1954 NL
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National
Team W L WPct GB
St. Louis 93 69 .574 --
Pittsburgh 93 69 .574 --
Boston (N) 85 77 .525 8
Brooklyn 85 77 .525 8
New York (N) 76 86 .469 17
Cincinnati 76 86 .469 17
San Diego 67 95 .414 26
Montreal 52 110 .321 41
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2) St. Louis Cardinals over Minnesota Twins
NL League Series (4-3) St. Louis Cardinals over Pittsburgh Pirates
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
PIT 5.5 887 162 5651 1472 232 21 231 735 899 .260 .346 .432 .777
STL 5.4 881 162 5595 1526 282 36 196 705 785 .273 .354 .441 .795
BRK 5.1 833 162 5525 1465 198 25 198 692 844 .265 .347 .418 .765
CIN 5.1 826 162 5615 1482 234 47 183 612 648 .264 .336 .420 .756
BSN 5.0 813 162 5589 1431 244 34 151 663 724 .256 .335 .393 .728
NYG 5.0 808 162 5622 1450 276 26 182 537 900 .258 .323 .413 .736
SDP 3.9 633 162 5470 1345 223 35 92 485 697 .246 .307 .350 .657
MON 3.6 585 162 5492 1258 202 32 106 525 972 .229 .296 .335 .632
Totals 4.8 6266 1296 44559 11429 1891 256 1339 4954 6469 .256 .331 .401 .731
Average   783 162 5570 1429 236 32 167 619 809  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SDP 4.4 706 162 4.07 1434.3 1405 8.7 454 2.8 733 4.5 12
STL 4.8 783 162 4.56 1447.3 1372 8.5 738 4.6 883 5.5 28
BRK 4.9 792 162 4.51 1441.0 1460 9.0 597 3.7 671 4.1 24
PIT 4.9 795 162 4.42 1478.7 1613 10.0 528 3.3 643 4.0 19
NYG 4.9 800 162 4.53 1447.0 1343 8.3 687 4.2 933 5.8 28
BSN 5.0 802 162 4.57 1463.7 1385 8.5 719 4.4 915 5.6 28
MON 5.2 843 162 4.76 1455.3 1442 8.9 736 4.5 839 5.2 22
CIN 5.7 917 162 5.23 1459.7 1521 9.4 677 4.2 833 5.1 32
Totals 5.0 6438 1296 4.58 11627.0 11541 8.9 5136 4.0 6450 5.0 193
Average   805 162   1453 1443   642   806   24
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
STL 90 72 3 6 16 2 2 3 19 1.01 0.93 2,393,266   Joel Roltgen
PIT 89 73 4 5 12 1 0 2 26 0.93 0.95 2,068,670   Jay Zorn
BSN 82 80 3 4 16 0 0 2 13 0.95 1.03 1,827,550   Ben Thompson
BRK 85 77 0 3 8 8 0 0 16 1.00 0.92 1,293,872   Ty Kubick
SDP 73 89 -6 3 5 0 9 0 9 0.96 0.65 1,670,673   Jamie D'Agostini
CIN 73 89 3 2 17 2 0 1 18 1.03 1.11 1,288,161   Freddy Wills
MON 55 107 -3 1 12 1 0 1 18 1.00 1.02 2,120,059   Hyram the Camel Jockey
NYG 82 80 -6 1 15 2 2 1 10 1.19 1.54 1,368,856   Matt Ida
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
STL 279 143.88 88.89 46.21 5.27 3.64 5.61 4.94 10.51 16.26
PIT 279 150.30 93.68 34.99 6.02 2.57 8.85 4.62 6.68 6.25
BSN 255 127.12 85.62 42.23 7.90 3.73 5.73 6.78 6.04 12.06
BRK 255 127.46 87.12 40.39 11.37 2.24 6.38 3.37 7.68 9.37
NYG 228 93.33 93.13 41.52 4.06 3.41 6.70 3.80 8.43 15.13
CIN 228 125.56 66.79 35.63 4.77 3.70 5.10 3.60 9.57 8.91
