1954

1954 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1954.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Chunichi Dragons (CL) over the Nishitetsu Lions (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Chunichi Dragons (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nishitetsu Lions (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: 1. Mannheimer Baseball Club Knights
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: EHS Haarlem
• Serie A1: Nettuno B.C.

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Giants (NL) over the Cleveland Indians (AL), 4 - 0 (Details)
    • American League: Cleveland Indians (Details)
    • National League: New York Giants (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Louisville Colonels (AA) over the Syracuse Chiefs (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Graceville Oilers
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Blue-Grays
  • Arizona-Texas League: Phoenix Stars
  • Big State League: Waco Pirates
  • California League: Modesto Reds
  • Carolina League: Fayetteville Highlanders
  • Cotton States League: El Dorado Oilers
  • Eastern League: Albany Senators
  • Evangeline League: New Iberia Pelicans
  • Florida International League: St. Petersburg Saints
  • Florida State League: Lakeland Pilots
  • Georgia State League: Vidalia Indians
  • Georgia-Florida League: Fitzgerald Redlegs
  • International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
  • Kitty League: Union City Dodgers
  • Longhorn League: Artesia Numexers
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Danville Dans
  • Mountain States League: Middlesboro Athletics
  • Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead Twins
  • Pacific Coast League: Oakland Oaks (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Newport News Dodgers
  • Pioneer League: Great Falls Electrics
  • PONY League: Corning Red Sox
  • Provincial League: Quebec Braves
  • Sooner State League: Lawton Braves
  • South Atlantic League: Savannah Indians
  • Southern Association: Atlanta Crackers
  • Tar Heel League: Hickory Rebels
  • Texas League: Houston Buffaloes
  • Three-I League: Quincy Gems
  • Tri-State League: Knoxville Smokies
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Pampa Oilers
  • Western Association: Blackwell Broncos
  • Western International League: Vancouver Capilanos
  • Western League: Des Moines Bruins

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 8 - 4 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• American Girls' Baseball League: Kalamazoo Lassies defeated the Fort Wayne Daisies in the playoff finals, 3 - 2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Caguas-Guayama (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Almendares
  • Panamanian League: Carta Vieja
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Pastora de Occidente
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Estrellas Orientales defeated the Tigres del Licey in the league's finals, 4 - 1
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Missouri defeated Rollins College in the best-of-three finals, 4 - 1 (Details)
• Community College League of California: Long Beach City College over West Contra Costa College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Boeing Bombers (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Meiji University defeated the Ritsumeikan University in the final, 7 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Iida Osahime High School (Nagano) defeat Kokura High School (Fukuoka), 1 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) defeat Shizuoka Shogyo High School (Shizuoka), 3 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: National (Schenectady, NY) defeat Lions Club (Colton, CA), 7 - 5 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Asian Championship in Manila, The Philippines (Details)
  • The Philippines (Gold); Japan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Mexico City, Mexico (Details)
  • Venezuela (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Dominican Republic (Bronze)
• European Championship in Antwerp, Belgium (Details)
  • Italy (Gold); Spain (Silver); Belgium (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Lucky Baseball Bat, by Matt Christopher
• The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, by Douglass Wallop

Song

• Baseball, Baseball, by Jane Morgan

Births

Further information: Births in 1954

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1954

Further Reading

• Bill Madden: 1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever, Da Capo Press, Boston, MA, 2014. ISBN 978-0306823329