1954
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| 1954 in baseball |
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| American League |
| National League |
| Negro Leagues |
| << 1953 1955 >> |
Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1954.
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[edit] Club competitions
[edit] Professional
[edit] Asia and Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Chunichi Dragons (CL) over the Nishitetsu Lions (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: Victoria
[edit] Europe
- Baseball-Bundesliga: 1. Mannheimer Baseball Club Knights
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: EHS Haarlem
- Serie A1: Nettuno B.C.
[edit] North America
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Giants (NL) over the Cleveland Indians (AL), 4 - 0 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Junior World Series: Louisville Colonels (AA) over the Syracuse Chiefs (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
- American Association: Louisville Colonels (Details)
- International League: Syracuse Chiefs (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Oakland Oaks (Details)
- 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)
[edit] Winter Leagues
- Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Caguas-Guayama (Puerto Rico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Estrellas Orientales defeated the Tigres del Licey in the league's finals, 4 - 1
[edit] Amateur
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Meiji University defeated the Ritsumeikan University in the final, 7 - 1 (Details)
- Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán
- 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 the Contra Costa College in the finals
- 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 High School (Aichi) defeat Shizuoka 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Events
[edit] Culture
[edit] Literature
- The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, by Douglass Wallop
[edit] Song
- Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song), by The Treniers
[edit] Film
[edit] Births
- Further information: Births in 1954
[edit] Deaths
- Further information: Deaths in 1954
