1954 Little League World Series
The 1954 Little League World Series was held during August 1954 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Schenectady Little League of Schenectady, New York defeated the Colton Little League of Colton, California in the championship game of the eighth Little League World Series.
Qualification
Championship Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 California | 4 | |||||||||
 Virginia | 2 | |||||||||
| California | 8 | |||||||||
 Illinois | 1 | |||||||||
| Illinois | 6 | |||||||||
 Texas | 5 | |||||||||
 New York | 7 | |||||||||
| California | 5 | |||||||||
| New York | 16 | |||||||||
 Florida | 0 | |||||||||
| New York | 7 | |||||||||
 Pennsylvania | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 10 | |||||||||
 Massachusetts | 2 | |||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 3 | |||||||||
Notable players
- Jim Barbieri and Boog Powell would become the first ball players to appear in both Little League World Series and Major League World Series. But Barbieri and Powell managed to accomplish the feat in the same years, playing each time for different teams in the 1966 World Series. A member of the Schenectady champion team, Barbieri had one pinch-hit appearance with the Los Angeles Dodgers in that Series, which turned out to be his last big league at-bat. Powell, who played in the 1954 Little League World Series for Lakeland, Florida, was a member of the Baltimore Orioles that swept the Dodgers in the Series, 4–0.[1]
- Ken Hubbs from Colton, California became the second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, and won the Golden Glove and National League Rookie of the Year awards in 1962. He died in a plane crash near Provo, Utah before the 1964 season.[2]
- Carl Taylor from Lakeland, Florida, stepbrother of Boog Powell, is a former MLB catcher
- Billy Connors of Schenectady, New York was a member of the LLWS champion team with Jim Barbieri, and later was a MLB pitcher and pitching coach