SDP 201 63.62 93.18 44.17 6.71 2.69 7.13 6.85 5.75 15.06
MON 156 46.15 69.95 39.86 12.00 3.27 5.07 4.97 3.24 11.32
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Mickey Mantle BRK .320, 56 HR, 148 RBI
Platinum Arm: Chuck Stobbs SDP 19-11, 2.38, 290.7 IP, 188 K
Bronze Rookie: Harvey Kuenn NYG .322, 17 HR, 95 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Frank Sullivan PIT .989, 21 PO, 71 A, 1 E
C Carl Sawatski BSN .996, 722 PO, 39 A, 3 E
31.1% (14-45) Runners Thrown Out
1B Joe Adcock PIT .995, 1717 PO, 133 A, 9 E
2B Willie Jones PIT .993, 339 PO, 604 A, 7 E
3B Luis Olmo NYG .964, 71 PO, 276 A, 13 E
SS Buddy Blattner STL .982, 193 PO, 530 A, 13 E
LF Tom Wright MON .996, 231 PO, 4 A, 1 E
CF Sam Mele STL 1.000, 360 PO, 10 A, 0 E
RF Hank Edwards STL .972, 269 PO, 7 A, 8 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
BanksCIN.324
DieringBRK.322*
KuennNYG.322
MantleBRK.320
BlattnerSTL.318
On-Base Pct
YostPIT.437
MantleBRK.434
TorgesonSTL.434
GoldsberryBSN.398
KinerSTL.389
Slugging Pct
MantleBRK.684
BanksCIN.607
AdcockPIT.575
MaysCIN.560
TorgesonSTL.544
OPS
MantleBRK1.118
BanksCIN.996
TorgesonSTL.978
YostPIT.965
AdcockPIT.945
XR
MantleBRK147.8
BanksCIN126.8
TorgesonSTL117.2
KinerSTL116.0
AdcockPIT115.8
Games
AdcockPIT158
FiniganSDP158
OlmoNYG158
ZernialPIT158
JacksonBRK157
At-Bats
OlmoNYG616
AdcockPIT609
BlattnerSTL604
AshburnBSN603
SieversPIT601
Runs
MantleBRK133
BanksCIN131
BlattnerSTL119
TorgesonSTL118
MaysCIN113
Hits
BanksCIN193
BlattnerSTL192
AdcockPIT189
OlmoNYG182
SieversPIT176
Total Bases
MantleBRK372
BanksCIN362
AdcockPIT350
MaysCIN329
BlattnerSTL317
Singles
SilveraCIN143
BlattnerSTL131
FiniganSDP125
DieringBRK122
AshburnBSN120
Doubles
KellSTL47
SieversPIT39
BilkoNYG35
FiniganSDP35
RobinsonCIN35
Triples
MaysCIN10
MichaelsBRK8
KleinMON7
RobinsonCIN7
BlattnerSTL6
Homeruns
MantleBRK56
BanksCIN45
KinerSTL45
AdcockPIT44
ZernialPIT40
RBIs
MantleBRK148
AdcockPIT144
BanksCIN123
ZernialPIT122
MaysCIN120
Stolen Bases
MaysCIN31
StirnweissCIN28
RobertsonMON16
JacksonBRK14
BlattnerSTL13
Caught Stealing
MaysCIN15
AshburnBSN12
BlattnerSTL8
BanksCIN7
JacksonBRK7
Walks
TorgesonSTL130
YostPIT126
KinerSTL118
MantleBRK113
LopataPIT111
Strikeouts
BilkoNYG154
SeminickNYG127
LopataPIT126
ZernialPIT126
RobertsonMON119
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
StobbsSDP2.38
OvermireBSN2.85
RobertsSDP3.17
FanninSDP3.18
GarciaBRK3.35
Wins
FriendPIT 21
HughesBSN 21
PolletSTL 20
GarciaBRK 19
HerbertPIT 19
Losses
HanyzewskiMON 21
KemmererMON 21
HoeftSDP 20
AntonelliNYG 18
FanninSDP 17
Winning Pct
OvermireBSN.727
McDermottSTL.647
PortocarreroBRK.643
RobertsSDP.636
PetersonNYG.633
Saves
DurenSTL 24
ByerlyCIN 23
GrimBSN 13
WadeNYG 13
LabinePIT 10
Games Pitched
RaschiMON 101
MillerNYG 80
LittlefieldCIN 77
