1954 National League

The 1954 season of the National League was the seventy-ninth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Giants	154	97	57	.630	-.-	732 (4.75)	550 (3.57)	0.264	0.331	0.424	3.09	0.974
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	154	92	62	.597	5.0	778 (5.05)	740 (4.81)	0.270	0.349	0.444	4.31	0.978
3	Milwaukee Braves	154	89	65	.578	8.0	670 (4.35)	556 (3.61)	0.265	0.326	0.401	3.19	0.981
4	Philadelphia Phillies	154	75	79	.487	22.0	659 (4.28)	614 (3.99)	0.267	0.343	0.395	3.59	0.975
5	Cincinnati Redlegs	154	74	80	.481	23.0	729 (4.73)	763 (4.95)	0.262	0.333	0.406	4.50	0.977
6	St. Louis Cardinals	154	72	82	.468	25.0	799 (5.19)	790 (5.13)	0.281	0.351	0.421	4.50	0.976
7	Chicago Cubs	154	64	90	.416	33.0	700 (4.55)	766 (4.97)	0.263	0.324	0.412	4.51	0.974
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	53	101	.344	44.0	557 (3.62)	845 (5.49)	0.248	0.323	0.350	4.92	0.971

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ernie Banks Alvin Dark Gil Hodges Johnny Logan Roy McMillan	Chicago Cubs New York Giants Brooklyn Dodgers Milwaukee Braves Cincinnati Redlegs	154
At Bats	Alvin Dark	New York Giants	644
Runs Scored	Stan Musial Duke Snider	St. Louis Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers	120
Hits	Don Mueller	New York Giants	212
Doubles	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	41
Triples	Willie Mays	New York Giants	13
Home Runs	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Redlegs	49
Total Bases	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	378
Runs Batted In	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Redlegs	141
Stolen Bases	Bill Bruton	Milwaukee Braves	34
Caught Stealing	Bill Bruton	Milwaukee Braves	13
Walks	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	125
Hit by Pitch	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Strikeouts	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	96
Sacrifice Hits	Roy McMillan	Cincinnati Redlegs	31
Sacrifice Flies	Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Grounded into Double Plays	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Batting Average	Willie Mays	New York Giants	0.345
On-Base Percentage	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	0.441
Slugging Percentage	Willie Mays	New York Giants	0.667
On-Base plus Slugging	Willie Mays	New York Giants	1.078
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Willie Mays	New York Giants	175

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	23
Losses	Murry Dickson	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Johnny Antonelli Hoyt Wilhelm	New York Giants New York Giants	0.750
Appearances	Jim Hughes	Brooklyn Dodgers	60
Games Started	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	38
Complete Games	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	29
Shutouts	Johnny Antonelli	New York Giants	6
Games Finished	Johnny Hetki	Pittsburgh Pirates	46
Saves	Jim Hughes	Brooklyn Dodgers	24
Innings Pitched	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	336.2
Batters Faced	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	1331
Hits Allowed	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	289
Home Runs Allowed	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	35
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Ruben Gomez	New York Giants	109
Hit Batsmen	Brooks Lawrence	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Strikeouts	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	185
Wild Pitches	Paul LaPalme Bob Rush	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	8
Balks	Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Runs Allowed	Carl Erskine	Brooklyn Dodgers	128
Earned Runs Allowed	Carl Erskine	Brooklyn Dodgers	120
Earned Run Average	Johnny Antonelli	New York Giants	2.30
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	1.025

The National League lost 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 Walt Alston.

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

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Willie Mays, an outfielder with the New York Giants. In the award's voting, he had 283 out of a possible 336 points and 16 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Wally Moon, an outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 17 out of a possible 24 points and 17 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 National League's Cincinnati Redlegs lost to the New York Yankees of the American League by a score of 10 to 9.