1954 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1954
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
general manager = Arthur Ehlers
managers = Jimmy Dykes
television =WMAR-TV/WAAM
radio = WCBM
(Ernie Harwell, Howard Williams, Bailey Goss) |

The 1954 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's 54th season but the first season as the Baltimore Orioles. The season involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, 57 games behind the AL champion Cleveland Indians in their first season in Baltimore. The team was managed by Jimmy Dykes, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

*February 2, 1954: Satchel Paige was released by the Baltimore Orioles. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paigesa01.shtml]

Regular Season

* On April 15, 1954, thousands of Baltimoreans jammed city streets as the new Orioles paraded from downtown to their new home at Memorial Stadium. During the 90-minute parade, the new birds signed autographs, handed out pictures and threw styrofoam balls to crowd as the throng marched down 33rd Street West. Inside, more than 46,000 watched the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-1, to win their home opener and move into first place in the American League. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/1954APRIL.stm] Ironically, the Orioles lost their last home game of the season, 11-0, to the same White Sox, finishing with 100 losses and 57½ games out of first place. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/teams/1954orioles.stm]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and Records

1954 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Bob Turley

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AA: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Don Heffner, manager)
* Class A: Wichita Indians (Western League; Herb Brett and Les Layton, managers)
* Class A: Lewiston Broncs (Western International League; Larry Barton, manager)
* Class B: York White Roses (Piedmont League; George Staller, manager)
* Class B: Anderson Rebels (Tri-State League; Virgil Stallcup, Fred Boiko and Bob Knoke, managers)
* Class C: Pine Bluff Judges (Cotton States League; Frank Lucchesi and Bill Enos, managers)
* Class C: Aberdeen Pheasants (Northern League; Barney Lutz, manager)
* Class C: Thetford Mines Mineurs (Provincial League; Bill Krueger, manager)
* Class D: Wytheville Statesmen (Appalachian League; Joe Murray, Bill Enos and Jim Cisternelli, managers)
* Class D: Americus-Cordele Orioles (Georgia-Florida League; Cliff Melton and Jack Landis, managers)
* Class D: Ada Herefords (Sooner State League; Lou Brower and John Densmore, managers) — Team also known as the Ada "Cementers"
* Class D: Marion Marauders (Tar Heel League; Bob Knoke, manager) — League folded June 21

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1954.shtml 1954 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1954&t=BAL 1954 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]