "East Meets West In Little League Final". [[The Gettysburg Times]].
3. (August 28, 1954). "Schenectady Nine Takes World Title Of Little Leagues". [[Democrat and Chronicle]].
4. (August 27, 2000). "Little League World Series paved way to majors for some".
5. Gustkey, Earl. (July 5, 1993). "Memories of Ken Hubbs Live On : Nearly 30 Years Later, the Town of Colton Still Is Recovering From His Death at 22". [[Los Angeles Times]].