The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season. Having won an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title the previous year, the team came up short in its bid for a sixth straight world championship as their 103–51 record (the team's best finish in the Stengel era) was only good enough for in second place in the American League. New York finished eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, who broke the Yankees' 1927 AL record by winning 111 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason November 19, 1953: Ralph Terry was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees.Ralph Terry at Baseball Reference

Regular season Bob Grim became the first rookie pitcher to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings in the same season.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 347, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 11, 1954: Bill Virdon, Mel Wright, and Emil Tellinger (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Enos Slaughter.Enos Slaughter at Baseball Reference May 11, 1954: Jim Brideweser was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Neil Berry, Dick Kokos and Jim Post (minors).Neil Berry at Baseball Reference

Roster 1954 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 151 584 179 .307 22 125 1B 130 343 93 .271 12 46 2B 126 394 102 .259 12 48 SS 127 307 60 .195 2 15 3B 122 411 124 .302 8 65 LF 97 304 76 .250 3 40 CF 146 543 163 .300 27 102 RF 114 377 111 .294 12 54

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 125 426 136 .319 12 66 107 300 65 .217 3 21 87 215 73 .340 7 41 85 142 37 .261 3 27 69 125 31 .248 1 19 92 116 29 .250 1 12 56 100 26 .260 5 13 28 60 13 .217 1 7 20 37 10 .270 0 4 5 5 2 .400 0 3 12 5 1 .200 0 0 4 3 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 210.2 16 8 2.82 125 26 170.0 12 4 3.55 54 25 132.0 9 7 2.99 52 5 40.0 3 2 2.70 24

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 37 199.0 20 6 3.26 108 36 157.1 13 4 3.32 100 32 143.0 11 5 3.34 34 16 71.0 4 1 3.17 20 6 30.1 3 2 4.15 25 5 12.2 1 0 2.84 7 2 5.2 0 1 6.35 6

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 45 6 6 26 3.16 33 23 0 0 3 2.21 31 20 1 3 1 5.45 22 10 3 0 1 5.40 2 9 1 1 2 0.98 3 6 0 1 0 4.15 9

Awards and honors Yogi Berra, American League MVP All-Star Game Hank Bauer - Starter Yogi Berra - Starter Whitey Ford - Starter Mickey Mantle - Starter

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quincy, ModestoJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1954 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1954 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac