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: New York Yankees (109-57), Boston Red Sox (103-63), Detroit Tigers (94-72), Philadelphia Athletics (91-75), Baltimore Orioles (76-90), Cleveland Buckeyes (74-92)

AL West: Chicago White Sox (104-62), San Francisco Seals (86-80), Kansas City Monarchs (80-86), Los Angeles Angels (68-98), Seattle Rainiers (58-108), Dallas Rangers (53-113)

NL East: Pittsburgh Pirates (98-68), Brooklyn Dodgers (95-71), Atlanta Braves (91-75), New York Giants (84-82), Philadelphia Phillies (73-93), Washington Nationals (64-102)

NL West: Cincinnati Reds (102-65), Chicago Cubs (101-66), Minnesota Twins (92-74), St. Louis Cardinals (69-97), Milwaukee Brewers (65-101), Los Angeles Knights (63-103)

ALCS: NY Yankees def. Chicago WS 4-1

NLCS: Cincinnati def. Pittsburgh 4-2

WS: NY Yankees def. Cincinnati 4-1

League Leaders

Batting Average - Mickey Mantle (Boston) .363

Home Runs - Willie Mays (NY Giants) 37

RBI - Willie Mays (NY Giants) 135

Stolen Bases - Harvey Zernia (Brooklyn) 31

OBP + Slugging % - Mickey Mantle (Boston) 1.118

ERA - Carlos Santiago (Minnesota) 2.74

Wins - Curt Simmons (Atlanta) 24

Strikeotus - Ed Albrecht (Chicago Cubs) 266