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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 29, 1954 at Polo Grounds (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

  September 30, 1954 at Polo Grounds (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

  October 1, 1954 at ClevelandStd (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

  October 2, 1954 at ClevelandStd (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

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New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Johnny Antonelli    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  98  16  2  .163  .420   0
 Alvin Dark          4  17  2  7  0  0  0   0  1  1  .412  .444  .412  0 | 644 189 20  .293  .771   5
 Ruben Gomez         1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81  14  2  .173  .442   0
 Marv Grissom        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  32   5  0  .156  .362   0
 Monte Irvin         4   9  1  2  1  0  0   2  0  3  .222  .222  .333  0 | 432 113 19  .262  .801   7
*Don Liddle          2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  37   7  0  .189  .522   0
*Whitey Lockman      4  18  2  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  .111  .158  .111  0 | 570 143 16  .251  .693   2
 Sal Maglie          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63   8  0  .127  .318   0
 Willie Mays         4  14  4  4  1  0  0   3  4  1  .286  .444  .357  1 | 565 195 41  .345 1.078   8
*Don Mueller         4  18  4  7  0  0  0   1  0  1  .389  .389  .389  0 | 619 212  4  .342  .807   2
*Dusty Rhodes        3   6  2  4  0  0  2   7  1  2  .667  .714 1.667  0 | 164  56 15  .341 1.105   1
*Hank Thompson       4  11  6  4  1  0  0   2  7  1  .364  .611  .455  0 | 448 118 26  .263  .871   3
 Wes Westrum         4  11  0  3  0  0  0   3  1  3  .273  .286  .273  0 | 246  46  8  .187  .620   0
 Hoyt Wilhelm        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  21   1  0  .048  .096   0
 Davey Williams      4  11  0  0  0  0  0   1  2  2  .000  .154  .000  0 | 544 121  9  .222  .600   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 130 21 33  3  0  2  20 17 24  .254  .336  .323  1 |        186  .264  .754  30

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bobby Avila         4  15  1  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  .133  .235  .133  0 | 555 189 15  .341  .879   9
 Sam Dente           3   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .250  .000  0 | 169  45  1  .266  .656   0
*Larry Doby          4  16  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  4  .125  .222  .125  0 | 577 157 32  .272  .848   3
 Mike Garcia         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  81  11  0  .136  .329   0
*Bill Glynn          2   2  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500 1.000  0 | 171  43  5  .251  .677   3
 Mickey Grasso       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   2  1  .333 1.333   0
 Jim Hegan           4  13  1  2  1  0  0   0  1  1  .154  .214  .231  0 | 423  99 11  .234  .663   0
 Art Houtteman       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  65  18  1  .277  .648   1
*Bob Lemon           3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .143  .000  0 |  98  21  2  .214  .594   0
 Hank Majeski        4   6  1  1  0  0  1   3  0  1  .167  .167  .667  0 | 121  34  3  .281  .708   0
*Dale Mitchell       3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  60  17  1  .283  .727   0
*Don Mossi           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  19   3  0  .158  .431   0
*Hal Naragon         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 101  24  0  .238  .597   0
 Ray Narleski        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   0  0  .000  .059   0
*Hal Newhouser       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .308   0
#Dave Philley        4   8  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .125  .222  .125  0 | 452 102 12  .226  .655   2
*Dave Pope           3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 | 102  30  4  .294  .805   2
 Rudy Regalado       4   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 180  45  2  .250  .644   0
 Al Rosen            3  12  0  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  .250  .308  .250  0 | 466 140 24  .300  .910   6
 Al Smith            4  14  2  3  0  0  1   2  2  2  .214  .353  .429  0 | 481 135 11  .281  .833   2
 George Strickland   3   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 361  77  6  .213  .627   2
*Vic Wertz           4  16  2  8  2  1  1   3  2  2  .500  .556  .938  0 |+389 100 15  .257  .752   0
 Wally Westlake      2   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .143  .250  .143  0 | 240  63 11  .263  .791   0
#Early Wynn          1   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  93  17  0  .183  .455   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 137  9 26  5  1  3   9 16 23  .190  .279  .307  0 |        156  .262  .745  30

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Johnny Antonelli    2   0.84 1-0  1  1 10.7  8  1  7 12 | 21-7  259  2.30  1.17 152  2
 Ruben Gomez         1   2.45 1-0  0  0  7.3  4  2  3  2 | 17-9  222  2.88  1.40 106   
 Sal Maglie          1   2.57 0-0  0  0  7.0  7  2  2  2 | 14-6  218  3.26  1.34 117  2
*Don Liddle          2   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0  5  1  1  2 |  9-4  127  3.06  1.22  44   
 Marv Grissom        1   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.7  1  0  3  2 | 10-7  122  2.35  1.23  64 19
 Hoyt Wilhelm        2   0.00 0-0  1  0  2.3  1  0  0  3 | 12-4  111  2.10  1.16  64  7
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.46 4-0  2  1 37.0 26  6 16 23 |            3.09 1.350   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bob Lemon           2   6.75 0-2  0  1 13.3 16 10  8 11 | 23-7  258  2.72  1.24 110   
 Early Wynn          1   3.86 0-1  0  0  7.0  4  3  2  5 | 23-11 271  2.73  1.14 155  2
 Mike Garcia         2   5.40 0-1  0  0  5.0  6  3  4  4 | 19-8  259  2.64  1.13 129  5
 Ray Narleski        2   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  1  1  1  2 |  3-3   89  2.22  1.16  52 13
*Don Mossi           3   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  3  0  0  1 |  6-1   93  1.94  1.02  55  7
 Art Houtteman       1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  1  1  1 | 15-7  188  3.35  1.37  68   
*Hal Newhouser       1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  1  1  1  0 |  7-2   47  2.51  1.11  25  7
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.84 0-4  0  1 35.3 33 19 17 24 |            2.78 1.200   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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