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1954 New York Yankees season

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Start date
  
1954

General manager
  
George Weiss

Owners
  
Dan Topping, Del Webb

Manager
  
Casey Stengel

Local television
  
WPIX

Local radio
  
WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Jim Woods, Red Barber)

Similar
  
1953 New York Yankees, 1951 New York Yankees, 1949 New York Yankees, 1960 New York Yankees, 1929 New York Yankees

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.

Contents

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.

    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).

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    Awards and honors

  • Yogi Berra, American League MVP

    • All-Star Game

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quincy, Modesto

    References

    1954 New York Yankees season Wikipedia
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