1954 American League

The 1954 season of the American League was the fifty-fourth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Cleveland Indians	156	111	43	2	.712	-.-	746 (4.78)	504 (3.23)	0.262	0.342	0.403	2.78	0.979
2	New York Yankees	155	103	51	1	.665	8.0	805 (5.19)	563 (3.63)	0.268	0.349	0.408	3.26	0.979
3	Chicago White Sox	155	94	60	1	.606	17.0	711 (4.59)	521 (3.36)	0.267	0.344	0.379	3.05	0.982
4	Boston Red Sox	156	69	85	2	.442	42.0	700 (4.49)	728 (4.67)	0.266	0.345	0.395	4.01	0.972
5	Detroit Tigers	155	68	86	1	.439	43.0	584 (3.77)	664 (4.28)	0.258	0.322	0.367	3.81	0.978
6	Washington Senators	155	66	88	1	.426	45.0	632 (4.08)	680 (4.39)	0.246	0.325	0.355	3.84	0.977
7	Baltimore Orioles	154	54	100	0	.351	57.0	483 (3.14)	668 (4.34)	0.251	0.313	0.338	3.88	0.975
8	Philadelphia Athletics	156	51	103	2	.327	60.0	542 (3.47)	875 (5.61)	0.236	0.303	0.342	5.18	0.971

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jim Busby Chico Carrasquel Nellie Fox Harvey Kuenn Eddie Yost	Washington Senators Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Washington Senators	155
At Bats	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	656
Runs Scored	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	129
Hits	Nellie Fox Harvey Kuenn	Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers	201
Doubles	Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	33
Triples	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	18
Home Runs	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	32
Total Bases	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	304
Runs Batted In	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	126
Stolen Bases	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	22
Caught Stealing	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	11
Walks	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	136
Hit by Pitch	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	16
Strikeouts	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	107
Sacrifice Hits	Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	19
Sacrifice Flies	Jackie Jensen Al Rosen Roy Sievers	Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	32
Batting Average	Bobby Avila	Cleveland Indians	0.341
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.513 *
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.635 *
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.148 *
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	201

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Lemon Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians	23
Losses	Don Larsen	Baltimore Orioles	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Sandy Consuegra	Chicago White Sox	0.842
Appearances	Sonny Dixon	Washington Senators/Philadelphia Athletics	54
Games Started	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	36
Complete Games	Bob Lemon Bob Porterfield	Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	21
Shutouts	Mike Garcia Virgil Trucks	Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox	5
Games Finished	Johnny Sain	New York Yankees	39
Saves	Johnny Sain	New York Yankees	22
Innings Pitched	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	270.2
Batters Faced	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	1102
Hits Allowed	Bob Porterfield	Washington Senators	249
Home Runs Allowed	Steve Gromek	Detroit Tigers	26
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Turley	Baltimore Orioles	181
Hit Batsmen	Steve Gromek	Detroit Tigers	12
Strikeouts	Bob Turley	Baltimore Orioles	185
Wild Pitches	Arnie Portocarrero	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Camilo Pascual	Washington Senators	3
Runs Allowed	Arnie Portocarrero	Philadelphia Athletics	124
Earned Runs Allowed	Arnie Portocarrero	Philadelphia Athletics	112
Earned Run Average	Mike Garcia	Cleveland Indians	2.64
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Mike Garcia	Cleveland Indians	1.125

The American League won the twenty-first midsummer classic at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, OH on Tuesday, July 13, 1954 by a score of 11 to 9. The league's manager was Casey Stengel.

In the World Series, the American League champion Cleveland Indians were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Yogi Berra, a catcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 230 out of a possible 336 points and 7 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Bob Grim, a pitcher with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 15 out of a possible 24 points and 15 first place votes.

The thirteenth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on August 9 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs of the National League by a score of 10 to 9.