1954 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

1953 MLB / 1955 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Courtney	Waitkus	Young	Stephens	Hunter	Mele	Coan	Wertz	Larsen
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	White	Gernert	Consolo	Kell	Lepcio	Goodman	Piersall	Jensen	Parnell
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	Lollar	Fain	Fox	Minoso	Carrasquel	Boyd	Groth	Rivera	Pierce
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Hegan	Glynn	Avila	Rosen	Strickland	Westlake	Doby	Philley	Wynn
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	Batts	Dropo	Bolling	Boone	Kuenn	Delsing	Tuttle	Kaline	Gromek
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Berra	Collins	Coleman	McDougald	Rizzuto	Woodling	Mantle	Bauer	Ford
Philadelphia Athletics - AL (all-time)	Astroth	Bollweg	Jacobs	Suder	DeMaestri	Zernial	Power	Renna	Shantz
Washington Senators - AL (all-time)	Fitz Gerald	Vernon	Terwilliger	Yost	Runnels	Sievers	Busby	Umphlett	Stobbs
Brooklyn Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Campanella	Hodges	Gilliam	Cox	Reese	Robinson	Snider	Furillo	Erskine
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	McCullough	Fondy	Baker	Jackson	Banks	Kiner	Talbot	Sauer	Minner
Cincinnati Redlegs - NL (all-time)	Seminick	Kluszewski	Temple	Adams	McMillan	Greengrass	Bell	Post	Podbielan
Milwaukee Braves - NL (all-time)	Calderone	Adcock	O'Connell	Mathews	Logan	Aaron	Bruton	Pafko	Buhl
New York Giants - NL (all-time)	St. Claire	Lockman	Williams	Thompson	Dark	Irvin	Mays	Mueller	Maglie
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	Lopata	Torgeson	Hamner	Jones	Kazanski	Ennis	Ashburn	Wyrostek	Roberts
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	Atwell	Ward	Roberts	Gordon	Allie	Rice	Thomas	Abrams	Friend
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	Rice	Alston	Schoendienst	Jablonski	Grammas	Musial	Moon	Repulski	Haddix

1953 MLB / 1955 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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