1954 World Series - New York Giants over Cleveland Indians (4-0)

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1954 World Series (4-0): New York Giants (97-57) over Cleveland Indians (111-43)

1953 WS / 1955 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, September 29, 1954 at Polo Grounds V (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     2  8  0
    New York Giants              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    3     5  9  3

    PITCHERS: CLE - Lemon
              NYG - Maglie, Liddle (8), Grissom (8)

               WP - Marv Grissom
	       LP - Bob Lemon
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              NYG - Rhodes

  ATTENDANCE: 52,751

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, September 30, 1954 at Polo Grounds V (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  x     3  4  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Wynn, Mossi (8)
              NYG - Antonelli

               WP - Johnny Antonelli
	       LP - Early Wynn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Smith
              NYG - Rhodes

  ATTENDANCE: 49,099

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 1, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              1  0  3    0  1  1    0  0  0     6 10  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0     2  4  2

    PITCHERS: NYG - Gomez, Wilhelm (8)
              CLE - Garcia, Houtteman (4), Narleski (6), Mossi (9)

               WP - Ruben Gomez
	       LP - Mike Garcia
             SAVE - Hoyt Wilhelm

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              CLE - Wertz

  ATTENDANCE: 71,555

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 2, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  2  1    0  4  0    0  0  0     7 10  3
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  3  0    1  0  0     4  6  2

    PITCHERS: NYG - Liddle, Wilhelm (7), Antonelli (8)
              CLE - Lemon, Newhouser (5), Narleski (5), Mossi (6), Garcia (8)

               WP - Don Liddle
	       LP - Bob Lemon
             SAVE - Johnny Antonelli

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              CLE - Majeski

  ATTENDANCE: 78,102

Series Batting Stats

New York Giants Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Johnny Antonelli	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	98	6	16	2	9	0	.163	.421
Al Dark	4	17	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	.412	.444	.412	.856	0	0	154	644	98	189	20	70	5	.293	.770
Ruben Gomez	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	49	81	11	14	2	6	0	.173	.442
Marv Grissom	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	56	32	3	5	0	1	0	.156	.362
Monte Irvin	4	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	.222	.222	.333	.556	0	0	135	432	62	113	19	64	7	.262	.801
Don Liddle	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	29	37	3	7	0	2	0	.189	.523
Whitey Lockman	4	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	0	0	148	570	73	143	16	60	2	.251	.694
Sal Maglie	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	63	3	8	0	1	0	.127	.318
Willie Mays	4	14	4	4	1	0	0	3	4	1	.286	.444	.357	.802	1	0	151	565	119	195	41	110	8	.345	1.078
Don Mueller	4	18	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.389	.389	.389	.778	0	0	153	619	90	212	4	71	2	.342	.807
Dusty Rhodes	3	6	2	4	0	0	2	7	1	2	.667	.714	1.667	2.381	0	0	82	164	31	56	15	50	1	.341	1.105
Hank Thompson	4	11	6	4	1	0	0	2	7	1	.364	.611	.455	1.066	0	0	136	448	76	118	26	86	3	.263	.871
Wes Westrum	4	11	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	.273	.286	.273	.558	0	1	98	246	25	46	8	27	0	.187	.620
Hoyt Wilhelm	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	57	21	0	1	0	1	0	.048	.095
Davey Williams	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	142	544	65	121	9	46	1	.222	.600
Totals	44	130	21	33	3	0	2	20	17	24	.254	.336	.323	.659	1	1	154	5245	732	1386	186		30	.264	.755

