1954 Pacific Coast League season

The 1954 Pacific Coast League season was the 52ndseason in the league's history. It ended with the Oakland Oaks winning their first league championship since 1950.

San Diego and Hollywood finished tied for first, so there was a one-game playoff for the PCL pennant played on September 13th in San Diego, CA. The Padres won 7-2, and this result is reflected in the standings below.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
San Diego Padres	102	67	.604	--	Lefty O'Doul	None
Hollywood Stars	101	68	.598	1	Bobby Bragan	Pittsburgh Pirates
Oakland Oaks	85	82	.509	16	Chuck Dressen	None
San Francisco Seals	84	84	.500	17½	Tom Heath	None
Seattle Rainiers	77	85	.475	21½	Jerry Priddy	None
Los Angeles Angels	73	92	.442	27	Bill Sweeney	Chicago Cubs
Sacramento Solons	73	94	.437	28	Gene Desautels/Tony Freitas	None
Portland Beavers	71	94	.430	29	Clay Hopper	None

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	San Diego Padres	0
	3	Oakland Oaks	2
						3	Oakland Oaks	3
						4	San Francisco Seals	0
	2	Hollywood Stars	1
	4	San Francisco Seals	2

First Round

San Diego vs. Oakland Date Away Home September 14 Oakland 4 San Diego 1 September 15 Oakland 7 San Diego 3 11 innings Oakland wins series 2-0

Hollywood vs. San Francisco Date Away Home September 14 San Francisco 3 Hollywood 5 September 15 San Francisco 7 Hollywood 0 September 16 San Francisco 4 Hollywood 3 San Francisco wins series 2-1

Championship Finals

Oakland vs. San Francisco Date Away Home September 17 San Francisco 3 Oakland 4 Game 2 San Francisco 7 Oakland 8 September 19 Oakland 2 San Francisco 0 Oakland wins series 3-0

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.

Related Sites

• BR Minors page