1954 New York Yankees season

1954 New York Yankees
File:NY Yankees Logo.png
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Managers	Casey Stengel
Television	WPIX
Radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

• November 19, 1953: Ralph Terry was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees.

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.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	111	43	0.721	—	59–18	52–25
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	8	54–23	49–28
Chicago White Sox	94	60	0.610	17	45–32	49–28
Boston Red Sox	69	85	0.448	42	38–39	31–46
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	43	35–42	33–44
Washington Senators	66	88	0.429	45	37–41	29–47
Baltimore Orioles	54	100	0.351	57	32–45	22–55
Philadelphia Athletics	51	103	0.331	60	29–47	22–56

Record vs. opponents

1954 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	WSH
Baltimore	—	11–11	7–15	3–19	8–14	5–17	10–12	10–12
Boston	11–11	—	5–17	2–20–2	14–8	9–13	15–7	13–9
Chicago	15–7	17–5	—	11–11	12–10–1	7–15	17–5	15–7
Cleveland	19–3	20–2–2	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4	18–4
Detroit	14–8	8–14	10–12–1	8–14	—	6–16	13–9	9–13
New York	17–5	13–9	15–7	11–11	16–6	—	18–4–1	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10	7–15	5–17	4–18	9–13	4–18–1	—	10–12–1
Washington	12–10	9–13	7–15	4–18	13–9	9–13	12–10–1	—

Notable transactions

• April 11, 1954: Bill Virdon, Mel Wright, and Emil Tellinger (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Enos Slaughter.
• May 11, 1954: Jim Brideweser was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Neil Berry, Dick Kokos and Jim Post (minors).

Roster

1954 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 24 Ralph Branca 19 Harry Byrd 28 Tommy Byrne 16 Whitey Ford 24 Tom Gorman 55 Bob Grim 21 Jim Konstanty 21 Bob Kuzava 30 Eddie Lopat 18 Jim McDonald 23 Bill Miller 28 Tom Morgan 22 Allie Reynolds 11 Johnny Sain 38 Art Schallock 27 Marlin Stuart 39 Bob Wiesler		Catchers 49 Lou Berberet  8 Yogi Berra 29 Charlie Silvera 26 Gus Triandos Infielders 27 Bobby Brown  6 Andy Carey 42 Jerry Coleman 15 Joe Collins 27 Woodie Held 51 Frank Leja 12 Gil McDougald 20 Willy Miranda 10 Phil Rizzuto 36 Eddie Robinson 53 Bill Skowron		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 41 Bob Cerv  7 Mickey Mantle 25 Irv Noren 17 Enos Slaughter 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 32 Ralph Houk		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 32 Ralph Houk 31 Jim Turner

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
Enos Slaughter	69	125	31	.248	1	19

Pitching

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
Bob Grim	37	199	20	6	3.26	108
Ralph Branca	5	12.2	1	0	2.84	7

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

Awards and honors

• Yogi Berra, American League MVP

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

• 1954 New York Yankees
• 1954 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac