1954 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1954 MLB Season is the 54th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Selections
Tom Carroll (SS) - New York Yankees

Cliff Cook (LF) - Cincinnati Reds

Masayuki Dobashi (SP) - Washington Nationals

Fred Gladding (RP) - Detroit Tigers

Jim Golden (SP) - Philadelphia Phillies

Tony Gonzalez (CF) - Philadelphia Phillies

Chico Heron (3B) - Philadelphia Phillies

Joe Hoerner (RP) - Chicago White Sox

Frank Howard (LF) - Washington Senators

Hal Jones (1B) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Harmon Killebrew (3B) - Minnesota Twins

Don Lock (CF) - New York Yankees

Tex Nelson (LF) - Baltimore Orioles

Kazunori Nishimura (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (95-61), Buffalo Bisons (87-69), Detroit Tigers (79-77), Chicago White Sox (78-78), New York Yankees (75-81), Baltimore Orioles (70-86)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (88-68), New Orleans Browns (86-70), Los Angeles Angels (84-72), Seattle Rainiers (72-84), Dallas Rangers (66-90), Minnesota Twins (56-100)

NL East: New York Giants (94-62), Pittsburigh Pirates (93-63), Brooklyn Dodgers (82-74), Philadelphia Phillies (81-75), Washington Nationals (76-80), Chicago Cubs (62-94)

NL West: St. Louis Cardinals (87-70), Kansas City Blues (86-71), Atlanta Braves (80-76), Cincinnati Reds (77-79), Cleveland Buckeyes (66-90), Milwaukee Brewers (53-103)

Playoffs

ALCS: San Francisco Athletics def. Boston Red Sox 4-3

NLCS: New York Giants def. St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

World Series: San Francisco Athletics def. New York Giants 4-2

League Leaders
Batting Average - Wally Moon (Pittsburgh) .364

Home Runs - Gil Hodges (Philadelphia) 43

RBI - Gil Hodges (Philadelphia) 141

Stolen Bases - Jose Garcia (Dallas) & Tony Hernandez (Cincinnati) 16

ERA - Herb Moford (Kansas City) 1.61

Wins - Carlos Colin (Boston) 25

Strikeouts - Quintin Armstrong (Seattle) 242