1954 New York Yankees season
The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season in New York, and its 54th overall. The team finished in second place in the American League with a record of 103–51, finishing 8 games behind the Cleveland Indians, who broke the Yankees' 1927 AL record by winning 111 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.Offseason
became the first rookie pitcher to win 20 games in one season but pitch less than 200 innings in the same season.Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 151 | 584 | 179 | .307 | 22 | 125 |
1B | | 130 | 343 | 93 | .271 | 12 | 46 |
2B | | 126 | 394 | 102 | .259 | 12 | 48 |
SS | | 127 | 307 | 60 | .195 | 2 | 15 |
3B | | 122 | 411 | 124 | .302 | 8 | 65 |
LF | | 97 | 304 | 76 | .250 | 3 | 40 |
CF | | 146 | 543 | 163 | .300 | 27 | 102 |
RF | | 114 | 377 | 111 | .294 | 12 | 54 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 125 | 426 | 136 | .319 | 12 | 66 |
| 107 | 300 | 65 | .217 | 3 | 21 |
| 87 | 215 | 73 | .340 | 7 | 41 |
| 85 | 142 | 37 | .261 | 3 | 27 |
| 69 | 125 | 31 | .248 | 1 | 19 |
| 92 | 116 | 29 | .250 | 1 | 12 |
| 56 | 100 | 26 | .260 | 5 | 13 |
| 28 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 34 | 210.2 | 16 | 8 | 2.82 | 125 |
| 26 | 170 | 12 | 4 | 3.55 | 54 |
| 25 | 132 | 9 | 7 | 2.99 | 52 |
| 5 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2.70 | 24 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 37 | 199 | 20 | 6 | 3.26 | 108 |
| 36 | 157.1 | 13 | 4 | 3.32 | 100 |
| 32 | 143 | 11 | 5 | 3.34 | 34 |
| 16 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 3.17 | 20 |
| 6 | 30.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.15 | 25 |
| 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 7 |
| 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.35 | 6 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 45 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 3.16 | 33 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.21 | 31 |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.45 | 22 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.98 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 9 |
Awards and honors
All-Star GameFarm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quincy, Modesto