Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 1968–1969, the Special Records Committee, which was established by Major League Baseball, defined the major leagues as consisting of the NA, NL, AA, PL, UA, American League, and Federal League. [43] The Special Records Committee excluded the National Association (NA), which operated from 1871 to 1875, as a major league.
The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season. Having won an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title the previous year, the team came up short in its bid for a sixth straight world championship as their 103–51 record was only good enough for in second place in the American League.
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.
This page was last edited on 13 November 2024, at 07:23 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
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.
This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 20:30 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.