McDermottSTL 75
BrosnanNYG 73
Games Started
AntonelliNYG 44
FriendPIT 44
HerbertPIT 44
PetersonNYG 44
PolletSTL 44
Complete Games
SimmonsSTL 25
GarciaBRK 18
FanninSDP 17
StobbsSDP 17
RobertsSDP 16
Shutouts
GarciaBRK 4
FriendPIT 3
HaddixBSN 3
HerbertPIT 2
KemmererMON 2
Innings Pitched
FriendPIT346.7
HerbertPIT344.7
SimmonsSTL339.7
AntonelliNYG323.3
GarciaBRK311.7
Hits Allowed
FriendPIT 403
HerbertPIT 403
SimmonsSTL 355
HaddixBSN 314
SullivanPIT 301
Homeruns Allowed
SimmonsSTL 54
HaddixBSN 52
HoeftSDP 43
FordCIN 37
AntonelliNYG 36
Strikeouts
PolletSTL 283
PetersonNYG 262
AntonelliNYG 248
GrayMON 232
SpoonerBSN 231
Walks Allowed
PolletSTL 190
TurleyCIN 166
HughesBSN 159
AntonelliNYG 149
SpoonerBSN 146
Walks per 9IP
StobbsSDP1.1
RobertsSDP1.8
FanninSDP2.0
FriendPIT2.1
HerbertPIT2.3
Hits per 9IP
PetersonNYG6.5
SpoonerBSN7.2
PolletSTL7.2
GrayMON7.4
StobbsSDP7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
GrayMON8.7
PolletSTL8.3
SpoonerBSN7.9
PetersonNYG7.8
AntonelliNYG6.9
WHiP
StobbsSDP0.95
FanninSDP1.12
RobertsSDP1.17
PetersonNYG1.20
GarciaBRK1.22
OAVG
PetersonNYG.199
SpoonerBSN.217
PolletSTL.218
GrayMON.222
StobbsSDP.227
OOBP
StobbsSDP.252
FanninSDP.285
RobertsSDP.289
PetersonNYG.291
GarciaBRK.303
OSLG
StobbsSDP.294
OvermireBSN.309
PetersonNYG.340
HughesBSN.340
PolletSTL.347
OOPS
StobbsSDP.546
OvermireBSN.614
PetersonNYG.631
RobertsSDP.650
GarciaBRK.650
   
League All-Stars
Joe Adcock Ernie Banks Buddy Blattner
Ryne Duren Jim Finigan Mike Garcia
Ray Herbert Tommy Hughes Ralph Kiner
Harvey Kuenn Mickey Mantle Eddie Mathews
Willie Mays Mickey McDermott Bob Nieman
Stubby Overmire Howie Pollet Del Rice
Robin Roberts Carl Sawatski Roy Sievers
Chuck Stobbs Ken Trinkle Eddie Yost
Gus Zernial  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Kent Peterson NYG $ 18,000,000  
2.    Earl Torgeson STL $ 15,090,300  
3.    Pete Reiser MON $ 11,000,000  
4.    Buddy Blattner STL $ 9,180,000  
5.    Howie Pollet STL $ 8,500,000  
6.    Billy Pierce MON $ 7,100,000  
7.    Cliff Fannin SDP $ 7,000,000  
8.    Chuck Stobbs SDP $ 6,990,000  
9.    Ted Gray MON $ 6,650,000  
10.    Robin Roberts SDP $ 6,535,714  
11.    Dale Mitchell CIN $ 6,500,000  
12.    Stubby Overmire BSN $ 5,500,000  
13.    Ralph Kiner STL $ 5,300,000  
14.    Russ Meyer PIT $ 5,280,000  
15.    Joe Adcock PIT $ 5,007,143  
16.    Hank Edwards STL $ 5,000,000  
  Mike Garcia BRK $ 5,000,000  
18.    Johnny Antonelli NYG $ 4,614,286  
19.    Tommy Hughes BSN $ 4,500,000  
  Del Rice STL $ 4,500,000  
21.    Bill Voiselle BSN $ 4,460,000  
22.    Bill Wight BRK $ 4,300,000  
23.    Roy Sievers PIT $ 4,278,571  
24.    Bob Friend PIT $ 4,164,286  
25.    Gus Zernial PIT $ 4,150,000  
  Curt Simmons STL $ 4,150,000