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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.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The two most prolific World Series winners to date, ... During that span, the Yankees played in all World Series except 1954 and 1959, winning nine of them. From 1949 ...
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.
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 postseason began with Game 1 of the 51st World Series on
October 2 – The New York Giants defeat the Cleveland Indians, 7–4, in Game 4 of the 1954 World Series to win their fifth World Series championship, four games to none. After finishing the regular schedule with an American League-record 111 wins, Cleveland fails to win a Series game.
The Wild Card Series is a best-of-three playoff format, the LDS follows a best-of-five playoff format, and the LCS and World Series follow a best-of-seven playoff format. [4] [5] In 2020, the Los Angeles Dodgers, won the 2020 World Series, but Randy Arozarena of the Tampa Bay Rays was named winner of the Babe Ruth Award. [6]
The 1954 Little League World Series was held from August 24 to August 27 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] The Schenectady Little League of Schenectady, New York, defeated the Colton Little League of Colton, California, in the championship game of the eighth Little League World Series. [3]