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1954 New York Giants (MLB) season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1954
misc	World Series champions
National League champions
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Leo Durocher
television	WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
radio	WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
prev_season	1953 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1955 New York Giants (MLB) season

National League champions (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) |}}

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

October 8, 1953: Chuck Diering, Frank Hiller, Adrián Zabala and $60,000 were traded by the Giants to the San Francisco Seals for Windy McCall.
December 1, 1953: 1953 minor league draft
- Lee Tate was drafted by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.
- John Anderson was drafted by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.
February 2, 1954: Joey Amalfitano was signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by the Giants.
Prior to 1954 season (exact date unknown)
- John Anderson was returned by the Giants to the Phillies.
- Ramón Conde was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

September 22, 1954: In a game against the New York Giants, Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers struck out 15 batters in his first game, setting a Major League record.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 13, 1954: Tony Taylor was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
September 8, 1954: Joe Garagiola was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs.

Roster

1954 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	98	246	46	.187	8	27
1B	148	570	143	.251	16	60
2B	142	544	121	.222	9	46
SS	154	644	189	.293	20	70
3B	136	448	118	.263	26	86
LF	135	432	113	.262	19	64
CF	151	565	195	.345	41	110
RF	153	619	212	.342	4	71

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
86	200	51	.255	9	33
82	164	56	.341	15	50
71	125	28	.224	8	30
62	108	23	.213	1	7
55	65	12	.185	2	10
20	42	11	.262	2	6
13	12	3	.250	0	1
5	11	3	.273	0	1
12	11	1	.091	1	3
5	6	0	.000	0	0
12	5	0	.000	0	0
9	5	0	.000	0	0
5	4	1	.250	0	1
3	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	258.2	21	7	2.30	152
37	221.2	17	9	2.88	106
34	218.1	14	6	3.26	117

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
29	130.0	8	8	4.15	45
28	126.2	9	4	3.06	44
13	40.2	2	2	5.98	15

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
56	10	7	19	2.35	64
57	12	4	7	2.10	64
33	2	5	2	3.25	38
20	1	3	0	4.02	14
10	0	0	0	7.50	6
10	0	2	0	3.50	8
6	0	0	0	4.70	5
6	0	0	0	8.31	4
6	1	0	0	3.65	4
5	0	0	0	5.27	6

1954 World Series

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 , 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 to which did not feature the Yankees.

Game 1

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

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

October 1, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, 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

October 2, 1954, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, 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

Willie Mays, Associated Press Athlete of the Year

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville (M-OV)

Tar Heel League disbanded, June 21, 1954

Notes

References

1954 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1954 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dierich01.shtml Chuck Diering] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tatele01.shtml Lee Tate] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderjo02.shtml John Anderson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amalfjo01.shtml Joey Amalfitano] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/condera01.shtml Ramón Conde] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Seidel, Jeff. (June 9, 2010). "K street: Strasburg racks up the strikeouts". [[MLB.com]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tayloto02.shtml Tony Taylor] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Joe Garagiola Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
[http://www.nndb.com/honors/906/000166408/ 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

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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)

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)

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)

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)