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bobby Avila	4	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.133	.235	.133	.369	0	0	143	555	112	189	15	67	9	.341	.880
Sam Dente	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	68	169	18	45	1	19	0	.266	.656
Larry Doby	4	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	153	577	94	157	32	126	3	.272	.847
Mike Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	81	5	11	0	4	0	.136	.329
Bill Glynn	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	111	171	19	43	5	18	3	.251	.677
Mickey Grasso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	4	6	1	2	1	1	0	.333	1.333
Jim Hegan	4	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.154	.214	.231	.445	0	0	139	423	56	99	11	40	0	.234	.662
Art Houtteman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	65	6	18	1	10	1	.277	.648
Bob Lemon	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	40	98	11	21	2	10	0	.214	.594
Hank Majeski	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	.167	.167	.667	.833	0	0	57	121	10	34	3	17	0	.281	.709
Dale Mitchell	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	53	60	6	17	1	6	0	.283	.727
Don Mossi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	19	1	3	0	0	0	.158	.431
Hal Naragon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	46	101	10	24	0	12	0	.238	.597
Ray Narleski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	42	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059
Hal Newhouser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	13	0	2	0	1	0	.154	.308
Dave Philley	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	133	452	48	102	12	60	2	.226	.655
Dave Pope	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	60	102	21	30	4	13	2	.294	.805
Rudy Regalado	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	65	180	21	45	2	24	0	.250	.644
Al Rosen	3	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	0	137	466	76	140	24	102	6	.300	.910
Al Smith	4	14	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	.214	.353	.429	.782	0	0	131	481	101	135	11	50	2	.281	.832
George Strickland	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	112	361	42	77	6	37	2	.213	.627
Vic Wertz	4	16	2	8	2	1	1	3	2	2	.500	.556	.938	1.493	0	0	*123	389	38	100	15	61	0	.257	.751
Wally Westlake	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	85	240	36	63	11	42	0	.263	.791
Early Wynn	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	40	93	10	17	0	4	0	.183	.455
Totals	66	137	9	26	5	1	3	9	16	23	.190	.279	.307	.586	0	0	156	5222	746	1368	156		30	.262	.744

New York Giants Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Johnny Antonelli	2	1	0.84	1	0	1	1	10.2	8	1	7	12	1.406	39	37	2.30	21	7	2	258.2	209	94	152	1.171
Ruben Gomez	1	1	2.45	1	0	0	0	7.1	4	2	3	2	0.955	37	32	2.88	17	9	0	221.2	202	109	106	1.403
Marv Grissom	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	3	2	1.500	56	3	2.35	10	7	19	122.1	100	50	64	1.226
Don Liddle	2	1	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	2	0.857	28	19	3.06	9	4	0	126.2	100	55	44	1.224
Sal Maglie	1	1	2.57	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	2	1.286	34	32	3.26	14	6	2	218.1	222	70	117	1.337
Hoyt Wilhelm	2	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	2.1	1	0	0	3	0.429	57	0	2.10	12	4	7	111.1	77	52	64	1.159
Totals	9	4	1.46	4	0	2	1	37.0	26	6	16	23	1.135	154	154	3.095	97	57		1390.0	1258	613	692	1.346

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Mike Garcia	2	1	5.40	0	1	0	0	5.0	6	3	4	4	2.000	45	34	2.64	19	8	5	258.2	220	71	129	1.125
Art Houtteman	1	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1.500	32	25	3.35	15	7	0	188.0	198	59	68	1.367
Bob Lemon	2	2	6.75	0	2	0	1	13.1	16	10	8	11	1.800	36	33	2.72	23	7	0	258.1	228	92	110	1.239
Don Mossi	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	1	0.750	40	5	1.94	6	1	7	93.0	56	39	55	1.022
Ray Narleski	2	0	2.25	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	2	0.500	42	2	2.22	3	3	13	89.0	59	44	52	1.157
Hal Newhouser	1	0	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0		26	1	2.51	7	2	7	46.2	34	18	25	1.114
Early Wynn	1	1	3.86	0	1	0	0	7.0	4	3	2	5	0.857	40	36	2.73	23	11	2	270.2	225	83	155	1.138
Totals	12	4	4.84	0	4	0	1	35.1	33	19	17	24	1.415	156	156	2.784	111	43		1419.1	1220	486	678	1.202

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