The 1954 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 73rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 63rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 72–82 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

Offseason December 1, 1953: 1953 minor league draft Brooks Lawrence was drafted by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.Brooks Lawrence at Baseball-Reference December 1, 1953: Sonny Senerchia was drafted by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Sonny Senerchia at Baseball-Reference January 26, 1954: Dick Sisler, Eddie Erautt and $100,000 were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Tom Alston.Dick Sisler at Baseball-Reference

Regular season In his first four major league games, first baseman Joe Cunningham became the first Cardinals player to hit at least two home runs. On April 6, 2016, Jeremy Hazelbaker matched him for this feat.

Outfielder Wally Moon won the Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .304, with 12 home runs and 76 RBIs. Along the way, on April 13 Moon hit a home run in his first major league at-bat.Home Run During First At-Bat by Baseball Almanac

During the season, Tom Alston became the first black player in the history of the Cardinals.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 11, 1954: Enos Slaughter was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Bill Virdon, Mel Wright, and Emil Tellinger (minors).Enos Slaughter at Baseball-Reference April 30, 1954: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cardinals by the Chicago Cubs for $12,500.Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1954 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Bill Sarni 123 380 114 .300 9 70 1B Joe Cunningham 85 310 88 .284 11 50 2B Red Schoendienst 148 610 192 .315 5 79 SS Alex Grammas 142 401 106 .264 2 29 3B Ray Jablonski 152 611 181 .296 12 104 LF Rip Repulski 152 619 175 .283 19 79 CF 151 635 193 .304 12 76 RF Stan Musial 153 591 195 .330 35 126

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 Tom Alston 66 244 60 .246 4 34 Solly Hemus 124 214 65 .304 2 27 Del Rice 56 147 37 .252 2 16 Joe Frazier 81 88 26 .295 3 18 Peanuts Lowrey 74 61 7 .115 0 5 Sal Yvars 38 57 14 .246 2 8 Tom Burgess 17 21 1 .048 0 1 Steve Bilko 8 14 2 .143 0 1 Ducky Schofield 43 7 1 .143 0 1 Pete Castiglione 5 0 0 ---- 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 Harvey Haddix 43 259.2 18 13 3.57 184 Vic Raschi 30 179.0 8 9 4.73 73 Gordon Jones 11 81.0 4 4 2.00 48 13 58.0 0 4 3.72 17 Memo Luna 1 0.2 0 1 27.00 0

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 35 158.2 15 6 3.74 72 Gerry Staley 48 155.2 7 13 5.26 50 Tom Poholsky 25 106.0 5 7 3.06 55 Stu Miller 19 46.2 2 3 5.79 22 Carl Scheib 3 4.2 0 1 11.57 5 Bill Greason 3 4.0 0 1 13.50 2

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 Al Brazle 58 5 4 8 4.16 30 Joe Presko 37 4 9 0 6.91 36 Cot Deal 33 2 3 1 6.28 25 Royce Lint 30 2 3 0 4.86 36 Ben Wade 13 0 0 0 5.48 19 Mel Wright 9 0 0 0 10.45 4 Hal White 4 0 0 0 19.80 2

Farm system

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

References

External links 1954 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1954 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com