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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 .
The 1954 New York Giants season was the franchise's 30th season in the National Football League. Preseason. Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
The 1954 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1954 season.The 51st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians.
In 1954, Wilhelm was a key piece of the pitching staff that led the 1954 Giants to a world championship. [19] He pitched 111 innings, finishing with a 12–4 record and a 2.10 ERA. [ 17 ] During one of Wilhelm's appearances that season, catcher Ray Katt committed four passed balls in one inning to set the major league record; the record has ...
The 1954 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1954. The regular season ended on September 26, with the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively.
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes (May 13, 1927 – June 17, 2009) [1] was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder and pinch hitter whose otherwise unremarkable seven-year Major League Baseball career was dramatically highlighted by his starring role for the champion New York Giants during the 1954 season and that year's World Series.
The deal has a massive, immediate impact when Antonelli goes 21–7 and tops the NL in earned run average (2.30) to help lead the 1954 Giants to the NL championship, then he and Liddle start and win games in New York's four-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series.
The 1883 New York Gothams. The Giants began as the second baseball club founded by millionaire tobacconist John B. Day and veteran amateur baseball player Jim Mutrie.The Gothams, as the Giants were originally known, entered the National League seven years after its 1876 formation, in 1883, while their other club, the Metropolitans played in the rival American Association (1882–1891).