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The postseason began with Game 1 of the 51st World Series on September 29 and ended with Game 4 on October 2. The Giants swept the Indians in four games, capturing their fifth championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1933. The 21st Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 13, hosted by the Cleveland Indians in ...
The Indians easily won the 1954 pennant on the strength of the American League's top pitching staff, leading the AL in team earned run average at 2.72 and complete games with 77. Pitchers Early Wynn (23–11, 2.73 earned run average) and Bob Lemon (23–7, 2.72 earned run average) were in top form, with solid contributions from Mike Garcia (19 ...
Rhodes' remarkable regular season (.341, 15 homers and 1.105 OPS in 186 plate appearances) will continue with his clutch hitting (.667, 2, 2.381 in 7 PA) in the 1954 World Series. July 31 – Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves hits four home runs successfully in a game, becoming the seventh player to do so in Major League history.
[2] John Anderson was drafted by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies. [3] February 2, 1954: Joey Amalfitano was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants. [4] Prior to 1954 season (exact date unknown) John Anderson was returned by the Giants to the Phillies. [3] Ramón Conde was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants. [5]
The first was from 1947 to 1956, when they had winning records in every season, including a 111–43 record in 1954, which remains the best Major League Baseball regular season record since the 1909 Pirates, and won their only other World Series in 1948.
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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.